Historical Fiction
Herr Schmidt was quite mistaken in his view that Japan is the Billy No Mates of Asia
Sayonara, Tourist-san
His approval rating of 60% makes him the most popular leader in the G8, leaving aside Vladimir Putin.
Our Terayama Project – Finally on Sale
It would make a fine Christmas or New Year’s gift for anyone interested in the 1960s, movies, boxing, sex , horse-racing, post-war Japanese culture and great photography. Buy a Japanese Dream today.
Austin Powers on Abenomics
Are choices of whether to have children or to take your own life moulded by “ki” too? If so, the conditions were ripe for change.
Burt Lancaster on Abenomics
If Abenomics proves to be a successful electoral strategy, conservative politicians elsewhere are likely to take note and follow suit
Morrissey on Abenomics
Yet surely it is much too early for the soil to be falling over the head of Abenomics.
Churchill on Abenomics
It would mark not the end of Abenomics, nor even the beginning of the end, but merely the end of the beginning
Abenomics & Nationalism
Optimism, confidence and assertiveness go together. If Abenomics works, we can expect plenty more of them.
Thoreau in Hokkaido
Tancho cranes have successfully marketed themselves as Japanese icons to rank with Mount Fuji, sushi and Hello Kitty…
Fishy Business
The man behind the counter preparing his food was the god-like Jiro Ono, creator of the Jiro-nigiri sushi style.