What Japan Needs To Do in 2012: Op-Ed and My 2012 Wishes
The Japan Times kindly asked Kathy Matsui, equity strategist, Adam Fulford, NPO leader/good samaritan, and myself to look back on 2011 and look forward to 2012 in a piece published…
Year of The Dragon Begins With Earthquake But Godzilla Remains Dormant
Major earthquake fails to waken Godzilla from his slumbers. Prime Minister assures Japanese populace Godzilla not technically a dragon.
RIP 2011. Happy New Year 2012
Sayonara 2011. Welcome 2012!
Put a little love (injection) into your heart and your vocabulary!
"love injections" "echoes" "loach"--it was a strange year for japanese buzzwords
Has Japan's largest newspaper, the Yomiuri, been co-opted into a personal weapon of the Chairman?
Is Chairman Watanabe, "the Rupert Murdoch of Japan", willing to use the Yomiuri Newspaper as a tool in his personal vendettas?
OLYMPUS: a closer look with an excerpt from THE GUARDIAN
In April this year, Michael Woodford became president of Olympus, a Japanese optical and medical equipment maker with a God-like reputation to match its name – until recently. Last July,…
Tadamasa Goto, ex-crime boss, Buddhist priest, about to learn more about karma (因果応報)
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD) is tightening up their investigation of former mob boss Tadamasa Goto, alleged Buddhist priest and best-selling author, on charges of two murders. Last week…
OLYMPUS: Bringing It Into Focus–A Special Breach Of Trust? UPDATE
In the last week, the New York Times, the Financial Times(article in Japanese) and Reuters have reported heavily on suspicious transactions at Olympus Corporation, one of Japan’s oldest and most distinguished…
TEPCO Ties To The Yakuza: Gone? Police Sources Still Skeptical.
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the monolithic corporation that controls all electric power in Greater Tokyo, and was responsible for a triple meltdown at their nuclear power plant in Fukushima…