The Monday Read
The Age of Suga edition So we have a new PM here in Japan. I like that he’s not an nth-generation politician. I think we should drop that lot in a lake somewhere. Otherwise I’m pretty agnostic so far. Show me the reforms! as Cuba Gooding Jr. said in that movie. This week’s links Pretty […]
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Cool and wet edition I am loving these lower temperatures, although the torrential rain is getting a bit old. Can’t please me, I guess! This week’s links Pray that you never have to depend on the kindness of bureaucrats: Bread & Roses: Welfare in the Age of Climate Change I couldn’t figure out if he […]
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Typhoon Haishen edition Hope everyone is safe out there. Looks like it might get hairy in Kyushu tomorrow! This week’s links This makes a lot of sense to me: Being Fascinated Coincidentally, I started buying these in my wife’s account earlier in the year: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway buys stakes in Japan’s five leading trading […]
The Monday Read
Cooler temperatures prevail? Well, it is positively pleasant this evening -temperature in the mid-20s. Aaaah. I’ve had a lot of coaching requests recently. Seems like people are taking advantage of the current situation to get their finances in order. I’m a bit busy at the moment with a non-RetireJapan publishing project, but after that I […]
The Monday Read
Is the heat over yet? Praise be, the temperature dropped slightly yesterday and was almost pleasant today. Hopefully this will hold until that weird hot week we always get at the end of September… We’ve had our A/C on pretty much constantly this week, and I am loving the fact that it has separate temperature […]
The Monday Read
Hot hot hot Welcome to the new normal: masks and record-breaking temperatures. I hope everyone had a good obon week. Here are this week’s links Dirty deeds indeed: Dirty deeds done dirt cheap I really need to get around to reading this book: Learning from Rory Sutherland This is good news: Japan’s male smoking rate […]
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Summer is here edition I’m actually enjoying the weather at the moment, weirdly. It feels a lot less humid than it did last week, and it’s nice to see the sun. Having a fan nearby almost constantly helps too! We wrote a guide to beating the summer heat a long time ago, and although it […]
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Feeling Human edition Well, it might be the fact that today was glorious (somewhat sunny, cool breeze, low humidity) or because I started getting up earlier in the morning, but I’m feeling pretty good. Better than I have during the last few months, anyway. Feel like my brain is firing better. I might even manage […]
The Monday Read
Go To Your Home and Stay There Please edition What’s up, happy campers? Here in Sendai we are having a very mild summer. This appears to be the new normal. The end of September is then really hot for some reason. The government stubbornly went ahead with the Go To campaign even though pretty much […]
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Don’t GoTo edition Having been quite lucky with the first few months of the pandemic, the Japanese government has decided that life is not interesting enough, and is pressing ahead with promoting tourism (the GoTo campaign), reopening sports (sumo, baseball, etc.) with spectators, and generally behaving as if the virus has just gone away. I […]