Philip Patrick

Philip Patrick is a lecturer at a Tokyo university and a freelance journalist.

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What UK politicians can learn from Japan’s seismic election result The LDP's historic drubbing has several lessons for Britain

28 Oct 2024

New Japan PM’s success may depend on US election Nippon Steel’s proposed takeover of US Steel could create a wedge with Trump

27 Sep 2024

What’s behind Japan’s stock market crash? The Nikkei is now down nearly 4% from a year ago

06 Aug 2024

The SNP is no match for Scotland’s Tartan Army Travelling football fans are a nationalist force without the separatism

19 Jun 2024

Japan’s pacifist era is officially over Tokyo is back as a major player in international affairs

12 Apr 2024

After a historic rate hike, Japan is finally making progress A once-sclerotic economy is gradually finding its feet

22 Mar 2024

Has Japan’s MeToo moment finally arrived? A series of sex scandals has rocked the country

08 Dec 2023

Why China may welcome a Trump presidency The President's isolationist tendencies could yield surprising results

29 Nov 2023

How Tokyo crushed the Nimbys

01 Jun 2023

The truth about Japan’s sex culture

21 Apr 2023

Why Conservative voters might vote Labour in Scotland Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross suggested tactical voting against the SNP

11 Apr 2023

Number of foreign workers in Japan hits record high Looser work restrictions have led to a surge in immigration

11 Feb 2023

Japanese pacifism is dead

03 Feb 2023

Japan downgrades Covid amid vaccine safety concerns The country is one of the most vaccine-sceptical in the world

20 Jan 2023

Japan’s cynical war on woke

12 Dec 2022

Will Japanese people ‘cease to exist’? Declining fertility is turning the country into one big retirement home

16 Sep 2022

How the Moonies took over Japan

20 Jul 2022

Shinzo Abe and the dark side of Japanese politics The slain leader's ties to the 'Moonies' leaves more questions than answers

12 Jul 2022

Japan’s unique response to inflation: do nothing Despite a plummeting yen, the country is holding firm on low interest rates

23 Jun 2022

Japan (reluctantly) lifts ban on foreigners Visitors are allowed again, but there are strings attached

08 Jun 2022

Japan shows how to avoid Russophobia The Government has distinguished between the Putin regime and its people

02 May 2022

Farewell to a Tokyo icon The Nagakin Capsule Tower is too old for this city addicted to newness

27 Apr 2022

First Germany, now Japan leaves pacifism behind The Ukraine crisis has shattered the country's pacifist consensus

09 Mar 2022

Japan’s new Covid crackdown is all about politics The ‘quasi state of emergency’ sounds dramatic, but it's anything but

26 Jan 2022