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6 Sept 2026

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How Japan Can Bring the Money Back Home original ↗

5 Aug 2026

The Geopolitics of Football: Japan 7 China 0 original ↗

20 Jun 2026

‘Straight to Hell’: The Extraordinary Life of Kazuko Hosoki original ↗

12 Jun 2026

Edo Erotica: Shunga in Shinjuku original ↗

9 May 2026

In the Steps of the Samurai original ↗

1 May 2026

Confusion, Wokery and Disney-fication: the British Museum’s flawed Samurai exhibition original ↗

6 Mar 2026

How Japan Got Its Mojo Back original ↗

26 Jan 2026

Five Fitting Scenarios for the Year of the (Fire) Horse original ↗

2 Jan 2026

2025

Soviet and Russian Espionage against Japan original ↗

25 Nov 2025

MODERN JAPANESE GARDENS: By Stephen Mansfield original ↗

17 Oct 2025

Warren Buffett’s Japanese Love Call original ↗

5 Jun 2025

In Memoriam: Gwen Robinson original ↗

29 May 2025

A Cinematic Ode to Japan’s Avant Garde Pioneers original ↗

2 May 2025

100 Years of Mishima: Still Surprising, Still Disturbing original ↗

7 Mar 2025

Five Scintilating Scenarios for the Year of the Snake original ↗

4 Jan 2025

2024

The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Masa Son original ↗

22 Nov 2024

Three Devil Man in the Kobe Hotel original ↗

11 Oct 2024

Kaleidoscope Japan: A Nation Through the Lens of its Literature by Richard Nathan original ↗

4 Oct 2024

Lesley Downer’s “The Shortest History of Japan”original ↗

6 Sept 2024

The Coming of Shibusawa: the Politics of Japan’s New Banknotes original ↗

1 Jul 2024

“Nabe-Sada”: Living Legend of Japanese Jazz original ↗

14 Jun 2024

The Geopolitics of “Shōgun”original ↗

24 May 2024

Mr. Jimmy Climbs the Stairway to Perfection original ↗

27 Mar 2024

How the Bank of Japan Can Turn Disaster into Triumph original ↗

7 Mar 2024

Five and a Half Super Scenarios for the Year of the Dragon original ↗

5 Jan 2024

2023

Why China Needs A Dose of Abenomics original ↗

21 Dec 2023

The Geopolitics of Godzilla original ↗

4 Dec 2023

New Perspectives on Kurosawa original ↗

17 Nov 2023

Think Again, Al Jolson: Japan’s Silent Movie Culture Is Still Going Strong original ↗

22 Sept 2023

“Allez, Les Brave Blossoms”: Japan’s Special Sporting Footprint original ↗

15 Sept 2023

The Intelligent Ambiguity of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”original ↗

19 Aug 2023

Ian Buruma’s “Collaborators”original ↗

29 Jul 2023

Chris Miller’s “Chip War”: the Geopolitics of High-tech original ↗

29 Jul 2023

Learning to Love Inflation: the Japanese Experiment original ↗

28 Jul 2023

Hans Sautter’s “Japan”: A Photographer’s Lifework original ↗

21 Jun 2023

Buffett-san Validates the Abe Reforms original ↗

20 May 2023

An Excremental Film Review original ↗

12 May 2023

Flowing into the Future: Tokyo by Water original ↗

24 Apr 2023

Hiroshige Does Dylan original ↗

16 Apr 2023

The Real Musical Magic of Ryuichi Sakamoto original ↗

13 Apr 2023

The Kuroda era – and what comes next original ↗

5 Apr 2023

Funny Money: Edward Chancellor’s “The Price of Time”original ↗

24 Mar 2023

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24 Feb 2023

Guilty Pleasures: Tokyo Vice original ↗

3 Feb 2023

Five + 1 Surprising Scenarios for the Year of the Rabbit original ↗

3 Jan 2023

Rockin’ in Rhythm: Japan’s Battling Big Bands original ↗

3 Jan 2023

2022

Journey to Disaster: Toshiro Mifune in “Band of Assassins”original ↗

19 Dec 2022

A Kurosawa Christmas: When the Turkey is Really Chicken original ↗

17 Dec 2022

Salute to Toshiro Mifune: Japan’s Greatest Movie Star original ↗

2 Dec 2022

Rock Gods in Japan: Who’s Appropriating Who?original ↗

11 Nov 2022

Blowback: Sunak, Kishida & the Supercompetitive Yen original ↗

28 Oct 2022

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6 Oct 2022

Reflections on a Funeral original ↗

2 Oct 2022

Shinzo Abe’s Legacy Part 2: A More Comfortable, Confident and Asian Japan original ↗

