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Peter has been on the spot as an long-term observer and participant in the extraordinary highs and lows of the Japan story, commenting on major events as they happened in both Japanese and English language publications.

Japan After the Virus: From Abenomics to Coronanomics

Everyone will live in its shadow, knowing that there could be a repeat any time.

By Peter Tasker | April 3, 2020
Articles Business Politics

Alan Merrill’s Japan: a Magical Moment

The management takes the money. The musicians get peanuts, if they’re lucky.

By Peter Tasker | March 31, 2020
Articles Reflections

Cherry Blossom Viewing in the Year of the Virus

In times of peril, the nation-state is all you’ve got.

By Peter Tasker | March 30, 2020
Articles Reflections

The Whirr of Helicopter Blades: Regime Change is Coming

Economic crises kill people too.

By Peter Tasker | March 20, 2020
Articles Reflections

The Virus Shock: Cut Taxes Now to Save Abenomics!

Bond markets are imploring governments to issue more bonds – in other words, to borrow more money.

By Peter Tasker | March 11, 2020
Articles Politics

Going Global: Parasite Vs. Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh, like Richard Gere, has been cancelled in China.

By Peter Tasker | February 29, 2020
Articles Reflections

Review: The Chronicles of Lord Asanaro

His only achievement was begetting seventy children, the result of his insatiable pursuit of “horizontal pleasures.”

By Peter Tasker | February 13, 2020
Articles Culture

Michi the Questioner

“What is your favourite way to be betrayed by somebody?”

By Peter Tasker | January 21, 2020
Culture Reflections Shuji Terayama

Giri / Haji: A New Kind of Anglo-Japanese Alliance

Everyone is in trouble. Everyone hurts. We are different. We are the same.

By Peter Tasker | January 11, 2020
Articles Culture Reflections

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

By Peter Tasker | January 9, 2020
Articles Business

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