The World is not Flat
Even in a wealthy G8 country the primitive urges of the limbic brain are a match for cold economic calculations
Japan’s Scottish Option
Was there a racist assumption that Japan was inherently more aggressive than the countries that produced the Nazis and Mussolini? Or was it a question of geopolitical strategy?
The Dark Side of Womenomics
The genetic upper class would be tall, intelligent and creative, while the underclass would consist of tubby, dim-witted goblins.
Abe’s Moment of Truth
If Mr. Abe offered citizens a say in their own governance, it would be the first time since Japan’s mythical first emperor came ashore in 660 B.C.
Whatever Happened to the Beijing Consensus?
Countries do not always act in their own best interests, as historian Barbara Tuchman established in “The March of Folly”
One Cheer For Thai Democracy
This is Thailand’s umpteenth coup in the modern period so the generals know the routine well by now.
Abe Offers Japanese Lessons for Europe
A job for anybody who wants one – a phenomenon which must seem like a distant dream to millions of unemployed youngsters in the Eurozone.
Sayonara, Tourist-san
His approval rating of 60% makes him the most popular leader in the G8, leaving aside Vladimir Putin.
Tokyo’s New Guv’nor
Ishihara’s legacy includes exterminating thirty thousand crows and ordering the removal of the Tsukiji fish-market, much loved by tourists…
Abe Road 2014
The third arrow struck a chord because it told people what they wanted to hear – that government can push a button and remake reality.