23 Sept 2022

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Shinzo Abe’s Legacy Part 1: Normalizing Japan original ↗

10 Sept 2022

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13 Aug 2022

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29 Jul 2022

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Laugh and Live: A Barbarian on Japan’s Art Island original ↗

22 Jul 2022

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24 Jun 2022

The Politician: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara Part 3 original ↗

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Inflation: The Japanese Exception original ↗

27 May 2022

The Hunter: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara Part 2 original ↗

22 May 2022

The Provocateur: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara original ↗

13 May 2022

Review: The Why, Where & When of Populism original ↗

24 Apr 2022

The Salesman from Hell: Fujiko A.’s Dark Masterpiece original ↗

10 Apr 2022

Joan Miro’s Japanese Dream original ↗

8 Apr 2022

How the Weak Yen will Re-energize Japan original ↗

2 Apr 2022

Review: Surviving the New Era of Great Power Conflict original ↗

16 Mar 2022

Notes From the Quarantine Zone: Who Needs Kishida’s Harsher Border Measures?original ↗

8 Feb 2022

Why has the World Gone Dotty Over Yayoi Kusama? Ask Mark Zuckerberg and Jay Powell!original ↗

28 Jan 2022

Blue Kissa: Coffee, Jazz and Cultural Improvisation original ↗

14 Jan 2022

Five Shocking Scenarios for the Year of the Tiger original ↗

1 Jan 2022

2021

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3 Dec 2021

The Inequality Games: Where Does Japan Place?original ↗

12 Nov 2021

Onoda: The Man Who Fought Reality original ↗

5 Nov 2021

Shirakawa: The Last Shogun of Hard Money original ↗

16 Oct 2021

“Monkey Man”: Book Review original ↗

18 Sept 2021

Dancing Cats and White Saviours: Johnny Depp in “Minamata”original ↗

11 Sept 2021

The Baron Smiles: The Olympics Win Again original ↗

8 Aug 2021

Curried Narratives: An Indian Revolutionary’s View of Japan original ↗

30 Jul 2021

Witches and Demons on the Road to Olympic Glory original ↗

22 Jul 2021

“Runner”: Why We Need the Olympics More Than Ever original ↗

9 Jul 2021

“Lady Joker”: What Goes Around Comes Around original ↗

18 Jun 2021

Decolonizing the Curry-culum: Japan’s Indian Connection Part 2 original ↗

12 Jun 2021

Love, Curry and the Quad: Japan’s Indian Connection Part 1 original ↗

6 Jun 2021

Goodbye to the Future: The Last Days of the Nakagin Capsule Tower original ↗

7 May 2021

“AGANAI – Me and the Cult Leader”original ↗

24 Apr 2021

The First Samurai: Remembering Toshiro Mifune original ↗

16 Apr 2021

Tokyo Junkie: Robert Whiting’s Japan original ↗

19 Mar 2021

Remembering 3.11: Faces and Voices of Resilience Part 2 original ↗

8 Mar 2021

Remembering 3.11: Faces and Voices of Resilience Part 1 original ↗

4 Mar 2021

Burn On, Joe! A 1960s Manga Icon Lifts Spirits Today original ↗

19 Feb 2021

Nikkei 30,000: Why it matters original ↗

17 Feb 2021

The Covid Bubble: How and When will it Pop?original ↗

4 Feb 2021

Dan Yergin’s “The New Map”: How Rising Asia Will Ensure the Future of Fossil Fuels original ↗

22 Jan 2021

Can Biden Do What Ikeda Did? How Japan Ended An Era of Destructive Polarisation original ↗

20 Jan 2021