Goodbye to the Future: The Last Days of the Nakagin Capsule Tower
Hugh Jackman could hardly fit into a Nakagin capsule, let alone perform a credible fight or love scene inside one…
“AGANAI – Me and the Cult Leader”
As the ancient Greeks insisted, character is fate.
The First Samurai: Remembering Toshiro Mifune
He seems to be made of some harder, denser substance than everyone else
Tokyo Junkie: Robert Whiting’s Japan
The government requested gang bosses to dispatch the most “unpleasant-looking” yakuza to the countryside for “spiritual training,”
Remembering 3.11: Faces and Voices of Resilience Part 2
Wanting good strong coffee and whisky and, most of all, jazz of all kinds, at full throttle, now more than ever….
Remembering 3.11: Faces and Voices of Resilience Part 1
Shoko Hashimoto’s face is a map of his life. It radiates intensity, strength, humour and boundless curiosity
Burn On, Joe! A 1960s Manga Icon Lifts Spirits Today
“Old man, I’m begging you… let me carry on… until there’s nothing left of me but white ashes,..”
Nikkei 30,000: Why it matters
As Kay and King write, “narratives change and evolve over time and need to be constantly challenged.”
The Covid Bubble: How and When will it Pop?
140 years later, comedian Beat Takeshi quipped that “it’s not scary to cross on a red light if everyone does it together.”
Dan Yergin’s “The New Map”: How Rising Asia Will Ensure the Future of Fossil Fuels
“If we stopped producing fossil fuels today, we would all die…We wouldn’t have food. We wouldn’t have transportation… We wouldn’t have clothes.”