Terayama’s Mama
Two of Shuji Terayama’s maternally-themed tanka poems from the early 1960s.
What the World Cup Says about the World
India and China are not rising superpowers. On Planet Football, they hardly exist at all. Instead of BRICs, we have the BICCs: Belgium, Ivory Coast, Chile and Columbia.
Shuji Terayama TV Commercial
We’ll be talking about Terayama at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation in London on May 30th
Stranded in the Jungle
The woman, Kazuko, is a newly-wed emigrant from Okinawa who soon discovers the power of her sexuality and exploits it to the hilt…
Historical Fiction
Herr Schmidt was quite mistaken in his view that Japan is the Billy No Mates of Asia
Tokyo’s New Guv’nor
Ishihara’s legacy includes exterminating thirty thousand crows and ordering the removal of the Tsukiji fish-market, much loved by tourists…
Where’s Voldemort?
Every time the focus is on the events of seventy and eighty years ago, it means a loss for Japan and a win for China
Our Terayama Project – Finally on Sale
It would make a fine Christmas or New Year’s gift for anyone interested in the 1960s, movies, boxing, sex , horse-racing, post-war Japanese culture and great photography. Buy a Japanese Dream today.
Abenomics: the Perils of Success
This is as difficult as getting pandas to mate. The mood has to be exactly right. Even if all goes well, it’s going to take a long, long time.
Abenomics & Nationalism
Optimism, confidence and assertiveness go together. If Abenomics works, we can expect plenty more of them.