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Samurai and Star Wars
These Are Not The Roles You're Looking For...
Mar 27
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Christopher Harding
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How to Read a Japanese Garden
Part II: Zen, Cherry Blossoms and London's Kyoto Garden
Mar 20
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How to Read a Japanese Garden
Part I: Party Gardens and Paradise Gardens
Mar 13
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See You Next Week!
Dear Readers,
Mar 6
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Christopher Harding
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February 2026
How Will Japan's First Female PM Handle China?
Looking Back, Moving Forward
Feb 27
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Japan On Canvas
A Conversation with Artist Carl Randall
Feb 20
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'Sanamania,' the Japanese Right and the CIA
Last weekend, Japan’s first female prime minister, Takaichi Sanae, won herself a landslide in a snap election to her country’s powerful lower house.
Feb 13
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Christopher Harding
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Loneliness in Japan
This week, I’ve been reading Alone in Japan: a disturbing yet strangely beautiful meditation on Japan’s declining population, written by Tom Feiling and…
Feb 6
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January 2026
Why Oda Nobunaga Welcomed the West
Japan's Three Unifiers & the Western World - Part I
Jan 30
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Christopher Harding
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Entrepreneurs
The Allied Occupation of Japan - Part IV
Jan 23
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Christopher Harding
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The Dark History Behind Japan's 'Cursed' Prime Minister's Residence
Japan’s prime minister lives and works in one of the most unusual official residences in the world - a building shaped by violence and political…
Jan 16
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New Year’s Resolutions: 2,000 Years of Hurt
And Why ‘Kaizen’ Might Be The Answer
Jan 9
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