Japan is Still the Future
In demographics too, Japan is looking more like a pioneer than an outlier.
Nikkei 39,000: Scenarios for a New High for Japanese Stocks
On that basis, new highs should come sooner rather than later.
Galactic Japanification – What Comes Next?
Politically, most Western countries are not in the same postcode… societies are already polarizing and political systems buckling.
Modern Monetary Theory: Coming Your Way Soon (Unless Big Changes Are Made)
Far from soaring interest rates, as doomsters consistently predicted, Japanese bond yields have fallen to vanishing point.
Bird Sorrowing for Spring: Yoko Ran at Mandala
“Yoko Ran’s singing voice… seems to drag the listener back into the darkness of the womb.”
Sayonara to the Svengali of Boy Bands
The music industry is “a cruel and shallow money trench, where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs.”
In the New Cold War, Japan and South Korea will be on different sides
Trade has already been weaponized in East Asia – and so, of course, has history.
Carmen Maki’s Musical Half-Century
Both Carmen and Terayama were brought up by single mothers – who were themselves often absent – with little or no memory of their fathers.
Will Japan benefit from the New Cold War?
The last Cold War was marked by espionage, subversion, intense propaganda and proxy wars. The new one is unlikely to be different.
Manga Amongst the Marbles: the Triumph of “Trashiness”
Tezuka stands in relation to Japanese manga rather as Akira Kurosawa does to Japanese film