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.
Notes From the Quarantine Zone: Who Needs Kishida’s Harsher Border Measures?
Japan’s common sense approach was working so well, so why change it now?
Why has the World Gone Dotty Over Yayoi Kusama? Ask Mark Zuckerberg and Jay Powell!
She staged orgies and a gay wedding in her studio and stripped naked in anti-war demonstrations
Blue Kissa: Coffee, Jazz and Cultural Improvisation
Nobody’s talking. In fact, you’re not allowed to talk. You’re here to listen.
Five Shocking Scenarios for the Year of the Tiger
Remote conferences lack the one thing that makes conferences worthwhile: networking over drinks in the hotel bar.
Shibusawa: From Fiery Rebel to Venture Capital Pioneer
By the end of the 1970s, Shibusawa had comprehensively defeated Karl Marx.
The Inequality Games: Where Does Japan Place?
Chinese President Xi Jinping is starting to sound like an actual communist
Onoda: The Man Who Fought Reality
We too patrol our tiny islands, choosing what to believe and disbelieve and calling the result reality