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As a long-time analyst of corporate trends, Peter delivers an intimate look at the Asian business scene.

Dan Yergin’s “The New Map”: How Rising Asia Will Ensure the Future of Fossil Fuels

“If we stopped producing fossil fuels today, we would all die…We wouldn’t have food. We wouldn’t have transportation… We wouldn’t have clothes.”

By Peter Tasker | January 22, 2021
Articles Business

Anti-fragile Corporate Japan

The majority of the world’s oldest companies – 56% of those over 200 years old – are to be found in Japan.

By Peter Tasker | July 23, 2020
Articles Business

Samsung’s Cosmic Self – How a Korean Company Beat the Japanese at Their Own Game

“F**k Steve. He’s dead and we were right. Samsung was right.”

By Peter Tasker | May 30, 2020
Articles Business

Japan After the Virus: From Abenomics to Coronanomics

Everyone will live in its shadow, knowing that there could be a repeat any time.

By Peter Tasker | April 3, 2020
Articles Business Politics

Davos Man on the Run: Ghosn’s Flight from Justice Will Fuel Populism

It is because Ghosn is a real businessman with real achievements that recent events are so devastating to globalization

By Peter Tasker | January 9, 2020
Articles Business

When Worlds Collide: Carlos Ghosn at Namamugi

Again, the rules of the road are in dispute, as is the key question of who decides them

By Peter Tasker | June 10, 2019
Articles Business Culture

Scandal at Nissan: How Seven Samurai Toppled a Corporate Tyrant

Not for nothing was their target known as the “Emperor” of Nissan Motors

By Peter Tasker | February 2, 2019
Articles Business

The Ghosn Shock Should Spur Corporate Governance Reform

Ghosn of Nissan reported to Ghosn of Renault. At Renault too, CEO Ghosn reported to a board of directors led by Chairman Ghosn.

By Peter Tasker | December 8, 2018
Articles Business

Going, Going, Ghosn: Japan Takes Down Mr. Davos

Such things happen in the West too of course, but never to members of the elite.

By Peter Tasker | December 8, 2018
Articles Business Politics

Betting the Pharma: Japan’s Misdirected M&A Boom

According to Japanese comedian and cinéaste Beat Takeshi, “crossing on a red light is not scary when everyone does it together.”

By Peter Tasker | May 12, 2018
Articles Business Finance

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