Roger Crowley explores how ‘restless Europeans’ such as Spain and Portugal created a global ‘maritime belt’ of trade and empire
Japan
A studio in Ibiza, a geodesic dome in Eleuthera, a ski cabin in Rena, a condo in Chiba or a converted farmhouse in Battlebridge
Japan will soon have the third-largest defence budget in the world after the US and China
Latest data shows number of Japanese nationals falling by almost 100 an hour on average despite government efforts
Despite the pursuit of hard fact, the nature of reality is illuminated by Eastern thought as much as it is by atomic theory
Formed by the three countries in 2021, Aukus is part of efforts to push back against China’s power
Planet Business: FTSE 100 crosses 8,000 again, Alex Kroes is suspended at Ajax and Taylor Swift becomes a billionaire
Magnitude 7.3 quake topples dozens of buildings and leaves others tilting, particularly in eastern county of Hualien
Central bank sets new policy rate range of up to 0.1%, ending most aggressive monetary stimulus programme in modern history
Japan’s LDP is one of the most successful political parties in the world, holding power since 1955. Could scandal finally hurt it?
The Japanese director’s new film tells a story more slippery than that of Anatomy of a Fall. Pay attention throughout
Whether in Nobody Knows, Shoplifters or Like Father, Like Son, the Japanese auteur can dramatise children’s inner lives like no other film-maker
Rónán Hession reviews a selection that includes an impressive work by International Booker Prize winner Georgi Gospidinov
Planet Business: Spain’s economic surge; the UK’s corruption ‘wake-up call’; and the petition to switch the extra leap year day to June 31st
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