William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
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A local vendor prepares food in downtown Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 11: the real transgression may be against an ailing economy. © AP
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