By LISA VOGT/ Special to Asahi Weekly
November 12, 2019 at 07:00 JST
In 1940s Japan, the mantra was “Zeitaku wa teki da!” (Luxury is the enemy!) In the United States around the same time, there were posters thumbtacked around the country with the phrase, “Do with less--so they’ll have enough.” In this case, “they” referred to American troops at war. [Read More]
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