Japan
Shrimp for breakfast in Sapporo
A culinary adventure with Japan’s finest seafood
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design
There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
Italian lessons
On matching the sauce to the pasta
A leader who loved Japan
How Shinzo Abe and his country resisted stagnation
Unearthly study of life and death
Yukio Mishima concealed his poignant political commentary in a run-of-the-mill science fiction novel
The bacchanalia of Kawanabe Kyōsai
This exhibition at the Royal Academy revels in the artist’s versatility
Russia’s Tsushima moment
Campaign Diary: Putin’s regime is suffering from an old problem — imperial overreach
Japan v China — the history of a rivalry
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the centuries-old military rivalry between China and Japan
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
Against rights radicalism
A noble cause has mutated into an obstructive and anti-democratic force
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
Portugal must be more than an EU vassal
As elections approach, can Portugal break the stultifying hold of a progressive, big state worldview?
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
Save this perfect Welsh building
The Church Institute and Churchmen’s Club at Llanfairfechan need, and deserve, to be preserved
Britain needs eccentric thought
Lewis Goodall is wrong about the “radicalisation” of the Tory right
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
