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Divesting the Image of "Inscrutable Japanese"
Masahiko Agata, Vice Chairman of the English-Speaking Union of Japan, has some interesting thoughts to share with us on the "inscrutable Japanese".
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Japan's muddled development cooperation
Japan received a right scolding from the OECD in its recent report on Japan’s development cooperation policies.
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Japan's bribery problems
The OECD has recently issued a scathing report on Japan's efforts to fight bribery and corruption.
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Japan's dysfunctional politics
Japan's triple crisis of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster was an exceptional and unprecedented event. So why didn't Japan respond in an exceptional and unprecedented way?
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Conflict in the East and South China Seas
This article, I originally wrote some time ago, is worth a read in light the Chinese/Japanese conflicts in the East China Sea
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Wrong About Japan
"When I grow up I'm going to live in Tokyo".
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Japan & Korea: a Tale of Two Countries
Over the past two decades, as Japan has gradually slipped down the OECD ladder in terms of GDP per capita, Korea has progressively climbed the same ladder. How could this happen?
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Globalization and the challenges of our youth
This is the text of a speech that I delivered to a group of students at Tokyo's Keio University on 13 October, 2012.
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Asian Century on Film
If you want to get a quick idea of what the Asian Century is all about, have a look at the Centennial Group's 12 minute video on Youtube (link below).
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Japan in the Asian century
Japan is one of the major development success stories coming out of the post-War period. But how can Japan contribute to and benefit from this "Asian Century"?
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Japan's whaling obsession
"Japan's whaling vessels are not welcome", said Australia's Environment Minister Tony Burke, after a vessel from Japan's whaling fleet entered Australia's exclusive economic zone in the Southern Ocean
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Why did Japan stop growing?
Japan's very strong economic growth from the 1950s through to the 1980s was a virtual miracle. Its stagnation for the past two decades seems a mystery. How did it all happen?
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