In the final episode of this series: how did “otaku culture” spread overseas when it was so stigmatized at home,…
This week, we’re covering the transformation of the collapsed LTCB into the revived Shinsei (“New Life”) Bank, and the motley…
This week: a combination of political scandals, tabloid journalism, institutional inertia, and of course the goddamn Swiss lead to the…
This week, we’re returning to the era of the bubble economy and its aftermath with an up close look at…
This week, the effects of the collapsing asset bubble spread as the extent of the damage caused is revealed; Japan’s…
This week, it all starts to come crumbling down. Japan is plagued by scandals that destroy public confidence at the…
The Plaza Accord was supposed to fix the US-Japan relationship. How did that work out? Sources A partial translation of The…
This week, we’re going to talk about life in the bubble era by looking at three snapshots of that experience:…
This week, we turn our attention to the 1980s. Japan and the United States find their relationship wracked by increasing…