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How the Bank of Japan Can Turn Disaster into Triumph
The BoJ has taken on the appearance of an enormous and dangerous Moby Dick.
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Five and a Half Super Scenarios for the Year of the Dragon
Japan is now a more strategically important player than ever before in the post-war era
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Why China Needs A Dose of Abenomics
The Showa depression of the early 1930s led to the era of “government by assassination”
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The Geopolitics of Godzilla
China, Russia and North Korea could be considered three Godzillas, a large one, a medium-sized one and a small but vicious one.
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New Perspectives on Kurosawa
His widow was shot as a Japanese spy after a trial that lasted 10 minutes and his daughter was sent to the gulag for 10 years
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Think Again, Al Jolson: Japan’s Silent Movie Culture Is Still Going Strong
There was a cultural divide in benshi preferences, rather like the difference in taste between those who enjoy the latest Tom Cruise movie and those who favor “Drive My Car”
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