Victoria James
Articles by Victoria James
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Books
Republican endgame
- 22 April 2002
The People's Emperor: Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy, 1945-1995 Kenneth J Ruoff Harvard University Press, 358pp, £30.95 ISBN 0674008405
Life & Society
Take cover: the English are coming!
- 04 March 2002
Japan, whose football fans stay behind after matches to clear away litter, lives in terror of the hooligans expected for this year's World Cup
Politics
One more, one less, who cares?
- 10 December 2001
Even an imperial birth has failed to excite Japan or its depressed economy. Victoria James reports
Politics
Japan's youth runs out of control
- 10 September 2001
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In a recession-hit country, despairing young people refuse to leave their rooms for weeks, months, even years at a time. Victoria Jamesreports
Politics
Economic crisis? Not for the rich
- 20 August 2001
As inequalities grow, Japan is starting to look rather like Britain and the US
Politics
Japan snores through Pearl Harbor
- 23 July 2001
The Hollywood turkey about the Second World War does not excite the Japanese. But that says more about their notion of history than of film
Politics
The triumph of the accidental hero
- 09 July 2001
The Japanese have fallen in love with their new prime minister - even though they didn't vote for him, reports Victoria James
Politics
Get back to the maternity ward!
- 25 June 2001
Japan's newspapers celebrate women's political advances, but they also demand more babies. Victoria James reports
Politics
Everything at 100 yen
- 21 May 2001
The Japanese, after years of economic turmoil, don't even trust the banks: the latest consumer hit is the home safe. Victoria James reports on the daily realities of deflation
Politics
It's the schools, stupid
- 02 April 2001
While Japan's education remains in crisis, its economy won't get any better
