Japan
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
Pandemic Olympiad
The Tokyo games will be an uncomfortable charade
A fanatic heart
On the 50th anniversary of his public suicide, Nigel Jones reflects on the strange life and bizarre death of the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima
The man who restored Japan
Shinzo Abe has led Japan to overcome its war guilt and emerge as a major global power
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Developing nations will be forced to choose
Sitting on the fence between China and the USA is unsustainable
A race to the bottom
Women should not give legitimacy to an appalling platform
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
The Susie Green light
Businesses should not be legitimising the controversial CEO
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
Let’s start a cat flap
Why do cute predators get a pass from conservationists?
The dangerous lure of Europe
We must disincentivise economic migration to European states
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
