Gavin Blair

GlobalPost
The World

Japan’s manga man

Politics

Prime Minister Taro Aso loves comics. As for governing effectively? Not so much.

The World

Grandpa-san, you’re under arrest

The World

Land of rising communism

Politics
The World

Analysis: Japan looks inward

The World

The curse of the colonel

The World

The Hatoyama dynasty

Agence France-Presse

The scion of a political family could be Japan’s next prime minister.

The World

A new day for Japanese justice

Agence France-Presse

Here comes the (lay) judge.

The World

Land of rising debt

Agence France-Presse

Japan is drowning in debt. It is also one of the U.S.’s biggest creditors. Can this last?

The World

Japan’s opposition wins a historic victory

Agence France-Presse

Democratic Party of Japan crushes Taro Aso’s Liberal Democratic Party

The World

Japan’s downward spiral

Politics

One in six Japanese are now poor. The new government has vowed to tackle the problem, but how?