What’s so good about Japan’s demography?
First published by The Japan Times. Pessimists obsess about Japan’s debt, deflation and demographics. The last on the list,...
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Are Japan’s private investigators public enemy number one?
Two years ago, a US-based couple hired Tokyo private detective Goro Koyama to help them gain custody over their 5-year...
Using Education to Make Japan Great Again?
First published by The Diplomat Professor Yuki Honda, a sociologist at University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Education, is...
How to unleash Japan’s animal spirits
First published by The Japan Times Japan owes its wide middle class to post-war laborers who selflessly worked for...
Speculating on the future of initial coin offerings
First published by The Japan Times Initial coin offerings took the world by storm last year. In total $5bn...
Go East, young man! In search of digital oil…
The Economist Magazine highlighted the impact of the digital revolution on the global economy when it compared data to...
The backpacker’s guide to Far East venturing
Alex Farfurnik was born in the Soviet Union in 1982 to Jewish parents in what today is the...
Opportunity knocks for hard-working entrepreneurs in Japan’s capital city
“If you told me 20 years ago that I was going to sell office furniture in Japan, I would’ve...
Angel tips for Japan startup investors
First published by The Japan Times Are you thinking about investing in a Japan startup? Consider these tips from...
A son echoes his father’s questions about identity
In his 1971 song “Imagine,” John Lennon asks listeners to imagine living in a world where all mankind can...