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Peter has been on the spot as an long-term observer and participant in the extraordinary highs and lows of the Japan story, commenting on major events as they happened in both Japanese and English language publications.

Confusion, Wokery and Disney-fication: the British Museum’s flawed Samurai exhibition

There was a point during my tour of the exhibits that I began to think  I was in Madame Tussaud’s

By Peter Tasker | March 6, 2026
Culture

How Japan Got Its Mojo Back

Japan’s role is to be the antithesis of China…

By Peter Tasker | January 27, 2026
Articles Finance Politics

Five Fitting Scenarios for the Year of the (Fire) Horse

Japan is unusual in that younger people tend to be more right-wing than senior citizens…

By Peter Tasker | January 3, 2026
Finance Politics Reflections

Soviet and Russian Espionage against Japan

Izumi did more damage to Japan than Richard Sorge and continued to serve his Soviet masters into the 1950s

By Peter Tasker | November 25, 2025
Business Reviews

MODERN JAPANESE GARDENS: By Stephen Mansfield

Perhaps it was there that the late musician was best able to experience “the deceleration of time and expansion of space”

By Peter Tasker | October 17, 2025
Culture

Warren Buffett’s Japanese Love Call

Published in Japan Forward May 24 2025 It really is the end of an era. Warren Buffett, the greatest investor of modern times, is to retire at the age of 94. While maintaining his optimism about America, he has not made any significant new investments in his home market for some years. Even the sharp … Warren Buffett’s Japanese Love Call

By Peter Tasker | June 5, 2025
Business Finance

A Cinematic Ode to Japan’s Avant Garde Pioneers

A portal into a phantasmagorical world that is grotesque, full-on erotic, dangerous and as absurd as “Alice Through The Looking Glass”  – yet comical, exciting and unforgettable.

By Peter Tasker | May 2, 2025
Culture

100 Years of Mishima: Still Surprising, Still Disturbing

“he actually loathed the militarism represented by the Japanese Army of pre-World War II years”

By Peter Tasker | March 8, 2025
Culture Reviews

Five Scintilating Scenarios for the Year of the Snake

Snakes symbolise regeneration and transformation

By Peter Tasker | January 5, 2025
Articles Business Culture Fiction Finance Politics

The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Masa Son

Indian telecom billionaire Sunal Mittal declared that “the man has balls of steel”

By Peter Tasker | November 22, 2024
Business Finance Reviews

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