Culture Reviews Lesley Downer’s “The Shortest History of Japan” By Peter Tasker | September 7, 2024 | Comment (0) Share Independence from China has been a national priority since at least the sixth century.
Finance Reflections How the Bank of Japan Can Turn Disaster into Triumph By Peter Tasker | March 7, 2024 | Comment (0) Share The BoJ has taken on the appearance of an enormous and dangerous Moby Dick.
Articles Reviews The Geopolitics of Godzilla By Peter Tasker | December 4, 2023 | Comment (2) Share China, Russia and North Korea could be considered three Godzillas, a large one, a medium-sized one and a small but vicious one.
Articles Business Finance Buffett-san Validates the Abe Reforms By Peter Tasker | May 20, 2023 | Comment (0) Share Could it be that Buffett sees a more cosmopolitan Japan filling a crucial new role?
Articles Politics Reflections Reflections on a Funeral By Peter Tasker | October 2, 2022 | Comment (1) Share I’m glad the protesters were there and glad they got some feedback
Articles Politics Shinzo Abe’s Legacy Part 1: Normalizing Japan By Peter Tasker | September 10, 2022 | Comment (3) Share The KCIA and Moon’s Unification Church were as ‘close as lips and teeth’, as the saying goes,
Politics Reflections Six Reasons Why Shinzo Abe Could Make Another Comeback By Peter Tasker | September 16, 2020 | Comment (0) Share Japan handles political transitions with enviable speed and lack of drama
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
Politics Shinzo Abe: Un Puissant Antidote Au Populisme By Peter Tasker | September 24, 2018 | Comment (0) Share You only get populism when liberalism has failed. That primarily means economic failure, but there are cultural and social fissures that matter too.
Articles Politics Secrets of the Abe Ascendancy By Peter Tasker | September 22, 2018 | Comment (0) Share Prime Ministers came and went with such frequency that they were likened to karaoke singers taking turns at the microphone.