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.
Back to the Future: Japan and the World Depression
Early one snowy morning in February 1936, a group of fanatical army officers staged a coup d’etat in central Tokyo
Thoreau in Hokkaido
Tancho cranes have successfully marketed themselves as Japanese icons to rank with Mount Fuji, sushi and Hello Kitty…
Fishy Business
The man behind the counter preparing his food was the god-like Jiro Ono, creator of the Jiro-nigiri sushi style.
Lucifer Rising in the Eurozone
Crowley died a penniless heroin addict, but it could be argued that today’s world is more congruent with his thinking than that of Marx, Mill or any of the great religious leaders.