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
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
Five Scintilating Scenarios for the Year of the Snake
Snakes symbolise regeneration and transformation
The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Masa Son
Indian telecom billionaire Sunal Mittal declared that “the man has balls of steel”
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?
Chris Miller’s “Chip War”: the Geopolitics of High-tech
“Washington’s foreign policy strategists embraced complex semiconductor supply chains as a tool to bind Asia to an American-led world”
Learning to Love Inflation: the Japanese Experiment
Higher immigration is a certainty, given that opinion surveys show a large majority of the public accepting the case.
Buffett-san Validates the Abe Reforms
Could it be that Buffett sees a more cosmopolitan Japan filling a crucial new role?
How the Weak Yen will Re-energize Japan
Japanese products and services have become extraordinarily cheap relative to the foreign equivalents, as have wages, rents and asset prices.
Five Shocking Scenarios for the Year of the Tiger
Remote conferences lack the one thing that makes conferences worthwhile: networking over drinks in the hotel bar.