What’s French for Bullshit? Terayama, Yoko Ono and The Beatles Pt. 5
Imagine that it was Paul and Yoko that appeared naked together on a record cover…
Six Reasons Why Shinzo Abe Could Make Another Comeback
Japan handles political transitions with enviable speed and lack of drama
“One Love Chigusa”: Soji Shimada’s Homage to Tezuka
Women with mechanical bodies that display monetary amounts scrolling up and down. Men with transparent mouths stretching from ear to ear.
At Last: Buffett Validates Abe’s Legacy
Abe’s project of resurrecting Japan as a confident, independent geopolitical player would never succeed without economic revival
The Ghost of Kurosawa: A Samurai Videogame Channels History
“The Ghost of Tsushima” does provide moral dilemmas and intriguing back-stories for the characters.
The Abe Legacy: How Japan Got Its Mojo Back
Abe understands the dictum of novelist Giuseppe di Lampedusa – “for things to remain the same, everything must change.”
The Triumph of Imagining: Terayama, Yoko Ono and The Beatles Pt. 4
When reality collapses, imaginary worlds suddenly seem more dependable.
Top 10 Olympic Movies: From Clint Eastwood to Chris Marker
Plenty of Olympic-themed films, ranging from warm-hearted comedies to tense thrillers and dark human dramas.
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.
The Geopolitics of Travel Bubbles
The highlight was receiving an illicit cup of coffee