The Provocateur: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara
Ishihara helped to mould the era, and the era helped to mould him
Review: The Why, Where & When of Populism
On that score, Japan has better politicians than the UK, the US and France.
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?
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.
The Inequality Games: Where Does Japan Place?
Chinese President Xi Jinping is starting to sound like an actual communist
The Baron Smiles: The Olympics Win Again
“No Olympics” has historically signalled apocalyptical destruction and the reconfiguration of global power by violence.
Can Biden Do What Ikeda Did? How Japan Ended An Era of Destructive Polarisation
Japan today may seem like a placid, consensus-driven society, but it too has a history of political violence and bitter division.
Peering into 2021: Tanjiro Kamado Battles Big Tech
In the year of the coronavirus, one sixth of the entire Japanese population went to the cinema to watch Demon Slayer,
Japan Can Capitalize Strategically On Its (Relative) Covid Success
Not even the government itself ascribes the outcome to brilliant policy making
Japan’s Joe Biden Problem
For them Japan will always be the guilty party and therefore the one that must make concessions.