Recent analysis on Japan, sumo, and policy.
Why Prime Minister Takaichi Should Refuse to Enter Sumo’s Dohyo |
The Japan Times
A commentary on ritual boundary and political symbolism, arguing that preserving the dohyo’s meaning matters more than modernizing its optics.
What Japan’s Sumo Ranking Document Actually Tells You |
LinkedIn
The banzuke as institutional document: what sumo’s six-times-yearly hierarchy reveals about how Japan manages status, accountability, and recovery.
Carney Used Takaichi to Launder Xi, Modi | LinkedIn
Japan’s democratic credibility as diplomatic cover, and what the sequencing of Carney’s foreign engagements actually signals.
Freedom Ahn 