Japan
Japan: Spring break
Kate Crockett wallows happily in the natural hot baths of Kyushu
Demons of deflation
The new fear haunting Europe
Cultural revolution
We have read about the remarkable opening up of China in recent years: how many people live there and how…
In praise of Japanese Bordeaux
Château Lagrange, a St Julien third growth, has the largest acreage of any Bordeaux classed growth. For much of the…
Magic bullet
Stephen Bayley explains why he has become addicted to Japan’s Shinkansen
Remaking history
What does freedom mean to you? That’s the question the BBC World Service has been asking of us through its…
An awful warning
During Japan’s lost decade in the 1990s I found myself handing out rice balls to Tokyo’s homeless on the banks…
A brainy delight
The Japanese are sometimes said to suffer from ‘outsider person shock’ (gaijin shokku) when travelling abroad. Recently in London we…
