Culture Politics The Provocateur: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara By Peter Tasker | May 13, 2022 | Comment (0) Share Ishihara helped to mould the era, and the era helped to mould him
Articles Culture We’d Love to Change Your Head: Japan’s Beatlemanic Moment By Peter Tasker | June 23, 2016 | Comment (2) Share Into this maelstrom came The Beatles, the biggest act on the planet and symbol of youthful hedonism
Articles Culture Politics Tokyo’s New Guv’nor By Peter Tasker | February 12, 2014 | Comment (0) Share Ishihara’s legacy includes exterminating thirty thousand crows and ordering the removal of the Tsukiji fish-market, much loved by tourists…
Finance Politics Austerity Fatigue: LePen & Hash-ism By Peter Tasker | February 14, 2012 | Comment (0) Share The road to fiscal hell is sometimes paved with the best intentions. As Europe’s politicians seek to win electorates round to brutal budget cuts, they would do well to look to the experience of Japan.