From Nautilus, is Japanese culture traumatized by centuries of natural disaster? How the Emperor became human: An excerpt from 1946: The Making of the Modern World by Victor Sebestyen. Hettie Judah on how Japanese designers pioneered gender-neutral dressing. Japan is building tiny islands in the Philippine Sea — here’s why. When cuteness comes of age: Neil Steinberg flies to Japan and finds a country and culture conflicted over cuteness. Should we be turning Japanese? With economic instability and terror plaguing the open West, a case emerges for the insular approach. Ending a 60-year stalemate: Tom Holcombe on Japan’s push to get a peace treaty with Russia. The ghosts of Fukushima: It’s been five years since the meltdown forced them to abandon their village, and now they’re going home — can a town devastated by nuclear disaster be brought back to life?
