Fukushima, Fifteen Years On
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Bremmer Warns of Global Power Vacuum
Ian Bremmer delivered his “State of the World” address in Tokyo on October 23rd at Eurasia Group’s annual GZERO Summit.
Japan's Best Chance to Kick-Start Economic Growth
Book Review
Thriving Together
The Resilience of Japan’s Artisanal Businesses
Public policy initiatives are not enough to change Showa mindsets
Policymakers know what Japan’s problems are: An aging society, a declining birthrate and low productivity are to name a few.
The Bank of Japan Faces Daunting Challenges
Economist Takeo Hoshi, Dean of the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Economics
Expanding Japan’s Entrepreneurial Mindset
Prime Minister Kishida aims to boost yearly investment in startups and the number of unicorns 10-times each by 2027, under his “new capitalism” economic policy.
Can Japan Inc find its purpose again?
Part 2 - Finding New Compass
Can Japan Inc find its purpose again?
Part I of 2
Banking on Bansky
Tokyo entrepreneur launching street art non-fungible marketplace
Schmatz co-founder offers Japan startup takeaways
Schmatz Co-founders Christopher Ax (left) and Marc Luetten (right). What’s the secret sauce to successful entrepreneurship in Japan? This author met Marc Luetten, co-founder of German restaurant chain ‘Schmatz’, to find out.
Making the case for NATO Indo-Pacific cooperation
Japan Maritime SDF destroyer JS Kurama leads a formation of U.S.
Japan thought leadership events to return as more robust hybrids
Left to right: Edelman’s Richard Edelman (appearing online), Nomura’s Ross Rowbury, LDP’s Taro Kono, FT’s Kana Inagaki and Rakuten’s Billie Cole speaking at G1 Global Conference 2021 in Tokyo on Nov.
Ending Child Abuse in Japan
Child abuse is not okay
French father mounting Olympic hunger strike pins last hopes on Emmanuel Macron
French Father Vincent Fichot on hunger strike by Sendagaya Station
How to succeed in business and life
Erika Kullberg, lawyer, entrepreneur and rising YouTube celebrity
Pioneering New Age Public Services
Yusuke Narita, Yale assistant professor, MIT graduate and AI entrepreneur speaking in Tokyo this October at the G1 Global Conference
A hero’s journey
From left to right: Kenji Kawado, Ken Isono and Masaya Hasegawa
Media collaborators threaten press freedom in Japan
The British journalist Claud Cockburn once wrote: “All stories are written backwards — they are supposed to begin with the facts and develop from there, but in reality, they begin with a journalist’s point of view, a conception, and it is the point of view from which the facts are subsequently organized…”
Storytelling teahouse ‘master’ is modern day doctor of the soul
The work we do in life is often connected with who we are as people. So it was for Dr. Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu, a Japanese-American. He made mixed-race identity the focus of doctoral studies at Harvard University and the basis of a career teaching psychology at prestigious institutions, including University of Tokyo and Stanford.