Abenomics & Nationalism
Optimism, confidence and assertiveness go together. If Abenomics works, we can expect plenty more of them.
Back to the Future: Japan and the World Depression
Early one snowy morning in February 1936, a group of fanatical army officers staged a coup d’etat in central Tokyo
The Wheel of Fortune
At the age of fifteen he was living with a geisha, and in his thirties he led a group of hard-drinking, brawling Japanese miners to the high Andes…
Abenomics: the Moment of Truth
Most satisfying of all, Japan’s government bond market has remained as serene as a zen garden.
Winning the Currency Olympics
For them the euro is like the cockroach motel – you can check in, but you can never check out.
Thoreau in Hokkaido
Tancho cranes have successfully marketed themselves as Japanese icons to rank with Mount Fuji, sushi and Hello Kitty…
Abe Gets His Ya-Ya’s Out
The LDP, like the Rolling Stones, is a dinosaur outfit. Both lack the energy levels of their nineteen sixties heyday , but still manage to wipe the floor…
Japan Goes For Growth
The message was clear – deflation was the fault of Japan’s inadequately fertile womenfolk, not the elite officials of the central bank
Fishy Business
The man behind the counter preparing his food was the god-like Jiro Ono, creator of the Jiro-nigiri sushi style.
Sayonara, Mr. Bond
They walk in cool and confident, armed with their PowerPoint presentations. They leave town horizontal, soaked in red ink.