51³Ô¹ÏÍø

author

 
Menu
Search
 
July 25, 2026
 

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

Meta

Barry Ritholtz
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2018
What we didn¡¯t learn from Bear Stearns¡¯ collapse
This weekend marked the 10th anniversary of the collapse of Bear Stearns Cos. The cause of the disaster was a combination of excessive, subprime mortgage-concentrated leverage and poor risk controls.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 2017
Tesla scares the rest of the auto industry
Most all of the major auto manufacturers have been frightened by Tesla into embracing hybrid and/or electric vehicles. Now Tesla has claimed the all-important speed crown.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2016
What Buffett saw in baseball¡¯s greatest hitter
If more investors were to utilize a process comparable to that of baseball¡¯s greatest hitter, they would be much better off.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2015
Greeks stand up to ¡®lemon socialism¡¯
The latest restructuring attempt has been emphatically rejected by the Greek people as little more than a bailout for European creditors.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2015
Are the poor better off than King Louis XIV?
To argue that common folk live better now than royalty did in earlier times is a fatuous and politically inspired attempt to minimize the issue of income inequality.
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2014
Frenchman stopped the trickle-down theory
A book by a Frenchman known for his now infamous chart of income inequality in the U.S. dominates the media like no other work of economics since the writings of Milton Friedman or even John Maynard Keynes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Sep 22, 2013
Busting a myth: Lehman wasn¡¯t too big to fail and didn¡¯t cause recession
To many people, the 2008-09 financial crisis was a complex, fast-moving news story and an anagram-laden, horrifying collapse. Such events often give rise to false histories, myths and ideologically driven narratives.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 13, 2013
Can two U.S. senators¡¯ bipartisan bill finally halt ¡®Too Big to Fail¡¯ mantra?
Last month, an unlikely pair of senators ¡ª Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, and David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican ¡ª introduced a non-binding resolution calling for the end of the implicit subsidies that ¡°too big to fail¡± (TBTF) banks enjoy.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2012
Don¡¯t blame Glass-Steagall repeal for the crisis
When the Titanic set sail from Southampton on April 10, 1912, bound for New York, it was called ¡°unsinkable.¡± This was before that chance encounter in the North Atlantic with a large iceberg. You know how that movie ended.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2012
Battlegrounds for bringing Wall Street to justice
What shall we make of the surprise pronouncement in President Barack Obama¡¯s State of the Union address that a belated investigation has been launched into the role of fraud in the financial crisis?
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Inside Toho Archive¡¯s mission to save Japan¡¯s cinematic memory
The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in ¡°the very first day it appeared in the world,¡± says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE 51³Ô¹ÏÍø

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER