Articles Culture Curried Narratives: An Indian Revolutionary’s View of Japan By Peter Tasker | July 31, 2021 | Comment (0) Share 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 By Peter Tasker | March 31, 2020 | Comment (1) Share The management takes the money. The musicians get peanuts, if they’re lucky.
Articles Finance Japan is Still the Future By Peter Tasker | October 5, 2019 | Comment (1) Share 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 By Peter Tasker | September 24, 2019 | Comment (0) Share On that basis, new highs should come sooner rather than later.
Culture Non-fiction New Book: “On Kurosawa – A Tribute to the Master Director” By Peter Tasker | April 14, 2019 | Comment (0) Share 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 By Peter Tasker | November 8, 2018 | Comment (0) Share Referendums can be tricky operations, as former British Prime Minister David Cameron found out
Articles Politics Abe’s Next Move: Stoking a Mini-Boom By Peter Tasker | October 23, 2017 | Comment (1) Share 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 By Peter Tasker | June 30, 2017 | Comment (2) Share 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 By Peter Tasker | September 11, 2016 | Comment (0) Share It is a useful reminder that everything familiar to us will one day be obsolescent too, ourselves included.
Articles Finance Grossly Deceptive Parameters By Peter Tasker | December 2, 2015 | Comment (0) Share The UK and France added a few extra percent to their GDPs by including drug-dealing, prostitution and smuggling.