Shintaro Ishihara

Culture Politics

The Provocateur: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara

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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

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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

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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

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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.