Frankly: Nepotism is Built Into the Japanese Political System When Fumio Kishida was sworn into office on October 4, it was rather boring for…
Japan Back Then: The Stories That Gripped the Nations in the 2000s Next in our lookback at the last 50 years of news is the 2000s, a…
Small, Stained and, Actually, Expensive: Why ‘Abenomask’ Is An Epic Fail When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced plans to distribute two cloth masks to every…
Emperor of Japan Considers Abdication According to Japanese broadcaster NHK Emperor Akihito has expressed a desire to abdicate in the…
The Long Arm of the Law: How a Paper Fan Can Get You Fired You are a minister on the campaign trail trying to manufacture popularity for an upcoming…
The Bank Robber and The Statesman by Robert J. Collins One of my all-time favorite cartoons was drawn by the late…