The Widowmaker’s Message: Bring an End to Austerity
Once upon a time it was possible to view all this as some bizarre, uniquely Japanese phenomenon. No longer.
Anarchy in the UK: Four Key Questions for the Post-Brexit World
The response of the British public was the political version of giving the finger. At the same time, it directed a ball of spit at the pollsters
We’d Love to Change Your Head: Japan’s Beatlemanic Moment
Into this maelstrom came The Beatles, the biggest act on the planet and symbol of youthful hedonism
Brexit and the Unravelling of Europe
The ideological project of turning Greeks into Germans and vice versa has collided head-on with “the crooked timber of humanity.”
Night Opens My Dreams: Kan Mikami’s North Country Blues
He is also an actor with credits in Nikkatsu’s “Roman Porno” movies and the legendary gangster series “Battles without Honour and Humanity”
Britain’s Brexistential Choice: Lessons for Japan
Sherlock Holmes, in the shape of actor Benedict Cumberbatch, wants to stay. Roger Daltry of The Who says go.
Time for Abenomics 2.0
Abe himself is considered a “nationalist”, which is simply a way of saying a patriot that you don’t like
Why Obama’s Historic Hiroshima Visit is a Mistake
According to a 2015 survey by Pew Research Center, only 14% of Japanese believe the atomic bombings were justified, against 56% of Americans.
One More Cup of Saké for the Road: Dylan Translated and Transformed
Borges favoured “happy and creative infidelity” and rejected the very concept of a definitive text.
Abe Still Holds The Strong Cards
Rather like a Zen master shattering the preconceptions of his acolytes, he shocked the markets by doing precisely nothing…