According to data from the United Nations, the ratio of the average income of...
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/
An absorbing read in its own right with some of the charm of a...
The modern Olympic Games has never been a purely sporting event. Right from the...
The Progressive Club Sandwich assumes Western moral superiority and Japanese backwardness. India offers a...
In 1964, not only did Japan’s women’s volleyball team beat the Soviets under the...
The indie documentary Runner, about South Sudanese athlete Guor Maker, is about the hunger...
Modern-day Japan needs revolutionaries like Rash Bose, institutions like Nakamuraya, and a willingness to...
The Quad, which features largely in Japan’s foreign policy, can trace its roots to...
Situated in Ginza, this icon of Japan’s architectural avant garde — designed by architect...
A documentary about the terror of the 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo has...
Life is not easy here. It never has been and never will be. The...
“What has the disaster taken from people?” asked photographer Shoko Hashimoto. “What effect will...
