Farewell to the Ark
The book has lent its name to a fine, cask-aged barley shochu, apparently much appreciated by Japan’s Crown Prince.
The Year of the Historian
It would be a sign of a more peaceful and stable world if the anniversaries of old conflicts came and went with hardly anyone noticing
What the Nikkei-FT Deal Says about the World (and Japan)
What do Vice, the FT and the WSJ have that the Washington Post, Business Week and many other once iconic titles do not?
Memories of Silk and Straw
Infanticide and the sale of daughters into prostitution were necessary evils
Joey in Japan
Joey “Pepe” Smith is a great raconteur with a boatload of fascinating stories, some of which may even be true.
Japan’s Immigration Dilemma
The role model is Yuichiro Miura, who reached the summit of Mount Everest at the age of 80
Tokyo Dystopia
Half-naked girls brawling on a bed of satin, champagne bottles spurting foam into eager upturned mouths..
FIFA Should Be More Like the ADB
The story started with a swoop worthy of Eliot Ness, the heroic investigator who took down Al Capone.
Who are the Brain Police?
Despite a 7 year investigation involving 170,000 police and list of 110,000 suspects, the crime remains unsolved to this day.
Abe and the Historians
Koizumi enacted a Japanese equivalent of the “Willy Brandt moment” at the Marco Polo bridge