Warning from Japan: Deep Recessions Cost Lives Too
Japan emerged from its “lost decades” with its social capital intact. Many Western societies would find that a near-impossibility.
Review: The Chronicles of Lord Asanaro
His only achievement was begetting seventy children, the result of his insatiable pursuit of “horizontal pleasures.”
Michi the Questioner
“What is your favourite way to be betrayed by somebody?”
Giri / Haji: A New Kind of Anglo-Japanese Alliance
Everyone is in trouble. Everyone hurts. We are different. We are the same.
Abe’s New Word Order
The days when the typical foreigner in Japan was a tall Caucasian with a big nose are long gone
Intelligence Reforms: Time for a Japanese James Bond
Not for nothing was Japan known as “a paradise for spies.”
Postcards From Another Planet
”Even things that didn’t happen are part of history…”
“Third” – Terayama’s last screenplay for somebody else
A Japanese “Shawshank Redemption” was never on the cards.
Skin in the Game: Lessons from the Brave Blossoms
Is there a point beyond which diversity has diminishing or even negative returns?
My Haiku for the Rugby World Cup
The word “rugby” has become one of the required “season words,” signifying winter.