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
Shirakawa: The Last Shogun of Hard Money
Other modern bubbles were as the popping of children’s balloons to the crash of the Hindenburg airship
“Monkey Man”: Book Review
Like Spiderman or Batman, he hides his face when righting the world’s wrongs… his mask is the likeness of Son Goku, the Monkey King
Dancing Cats and White Saviours: Johnny Depp in “Minamata”
Jazz greats such as Thelonious Monk and Chick Corea passed through, as did Salvador Dali and Norman Mailer
The Baron Smiles: The Olympics Win Again
“No Olympics” has historically signalled apocalyptical destruction and the reconfiguration of global power by violence.