Yakushima: Where I Met the God of the Forest
80% of Yakushima’s ancient cedars have been chopped down and converted into furniture and building materials
Laugh and Live: A Barbarian on Japan’s Art Island
“The guy went to beaches all over the world to take these photos, and they all look the same?”
The Politician: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara Part 3
They dive-bombed babies in prams and damaged diversity by outcompeting smaller birds
Inflation: The Japanese Exception
Inflation is the “monetary expression of distributional conflict”
The Hunter: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara Part 2
He doubted that Queen Elizabeth would apologize for the Opium Wars if she visited China
The Provocateur: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara
Ishihara helped to mould the era, and the era helped to mould him
Review: The Why, Where & When of Populism
On that score, Japan has better politicians than the UK, the US and France.
The Salesman from Hell: Fujiko A.’s Dark Masterpiece
Essentially a variation on the Faust story set in the world of office workers and hostess bars, it is emphatically for adults
Joan Miro’s Japanese Dream
Don’t expect any polite references to wabi sabi or other familiar Japanese aesthetic values
How the Weak Yen will Re-energize Japan
Japanese products and services have become extraordinarily cheap relative to the foreign equivalents, as have wages, rents and asset prices.