The Politician: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara Part 3
They dive-bombed babies in prams and damaged diversity by outcompeting smaller birds
Inflation: The Japanese Exception
Inflation is the “monetary expression of distributional conflict”
The Hunter: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara Part 2
He doubted that Queen Elizabeth would apologize for the Opium Wars if she visited China
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.