Tokyo Bureau Chief @TheEconomist // ex-Moscow and Kyiv // views my own
Jul 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
1/ The shooting of Abe Shinzo, Japan's former prime minister, has shocked Japan. It is likely to reshape the country in ways we can only begin to imagine. My quick piece takes stock of the day's tragic events: economist.com/asia/2022/07/0…2/ Though Abe stepped down as prime minister in late 2020, he has remained a major presence in Japanese politics. In many ways, Japan is still in the Abe era, as I wrote recently: economist.com/asia/2022/05/2…
Dec 8, 2021 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 1/ As Japan's Reiwa era begins in earnest, it finds itself on the front line of common challenges.
My special report in the upcoming issue of @TheEconomist unpacks why Japan is not an outlier, but rather a harbinger—and what the world can learn.
economist.com/special-report…2/ Showa-era Japan once offered lessons in how to win the future, while Heisei-era Japan showed how to lose it. Reiwa Japan will offer lessons in how to survive.
