Ibaraki quake shows current warnings fail against March 11, 2011
The reports filtering out of Japan this week paint a picture of routine disruption following a magnitude 5.9 quake near Tokyo.
By Adele Rutherford ·
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Father left son at Mount Fuji; police say negligence is unacceptable
The fundamental principle governing any successful enterprise—be it moving cargo through Rotterdam or ascending a mountain—is that every action must account for all variables,…
By Bram de Vries ·
Japan's execution of Takami proves life is state management
The sheer mechanics of state-sanctioned finality—the hanging rope, the Justice Minister’s careful pronouncements—always demand scrutiny.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
Trump’s South Korea defence flip reminds Japan that it has no Plan B
The geopolitical theatre surrounding the Korean Peninsula has once again revealed itself as a stage where genuine security architecture is sacrificed at the altar of transactional ego.
By Sophie Naimi ·
Treasury yields hit multi-decade highs amid surging national debt
The language they use—"yield curve," "liquidity support buybacks"—is designed to make you feel small, like an amateur who wandered onto a trading floor.
By Alma Cordero ·
US sanctions Tomoko Akane and the ICC: a declaration of impunity
The American claim to global moral authority is, frankly, exhausting.
By Emilio Quesada ·
The BOJ ignores Japan’s energy dependency amid Middle East conflict
Japan's economy isn't merely slowing; it’s showing the predictable signs of a system running on borrowed energy and geopolitical panic.
By Imani Sutton ·
Takaichi skipped Yasukuni; Koizumi went—a costly economic distraction
The moment a nation’s political elite treats its foreign policy like a performance piece—a delicate, highly choreographed dance around historical guilt—I lose interest.
By Bram de Vries ·
Record rainfall leaves four dead, thousands stranded in Japan
You read reports about "unprecedented" weather, and you tend to roll your eyes until you see the numbers.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
Trump White House says it's losing $19B-$26 billion a year in revenue as countries dodge tariffs
The White House has released a report claiming that global trade rivals are costing America $19 billion to $26 billion in lost tax revenue because they are transshipping goods,…
By Ray Dombrowski ·
Putin’s Iturup visit proves claims are about raw assets, not law
The whole spectacle—Putin visiting the Kuril Islands—looks like something out of a bad Cold War novel.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
Jensen Huang pitches GPUs to Wall Street titans; it's pure finance
The whole thing stinks of financial engineering dressed up in silicon varnish.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
Okinawa and Zhejiang: Dolphin proves system fragility is a liability
When a storm like Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall, the immediate reaction—the one that dominates the headlines—is always focused on the physical damage: the toppled trees in Nago…
By Adele Rutherford ·
Washington and Japan prop up the yen, but stability is an illusion
The smell of fresh hay and diesel fuel is honest; it tells you exactly what kind of work needs doing, day in and day out. Global finance, by contrast, smells like old money and desperation.
By Ruth Behrens ·
Yen Traders Brace for More Intervention With US at Japan’s Side
The constant, frantic dance of currency traders is never about the value of a dollar or a yen. It’s always about who gets to write the rules when the system inevitably stalls out.
By Maya Ellison ·
Japan’s Rescuers Battle ‘Cruel Heat’ After Major Earthquake
The death toll from Japan’s powerful 7.1-magnitude quake has risen to 34, a brutal count that speaks less of geological inevitability and more of systemic fragility.
By Bram de Vries ·