They know the government has got to be lean and mean and do smart things.

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But to say Japan civilization is different to that of China, is does not mean that the two do not have many things in common, or that there is not a substantial affinity between the two.

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But that doesn't mean there aren't things we can do at home.

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In the mean time, there are things you can do to make sure you increase your odds of finding a job or creating an opportunity.

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This doesn't mean I don't like nice things and we do ensure we live well.

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However, that does not mean that there aren't lots of things that they should do to operate this thing more safely, and that's essentially the context of our report.

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By technology here we do not mean just shiny electronic gewgaws: we mean all of the new knowledge that pours into the world each year about how we can do things better.

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