American Dream

Japan is threatening to "crack down" on suburban shopping malls as its population flees dense urban centers. The centers of many Japanese cities have lost 10 percent of their residents and 15 percent of their commercial offices in the past decade.

Ironically, Japan's problem is not overpopulation but a shrinking population. Rather than let its declining population breath easy, the government is determine to force the ones who are left to remain in or return to the city centers. Glad I don't live in a place like that! (Wait a minute -- I do.)