A Fukuyama moment in finance Oct 18, 2008
Textbook financial analysis exists to provide mirth if not outright entertainment in these times, reminding one of Francis Fukuyama and his article on the "end of history" following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Financial markets are famously creatures of habit; what is happening now though represents not so much cyclical behavior as a transitional one. (Asia Times Online)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
Japan raid over 'nuclear exports' Aug 1, 2008
Officers targeted the headquarters of Horkos Corp and several related sites in the southern city of Fukuyama. The company is accused of exporting tools that could be used in enriching uranium without government permission. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Hub-and-spoke security system may poke East Asia in the eye Jun 28, 2008
In particular, strong US support for revision of the famous Article 9 of Japan's constitution, renouncing the right to belligerency, and its urging of the Japanese to "step up to the plate" as an ally and become "America's Great Britain in Asia", are seen as unwise and provocative by US strategic specialists such as John Ikenberry and Francis Fukuyama. "This is not what we should want Japanese normalisation to look like in East Asia," Ikenberry writes in a collection of papers titled East Asian... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Quake could signal a social change in China Jun 9, 2008
In a 1995 book "Trust," the political economist Francis Fukuyama identified social cohesion as one reason Japan and Germany recovered so quickly after World War II.. Chinese people, wary of working together for common purposes in groups beyond the family, appeared on Fukuyama's list of "low-trust societies.". (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
The end of history - and back again May 27, 2008
Future reflections Francis Fukuyama thinks the Reagan revolution of the past three decades was vital for the US, but, like many revolutions, it went too far ... FRANCIS FUKUYAMA emerged as a celebrated prophet of the conservative movement after he published his famous work The End Of History, but today his prophecy is one that American conservatives do not want to hear ... The Republicans' future offerings do not impress Fukuyama either: "Their two big things are fear of [terrorism] and fear of... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
JFE Steel to Spend 50 B. Yen to Boost Steel Mill Mar 1, 2008
Tokyo, Feb 29, 2008 (Jiji Press) - JFE Steel Corp. said Thursday it will spend about 50 billion yen to boost the production capacity of its steel mill in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan. The buildup plan for the mill of its West Japan Works features the construction of a caster for steel slab, or semifinished steel, and relevant facilities. (JCN Network, Japan)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
The paradox of East Asian peace Dec 14, 2007
Influential US figures such political scientist Francis Fukuyama have backed a permanent forum for addressing security issues in the region. In his new book Failed Diplomacy, former Bush administration point person on North Korea, Charles Pritchard, devotes an entire chapter to enumerating what such a forum. (Asia Times Online)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Least bad option?Democracy once looked invincible - now it faces challenges Oct 8, 2007
All this led to the famous, infamous perhaps, statement from the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama in 1992 ... And yet, even as he wrote, some critics felt that Fukuyama was being too optimistic - that the world would in due course resume its weary way. (BBC News -- Africa)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
The New York Times Surrenders Jul 15, 2007
Supporters of the war included 70 percent of the American public in April 2003; the majority of NATO members; a coalition with more participants than the United Nations alliance had in the Korean War; and a host of politicians and pundits as diverse as Joe Biden, William F. Buckley, Wesley Clark, Hillary Clinton, Francis Fukuyama, Kenneth Pollack, Harry Reid, Andrew Sullivan, Thomas Friedman, and George Will ... Supporters of the war included 70 percent of the American public in April 2003; the... (Townhall.com)
Thornton: Japan Model Jul 3, 2007
In fact, as Francis Fukuyama observes, the legitimacy of America's vanguard role in the Far East rested largely on Article 9 ... Yet in Japan, as Fukuyama observes, there is a thriving market for right-wing fantasies. (Zmag.org)
Growing Cultural Voices To Re-think Ghana May 25, 2007
In all measure, as America social scientist Francis Fukuyama would tell you, you start your development process from your cultural base first and appropriate from around. Such thinking is gradually emerging in Ghana. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
War On Terror Important As Ever Apr 27, 2007
Even onetime neoconservative Francis Fukuyama, who in 1998 called for the preemptive removal of Saddam Hussein, believes "war" is the "wrong metaphor" for our struggle against the terrorists. Others point out that motley Islamic terrorists lack the resources of the Nazi Wehrmacht or the Soviet Union. (CBS News)
Is the War on Terror Over? Apr 27, 2007
Even onetime neo-conservative Francis Fukuyama, who in 1998 called for the preemptive removal of Saddam Hussein, believes "war" is the "wrong metaphor" for our struggle against the terrorists ... Even onetime neo-conservative Francis Fukuyama, who in 1998 called for the preemptive removal of Saddam Hussein, believes "war" is the "wrong metaphor" for our struggle against the terrorists. (Townhall.com)
Expect a low-key first trip to U.S. for Japan's prime minister Apr 26, 2007
"The U.S. is going blindly into an alliance with these people without appreciating the fact that their friends in Japan aren't on the right side of history, as with the 'comfort women' issue," Francis Fukuyama, the political philosopher, said in an interview, using the Japanese term for the women ... Fukuyama, a conservative who recently wrote a short essay called "The Trouble with Japanese Nationalism," said he supported the Bush administration's overall strategy of encouraging Japan to be more... (International Herald Tribune)
Japan Premier to Visit a Politically Changed Washington Apr 26, 2007
The U.S. is going blindly into an alliance with these people without appreciating the fact that their friends in Japan aren;t on the right side of history, as with the ;comfort women; issue,; the American political philosopher Francis Fukuyama said in an interview ... Mr. Fukuyama said he supported the Bush administration;s overall strategy of encouraging Japan to be more assertive diplomatically and strengthening the two countries; military alliance ... Everybody, including the Japanese... (The Ledger)
* Abe's nationalism continues a troubling trend Mar 28, 2007
By Francis Fukuyama Wednesday, Mar 28, 2007, Page 9 ... Francis Fukuyama is dean of the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and chairman of The American Interest quarterly review. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Distrust of strangers leads to factionalism Feb 25, 2007
When speaking of trust levels in terms of social capital, "radius of trust" should be also discussed as American philosopher Francis Fukuyama pointed out in his 1995 book, "Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity.". "All groups embodying social capital have a certain radius of trust, that is, the circle of people among whom cooperative norms are operative. If a group's social capital produces positive externalities, the radius of trust can be larger than the group itself. "It is... (Korea Herald, Korea)
Does the neocon parrot have a pulse? Feb 23, 2007
The conservative American political philosopher Francis Fukuyama thinks that Howard has played a shrewd political game in Iraq so far but now is increasingly at risk of isolation. Fukuyama, the author of The End of History and the Last Man and a professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC, says: "Obviously John Howard has been pretty clever because he's given Bush tremendous support rhetorically, but he's also been quite cautious in the size of the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Fries, GIs, beef bring diabetes to Okinawa Jan 30, 2007
Local authorities are putting up posters and running television advertisements in a campaign to promote healthier lifestyles and try to lower obesity rates to 25 percent or less by 2010 in the 20-year to 60-year-old age groups, said Tamiko Fukuyama, head of health promotion in Okinawa. When today's youth become adults, the problem could be even worse,'' she said. (News on Japan, Japan)
