Shinzo Abe’s Legacy Part 2: A More Comfortable, Confident and Asian Japan
The era of the blonde English language teacher as neighbourhood celebrity is over.
Bopping and Bathing in Beppu
Ichiro has never left his hometown. He has his pick of the local females
Shinzo Abe’s Legacy Part 1: Normalizing Japan
The KCIA and Moon’s Unification Church were as ‘close as lips and teeth’, as the saying goes,
Herzog’s Onoda: The Twilight World
Crickets scream at the cosmos… A crocodile ate a countess…
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