A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Japanese Surreality: Yasutaka Tsutsui
Imagine a cross between J.G. Ballard and “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, with elements of Kafka, Saki and magical realism
Can Abe Get His Mojo Back?
“Opposition” does not refer to minority parties in parliament, who remain irrelevant, but hardliners in the bureaucracy and their supporters
2050: Japan’s Cultural Footprint
Just as you get the politicians you deserve, you get the works of art you deserve too.
“I M Fired” – How the Asian Financial Crisis Helped Asia and Harmed the West
The ensuing collapse in the West’s financial credibility was equivalent to the Iraq War’s effect on its strategic credibility
Rise of the Robocats: How Labour Shortages Will Change Japan
In order to attract staff companies will have to offer child-care facilities, subsidized gym memberships and a better work-life balance.
British House / Japanese House: We’re All Rabbits Now
A cross between a medieval hermit and a Parisian flâneur, he has apparently never left Tokyo
James Bond’s Secret Mission: To Revive the Anglo-Japanese Alliance
James Bond’s half-Japanese son or daughter would be in the prime of life today.
The Multi-talented Mr. Aquirax
His blend of Aubrey Beardsley-like eroticism with sixties psychedelia helped to establish the underground ambience…
In Praise of Inauthenticity: Ghost in the Shell
In Japan, which has made cultural appropriation a national strategy for the last 150 years, such thinking makes no sense
The Year of Scandal: How the Fate of Abe and Park Affect Regional Security
With her distrust of nuclear power and support for medical marijuana, Akie Abe constituted an “intra-family opposition party.”