Michael Zielenziger

Testing the limits of Japan's friendship (By MICHAEL ZIELENZIGER)
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(Zielenziger, a former foreign correspondent based in Tokyo, is the author of Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation.)

Michael Zielenziger, a formerTokyo-based foreign correspondent, is the author of Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created its Own Lost Generation.

Michael Zielenziger writes from Tokyo about Japan's army of well-dressed unemployed and how unaccustomed they are to their current condition.
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Michael Zielenziger of the Detroit Free Press writes from Tokyo on Japanese cultural patterns that make layoffs particularly difficult.

BY MICHAEL ZIELENZIGERFREE PRESS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

BY MICHAEL ZIELENZIGERFREE PRESS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

TOKYO

-- An unexpectedly severe economic downturn in Japan could thwart Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's promise to impose painful shock therapy on the economy.

Growing evidence of serious economic distress is creating ammunition for the popular reformist prime minister's critics , many in his own ruling party , who say the drastic government spending cuts he calls for will only hasten a full-scale collapse.

BY MICHAEL ZEILENZIGERFREE PRESS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

BY MICHAEL ZIELENZIGERFREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF

Japanese utility mired in nuclear cover-up · Michael Zielenzinger, Detroit Free Press · Tue Sep 3rd 13:09:53 2002

Japanese utility mired in nuclear cover-up , Michael Zielenzinger, Detroit Free Press , Tue Sep 3rd 13:09:53 2002

BY MICHAEL ZIELENZIGERFREE PRESS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT