Cherry Blossom Viewing in the Year of the Virus
In times of peril, the nation-state is all you’ve got.
The Whirr of Helicopter Blades: Regime Change is Coming
Economic crises kill people too.
Going Global: Parasite Vs. Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh, like Richard Gere, has been cancelled in China.
Michi the Questioner
“What is your favourite way to be betrayed by somebody?”
Giri / Haji: A New Kind of Anglo-Japanese Alliance
Everyone is in trouble. Everyone hurts. We are different. We are the same.
At Last – the Missing Arrow!
What went missing after the initial phase of Abenomics was the second arrow, fiscal stimulus.
Postcards From Another Planet
”Even things that didn’t happen are part of history…”
“Third” – Terayama’s last screenplay for somebody else
A Japanese “Shawshank Redemption” was never on the cards.
Galactic Japanification – What Comes Next?
Politically, most Western countries are not in the same postcode… societies are already polarizing and political systems buckling.
Bird Sorrowing for Spring: Yoko Ran at Mandala
“Yoko Ran’s singing voice… seems to drag the listener back into the darkness of the womb.”