Last November, Japan got a visit from the King and Queen of Bhutan, a nation known for its index of gross national happiness, or GNH. Not to be outdone, Japan's Minister of National Strategy, Economic and Fiscal Policy, Motohisa Furukawa, announced soon after that Japan would develop its own GNH index, the results of which might be used to boost another three-letter standard of a country's health - GNP.
(Wall Street Journal)
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