It is pushing particularly hard against a new rule that would cut off federal education aid to programs whose graduates end up saddled with debt that they have little hope of ever repaying.

特别对一项新规定，施加了极大的压力。该规定将削减对以下(教育)项目的资助：强迫其毕业生承担债务，而且，根本不能指望他们能还上钱。

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Mr Mitarai told The Economist recently that he has a rough cut-off rule for allocating investment: anything for which labour comprises more than 5% of production costs can be done in China or some other low-wage country.

ECONOMIST: Manufacturing in Japan