Opinion

Top business, policy and economic experts assess and analyse critical issues

How Soft is Japan’s Soft Power?
Sathish Govind

Japan’s striptease feat in the international arena and the delicate balance with the various superpowers have allowed it to leverage the external economic strength and the military might of the superpowers to its advantage.

Timely to make bureaucrats time conscious and accountable

The directive by Prime Minister Hun Sen to district governors to refrain from following him around to hear his speeches and instead focus on their constituents is long overdue. The reduction on the number of public holidays also could not come any sooner.