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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.

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

Three Devil Man in the Kobe Hotel

As for “three devils,” he did not deny the suggestion that it stood for womanizing, drinking and gambling.

By Peter Tasker | October 11, 2024
Articles Culture Reflections Reviews

Kaleidoscope Japan: A Nation Through the Lens of its Literature by Richard Nathan

he completed the race with a time of 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours and 32 minutes, during which he had six children and ten grandchildren

By Peter Tasker | October 5, 2024
Culture Reflections Reviews

Lesley Downer’s “The Shortest History of Japan”

Independence from China has been a national priority since at least the sixth century.

By Peter Tasker | September 7, 2024
Culture Reviews

The Coming of Shibusawa: the Politics of Japan’s New Banknotes

So the switch from Fukuzawa to Shibusawa is intriguing and potentially significant. What kind of Japan will be ushered in by Eiichi Shibusawa?

By Peter Tasker | July 1, 2024
Business Culture

“Nabe-Sada”: Living Legend of Japanese Jazz

In a gangland dispute, the promoter was shot dead at the climax of the drummer’s solo

By Peter Tasker | June 14, 2024
Articles Culture Reflections

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