Not anymore. By 1994, the Japanese were carrying more than $6,000 per capita in consumer debt--even more than the average American, who owed $3,700, according to the Japan Credit Industry Assn. Japanese still save at three times the U.S. rate, although the savings rate has been steadi...
In Raisei chann, the heroine has a salary that is above the social average. On the other hand, the status of women in the workplace has also improved. In Koi no tsuki, Wako faces prejudice about her age and gender from the interviewer when she applies for a job, and is subjected to...
Shigeo Kageyama, nicknamed Mob (background character in Japanese slang), is an average, unnoticeable middle school student with immense psychic powers. Aware of his destructive ability, he lives in constant fear of losing control. To learn to control his power, he has gone to work as an assis...