Politics & Security
After Hong Kong, Tokyo Could Be the Next Asian Financial Hub. Is Japan Ready?
China’s imposition of a draconian new security law on Hong Kong is a game changer. Thought crimes, such as […]
Author Archives for Peter Tasker, Arcus Research
Peter Tasker is a Tokyo-based analyst with Arcus Research and an occasional contributor to JAPAN Forward. His website: http://www.petertasker.asia/
日本のパンデミックの逆説
4月初旬、東京の米国大使館は健康への警告を発し、国民にできるだけ早く米国に戻るように促した。大使館が警告したコロナウイルスの検査が不十分だったため、日本での感染のリスクは「予測困難」となった。 同時期、ＢＢＣが報じたような日本政府の
Coronavirus
Japan’s Pandemic Paradox: From Spanish Flu to the Coronavirus
In early April, the American embassy in Tokyo sent out a health alert, urging its citizens to […]
Politics & Security
A Warning from Japan: Deep Recessions Cost Lives Too
So, finally, the coronavirus crisis has forced Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to declare a state of emergency and thereby [
Politics & Security
Global Coronavirus Crisis Another Reason to Cut the Consumption Tax to Save Abenomics
The global coronavirus crisis has the potential to change politics everywhere. Governments that botch their responses
Culture
BOOK REVIEW | ‘The Chronicles of Lord Asunaro’ by Kanji Hanawa
The Chronicles of Lord Asanaro (Red Circle, 2020) is an unusual and rewarding story that lingers in the consciousnes
Culture
Netflix’s ‘Giri/Haji’: A New Kind of Anglo-Japanese Alliance
Flawed people, troubled times. Conflict in the street, conflict in the soul. Dark secrets unravel in the neon-splatt
Politics & Security
Carlos Ghosn: Davos Man on the Run
Carlos Ghosn’s Flight from Justice will Fuel the Backlash against High-flying Elites Carlos the Bail-jumper may have
Special Reports
Japan in 2020: Get Ready for the Geopolitical Olympics
According to Vladimir Lenin, “There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen.” As Japan moves in
Politics & Security
Intelligence Reforms: Time for a Japanese James Bond
In Ian Fleming’s novel You Only Live Twice, the Japanese Secret Service is a formidable organization. Directed by [&
Sports
Haiku for the Rugby World Cup
The Japanese started playing rugby in the late 1890s, just a few decades after the foundation of the Rugby Union [&helli
Economy & Tech
BOOK REVIEW | ‘The Ghost of Namamugi’ by Robert S.G. Fletcher
Charles Richardson’s Ghost One fine September afternoon in 1862, six years before the Meiji Restoration, a [&hel