Time for a Change

Time for a Change

After years of reporting on a Japanese consumer in retreat, we believe we are starting to see a sea change. Even in recent weeks, the tone of our conversations with people around us has become much more positive. The cautiously optimistic are turning into the simply...
Why Japan’s Cuisine Will Capture You

Why Japan’s Cuisine Will Capture You

The beginning of 2014 marks the end of my fifteenth year in Japan. That’s more than enough time in one place for any self-respecting expat so, on visits back home, despairing friends and relatives will often ask what on earth I’m still doing here. I just point to my...