The $1,000 LEGO set and the infantilization of America
Pivoting to selling to adults is a business necessity
Oliver Jia
Oliver Jia is an American researcher living in Kyoto, Japan.
Thursday
The return of CRT TVs
For enthusiasts of retro video games and other esoteric media hobbies, what others see as trash is their treasure
Sunday
The iPod reboot
Music ‘just has more value on an iPod’
Wednesday
Will the new ‘communist’ leader of South Korea abandon the US for China?
Lee Jae-myung won the snap election on Tuesday by over eight percentage points
Monday
Why Japan won’t repeat the West’s mistakes on immigration
You must follow the rules to stay — and those who do not are welcome to leave
Thursday
Shōgun is a great show… but the novel was still better
It was innovative in exploring themes not present in the original novel or 1980s show
Wednesday
The Americans who defected to North Korea
With the apparently quixotic exception of Travis King last year, defection to the country has all but ended
Sunday
Japan deserves to see Oppenheimer
The country as a whole is far less bitter about World War Two than many Americans think it is
