Biden’s 100 Days Review (Looking to the East)
Boom or Bust? The host for this episode is Stephen Zurcher. The guests for this episode are Paul Scott and Jiri Mestecky. We review the first 100 days with subject experts on Europe, Japan and the Koreas. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Hawaii time most weekdays, then […]
The Tokyo 2021 Olympics (Looking to the East)
Go or no go or the Tokyo Olympics? The host for this episode is Stephen Zurcher. The guest for this episode is Roy Tomizawa. We discuss the current status of the delayed 2021 Tokyo Olympics given the current health conditions in the country and the commitment of the government and business community to its success. […]
Two countries divided by a single sport (Looking to the East)
Baseball in Japan and the USA. The host for this episode is Stephen Zurcher. The guest for this episode is Jim Allen. Jim Allen has been following Japanese baseball for decades and is in his words still trying to figure out how the American sport is played in Japan. His love of baseball started in […]
Women and Business in Japan? (Looking to the East)
Why Japan struggles with gender in business. The host for this episode is Stephen Zurcher. The guests for this episode are MaryAnne Jorgensen and Chihiro Nishihara. Recently one of Japan’s leading political figures said he did not prefer to have women in high level positions as they talk too much. Here is his exact quote […]
Is USA drifting toward authoritarianism? (Looking To The East)
Trump as dictator? The host for this episode is Stephen Zurcher, Ph.D. The guest for this episode is Mark S. Cogan. We look at the current political conditions in the USA from an Eastern perspective to address the question of could the USA adopt an Asian model of authoritarianism such as with China and Singapore. […]
Japanese lessons for the American coup (Looking To The East)
1930s Japan and USA 2021 rightwing coups. The host for this episode is Stephen Zurcher, Ph.D. The guest for this episode is Taro Tsuda, PhD. We look at the many attempted rightwing coups during the 1930s and apply learnings from them to the January 2021 rightwing coup in the USA. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on […]
Looking to the Law (Looking To The East)
East and West Law Practice. The host for this episode is Stephen Zurcher, Ph.D. The guest for this episode is Jiri Mestecky. Jiri is a long term expat in Japan but has also practiced law in the USA. We will discuss how law is practiced in Japan and the USA exploring differences between the two […]
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The resilience that President Biden sold as a trademark of his political brand for half a century now looks to some like blind resistance in the face of a rising [...]
The Connecticut Democrat said the president had more to do to assuage voters’ worries about his age, mental acuity and fitness to run. Top House Democrats are set to meet [...]
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Fifty years ago, my father’s friend was taken at gunpoint on Long Island. Then he went on with his life — and that’s the part that haunts me. [...]
The new prime minister wants to establish a "different and better" way of working across the United Kingdom. [...]
The new UK government wants to signal its desire to engage in the face of multiple world crises. [...]
The new home secretary says she will start work to recruit a border security commander on Monday. [...]
Emma Raducanu is out of Wimbledon after being hampered by a back injury in the deciding set of her fourth-round match against Lulu Sun. [...]
Crowds turn out to pay their respects to rugby league icon and MND fundraiser Rob Burrow ahead of his funeral. [...]
The left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) landed a surprise win over the far-right National Rally (RN) in the second round of the 2024 French legislative election. No alliance, however, managed [...]
Many Hungarians had the feeling that Viktor Orban's hold on power would never end. But then along came Peter Magyar, a disillusioned member of Orban's circle. Can he bring about [...]
The leader of the Catholic Church is concerned about the worldwide state of democracy. Francis is wary of "ideological temptations and populists" as the far-right makes gains in France, the [...]
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A new OECD study has found Germany is successfully integrating migrants despite obstacles such as migrants often having little education. [...]
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President Biden has said only the Lord Almighty could convince him to step aside. On Sunday, he spoke at a church in Philadelphia as some Democrats publicly pled with him [...]
Hamas now appears closer to accepting a more gradual approach to its core demands, including a permanent end to the fighting and a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, [...]
Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National [...]
California recently allocated $12 million for reparations for the state's Black residents as a way to compensate them for the harm caused by the legacy of slavery and current discrimination. [...]
Persistent heat wave in the US expected to shatter new records as it bakes West and swelters in East
Forecasters say a long-running heat wave that has already shattered previous records across the U.S. will persist, baking parts of the West with dangerous temperatures that will soar into the [...]
Two boys have been shot in a McDonald’s in the Bronx borough of New York City [...]
The populist, anti-immigration National Rally party had been hoping to install France’s first far-right government since World War II, with 28-year-old Jordan Bardella as prime minister. [...]
President Joe Biden has urged supporters to stay unified at a rousing Black church service in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania [...]
