The Japanese Spring
Most important of all for psychological well-being and social tranquility, the Japanese economy is running at full employment.
Get Ready for the Asian History Games
British Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm riposted “We cannot invent our facts. Either Elvis Presley is dead or he isn’t.”
Who’s Banking on China?
Japan now finds itself in a deeply uncomfortable position… As Hamlet might have put it, to join or not to join, that is the question.
What Can Abe Teach Europe?
This goes a long way to explaining the remarkable fall in the suicide rate over the past several years, which has reversed nearly all of the sharp increase of the late 1990s.
The Wave of the Future: Japan’s “Happy” Chinese New Year
Until recently in Japanese eyes a typical foreigner meant a white Westerner. Now the foreigners that ordinary Japanese meet in the flesh are likely to be fellow Asians
Piketty “Live in Japan”
Piketty’s tome was also the “least read” bestseller, with the average reader getting through just 2% of the text.
Asian Lessons from a Greek Tragedy
In terms of economic policy it is the populists that are pragmatic and the technocrats who inhabit cloud cuckoo land.
Abe Seals the Deal
Companies will lobby for less restrictions on immigrants. All such changes will work to dilute the corporate monoculture.
Abe Gambles on Growth
In this age of womenomics and passive “herbivore” males, is there any room for the strong silent type prepared to risk everything?
When Abe Met Xi: East Asia’s New Normal
They contribute to the profits of high-end stores in the Ginza, gadget shops in Akihabara and even the Yoshiwara, Tokyo’s fabled red-light district