Japan Society Chairman's Blog (5)
This week took my thoughts back five centuries but also just five months. Last November I participated in a conference about “Japan’s future and role in the world” at Ditchley Park, in Oxfordshire.
Japan Society Chairman's Blog (4)
On this April 23rd, no doubt because of staying at home and staring at Twitter, St George’s Day seemed to loom a little larger. Sir Patrick Stewart even devoted his reading of Sonnet 37 to St George's Day.
Japan Society Chairman's Blog (3)
One of the surprising but also cheering aspects of this strange and difficult period has been how readily we can all be connected with one another, despite spending most of our time at home.
Japan Society Chairman's Blog (2)
This covid-19 crisis has taken us all by surprise, in its dimensions as a pandemic and as an extraordinary global economic shock.
Japan Society Chairman's Blog (1)
This is the first of what will be a regular “Chairman’s Blog” by Bill Emmott for Japan Society members and supporters.