Godzilla wins 2024 Academy Award for "Best Visual Effects." A metaphor for all human destructiveness, what else does it teach us about Japan and humanity?
The Nikkei average has hit new highs and the Bank of Japan finds itself holding too many equities. The challenge now is to return these to...
As regional and global dynamics develop, predictions from these scenarios point to Japan becoming more open, more Asian, and more influential in the New Year.
This Asian power has experienced a 50% increase in wealth inequality in just two decades. What types of economic reform are called for to avert social...
From the Brave Blossoms to Shohei Ohtani, Japanese sports teams and their fun-loving, always impeccably tidy fans create a huge amount of goodwill.
Was Oppenheimer a genius, victim, hero, fool, egotist, patriot, confused soul, or all of the above? Nolan's film leaves it up to you to make up...
Many countries are fighting inflation pressures while Japan's policymakers are attempting to raise them on a sustainable basis. Signs are they're succeeding.
Warren Buffett is considered to be the most successful investor in history and his recent bullish comments on Japan come shortly after his April trip to...
"Okiku and the World" is a human drama, a portrait of a society on the cusp of wrenching change, and as an illustration of a "circular...
Incoming BoJ Governor Kazuo Ueda inherits his office with Japan in far better shape than the disaster Haruhiko Kuroda turned around when he took over in...
"Tokyo Vice" would do better without the white savior trope. But the cinematography and great casting (with one exception) make it a binge-worthy show.
Peter Tasker’s Year of the Rabbit predictions for the world of sports, politics, economics, and finance ー Happy New Year!