Japan is key to containing threat from China

Joe Biden presented himself as the candidate of the old normal, the carpet-slippered president who would Make America Sleep at Night Again. But the country’s nervous exhaustion was only partly down to ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsuoka Is Japan’s Weirdest Automaker

However to better understand Japanese culture, you need to understand Mitsuoka, the weirdest freaking car company on the planet. Yes, Japan is samurai swords and Super GT and giant robots grappling in ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan pays regional banks to merge

The Bank of Japan will exempt regional banks from negative interest rates if they agree to merge or cut costs in a highly unusual use of monetary policy to reshape the financial sector. Regional banks ... ( read original story ...)