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.
Davos Man on the Run: Ghosn’s Flight from Justice Will Fuel Populism
It is because Ghosn is a real businessman with real achievements that recent events are so devastating to globalization
2020: Get Ready for the Geopolitical Olympics
Thanks to geography, Japan is on the front line, like it or not.
At Last – the Missing Arrow!
What went missing after the initial phase of Abenomics was the second arrow, fiscal stimulus.
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…”
Can Japan Become the Sixth Eye?
With a new Asia-focused Cold War taking shape, the idea that capital should flow across borders unimpeded is for the birds