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Peter Tasker

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Writer-analyst-investor, based in Japan since the Meiji Restoration. Latest book on Kurosawa: https://teapaw.org/t.co/WcSpSu40Gq…

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The Geopolitics of Godzilla

The Geopolitics of Godzilla

China, Russia and North Korea could be considered three Godzillas, a large one, a medium-sized one and a small but vicious one.

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News: The Kuroda era – and what comes next petertasker.asia/?p=8415 #petertasker
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News: Funny Money: Edward Chancellor’s “The Price of Time” petertasker.asia/?p=8399 #petertasker
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News: Big Time Gambling Boss: Yukio Mishima’s Favourite Yakuza Movie petertasker.asia/?p=8385 #petertasker
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News: Guilty Pleasures: Tokyo Vice petertasker.asia/?p=8366 #petertasker
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News: Five + 1 Surprising Scenarios for the Year of the Rabbit petertasker.asia/?p=8350 #petertasker
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News: Rockin’ in Rhythm: Japan’s Battling Big Bands petertasker.asia/?p=8311 #petertasker
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News: Journey to Disaster: Toshiro Mifune in “Band of Assassins” petertasker.asia/?p=8333 #petertasker
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News: A Kurosawa Christmas: when the turkey is really chicken petertasker.asia/?p=8315 #petertasker
A Kurosawa Christmas: When the Turkey is Really Chicken

A Kurosawa Christmas: When the Turkey is Really Chicken

A glittering star appears amongst the reeking slime

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News: Salute to Toshiro Mifune: Japan’s Greatest Movie Star petertasker.asia/?p=8292 #petertasker
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Rock Gods in Japan: Who’s Appropriating Who? petertasker.asia/?p=8274 #petertasker
Rock Gods in Japan: Who’s Appropriating Who?

Rock Gods in Japan: Who’s Appropriating Who?

A famous number of theirs compares a girlfriend’s physical attributes to those of a high-performance sports car.

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News: Currency Crunch: The Yen is massively mispriced petertasker.asia/?p=8202 #petertasker
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News: Abe’s Legacy: A more comfortable, confident and Asian Japan petertasker.asia/?p=8208 #petertasker
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News: Bopping and Bathing in Beppu petertasker.asia/?p=8188 #petertasker
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News: Herzog’s Onoda: The Twilight World petertasker.asia/?p=8146 #petertasker
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News: Yakushima: Where I Met the God of the Forest petertasker.asia/?p=8125 #petertasker
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News: My Favourite Things: Wasabi up your nose petertasker.asia/?p=8076 #petertasker
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