P***ing in the Churchyard: Terayama, Yoko Ono and The Beatles
Mishima spent much of the time examining the hysterical response of young women in the audience, which he found mystifying.
Virus Diary: Science Fiction
With the world having seemingly entered an alternate reality thanks to Covid-19, Dick’s dystopian vision seems particularly salient.
Samsung’s Cosmic Self – How a Korean Company Beat the Japanese at Their Own Game
“F**k Steve. He’s dead and we were right. Samsung was right.”
Japan’s Pandemic Paradox: From Spanish Flu to Covid-19
The Japanese showed themselves far more alert to the dangers of droplet infection than Europeans in 1918.
Virus Diary: Uses and Abuses of a Pandemic
One industry was in terminal decline before the corona crisis arrived, but subsequently made a miraculous recovery: the mass media
Empire of Masks: the World Turns Japanese Again
“The best-known mask-wearer was the late Michael Jackson, identifying the practice with eccentric hypochondria.”
Journey to Fear Mountain
He sensed the presence of a dusty, crouching, terrible god who does not often show himself in this world.
Virus Diary: Albert’s Blues
One thing is for sure – you don’t want to piss him off.
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.
Virus Diary: The Pangolin Smiles
Taking your political opinions from musicians is about as sensible as taking your musical opinions from politicians.