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Nov 20, 2024
It’s a reasonable bet that if Jeremy Clarkson stood for prime minister tomorrow, he’d win by a country mile. Some might even crown him the next sovereign. At the...
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Sep 27, 2024
The 67-year-old Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan’s new prime minister on 1 October after winning a surprisingly exciting play-off vote against his rival Sanae Takaichi.
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Aug 5, 2024
It is, to use Trumpian language, a bloodbath. The Tokyo stock market has plunged 12.4% today, compounding the misery of last Friday when Tokyo’s financial markets suffered...
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Apr 12, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a Biden-esque slip in a press conference at the White House this week. He referred to China as Japan’s ally before quickly...
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Apr 6, 2024
Finally, eight months after its US premiere and a month after it triumphed at the Oscars, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has opened here in Japan. The film had been...
Apr 6, 2024Finally, eight months after its US premiere and a month after it triumphed at the Oscars, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has opened here in Japan. The film had been...