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.
Six Reasons Why Shinzo Abe Could Make Another Comeback
Japan handles political transitions with enviable speed and lack of drama
The Abe Legacy: How Japan Got Its Mojo Back
Abe understands the dictum of novelist Giuseppe di Lampedusa – “for things to remain the same, everything must change.”
The Geopolitics of Travel Bubbles
The highlight was receiving an illicit cup of coffee
Hong Kong Crackdown: Implications for Japan
If Hong Kong ceases to exist in the form that has become familiar over the past forty years, what will replace it?
Japan After the Virus: From Abenomics to Coronanomics
Everyone will live in its shadow, knowing that there could be a repeat any time.
The Virus Shock: Cut Taxes Now to Save Abenomics!
Bond markets are imploring governments to issue more bonds – in other words, to borrow more money.
2020: Get Ready for the Geopolitical Olympics
Thanks to geography, Japan is on the front line, like it or not.