Lessons from Japan: Finding Prosperity within Limits

This article was written by Blaine Brownell in November 2006. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective.Japan has always intrigued me. As the seven-year old son of a Fulbright fellow to Hiroshima University in 1977, Japan shaped my life in profound ways, and it was a natural step for me to study Japanese language and minor in East Asian Studies while in college. Since my introduction to the culture nearly 30 years ago, much has been published regarding Japanese design, crafts, and technology, but some fundamental mysteries still remain. For example, how has s...Original article link