Politics Shinzo Abe: Un Puissant Antidote Au Populisme By Peter Tasker | September 24, 2018 | Comment (0) Share You only get populism when liberalism has failed. That primarily means economic failure, but there are cultural and social fissures that matter too.
Articles Politics Secrets of the Abe Ascendancy By Peter Tasker | September 22, 2018 | Comment (0) Share Prime Ministers came and went with such frequency that they were likened to karaoke singers taking turns at the microphone.
Culture Reflections Shuji Terayama Sunset on the Lake of Lion’s Tears: Terayama and Shinoda in the Early 60s Part 2 By Peter Tasker | September 22, 2018 | Comment (0) Share All is resolved somehow and the goat goes back to the wide open pastures of Hokkaido.
Articles Finance How the Lehman Shock Helped Revive Japan By Peter Tasker | September 19, 2018 | Comment (0) Share Paul Krugman declared “Japan used to be a cautionary tale, but the rest of us have messed up so badly that it almost looks like a role model”
Articles Culture Hail the Hated Heroes of Sport! By Peter Tasker | September 4, 2018 | Comment (0) Share They are different from the rest of us, not just in skill, but in self-confidence, single-mindedness and the ability to handle pressure.