Trump and Abe on the Fairway to Heaven
Abe was treated to hugs, multiple dinner dates and a sleepover at Trump’s luxury resort in Florida. The round of golf the two men played there was highly symbolic,
Can Scandal Spur Change at Toshiba and Samsung?
He used the same hairbrush for 50 years and went to work by bus even while head of the “Keidanren” big business association
From Endo to Dylan: TV Ads Bridge the Cultural Divide
Ground-breaking film director Nagisa Oshima, peddled cockroach-repellent and air-freshener.
What Trump Means for Markets: The Great Reversal
Populism thrives under deflationary conditions, as in Japan and Germany in 1928-33, but populism in power often brings high inflation
Martin Scorsese’s Searing “Silence”
Scorsese’s favoured milieu is the “mean streets” of inner city America, where he grew up, with their violence, profanity and crime
The New Message from Pearl Harbour
It is the leaders and citizens of another Asian power that “should heed the lessons of Pearl Harbour.”
Planet Trump: Will Japan Be A Winner Or A Loser?
“There are people who wish I wouldn’t refer to China as our enemy. But that’s exactly what they are…”
Humped, Dumped and Trumped: Globalization in Trouble
Populism behaves like the drunken guest at a dinner party, who doesn’t respect the rules of public contestation but spells out painful problems
The Kuroda Conundrum: Tapering or Fuelling the Helicopter
Kuroda signing off on a tightening would be like a sumo champion going on a vegan diet.
Karma Chameleon: William Empson in Japan
According to the puritanical ethos of the times, this was evidence of gross immorality.