Japan

Articles Culture

Curried Narratives: An Indian Revolutionary’s View of Japan

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Nair led a kind of Lawrence of Arabia existence, travelling through remote areas of Manchukuo, China and Mongolia

Articles Reflections

Alan Merrill’s Japan: a Magical Moment

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The management takes the money. The musicians get peanuts, if they’re lucky.

Articles Finance

Japan is Still the Future

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In demographics too, Japan is looking more like a pioneer than an outlier.

Articles Finance

Nikkei 39,000: Scenarios for a New High for Japanese Stocks

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On that basis, new highs should come sooner rather than later.

Culture Non-fiction

New Book: “On Kurosawa – A Tribute to the Master Director”

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My latest book “On Kurosawa – A Tribute to the Master Director” explores AK’s work and life

Articles Finance Politics

Five Good Reasons to Ditch the Hike in Japan’s Consumption Tax

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Referendums can be tricky operations, as former British Prime Minister David Cameron found out

Articles Politics

Abe’s Next Move: Stoking a Mini-Boom

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A glance at the Japanese banking system – and indeed at any bank branch, with its ranks of paper-shufflers – shows how much room there is for improvement.

Finance Politics

“I M Fired” – How the Asian Financial Crisis Helped Asia and Harmed the West

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The ensuing collapse in the West’s financial credibility was equivalent to the Iraq War’s effect on its strategic credibility

Articles Culture

The Dead City: Japan’s Isle of Modern Ruin

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It is a useful reminder that everything familiar to us will one day be obsolescent too, ourselves included.

Articles Finance

Grossly Deceptive Parameters

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The UK and France added a few extra percent to their GDPs by including drug-dealing, prostitution and smuggling.