“Ele-King Extra Issue: A Compass for Living in Japan in 2023” Edited by Ele-King Editorial Department
price: 1,800 yen + tax
Release date: 2023/02/17
ISBN:978-4-910511-32-0
How can we overcome the turmoil of 2022 and live with hope?
Diagnose Japan and provide prescriptions!
Osamu Aoki, Kojin Karatani, Darth Raider, Isoko Mochizuki
Karin Amamiya, Satoko Kishimoto, Takashi Sakai, Masatake Shinohara, Osamu Tsuchida, Rei Nagai, Shin Futatsugi, Yuki Honda, Maki Mizukoshi, Itaru Mita
Kikuban/192 pages
table of contents
Preface Why do we need a compass now (Maki Mizukoshi)
interview
Osamu Aoki How has society changed over the past 10 years? (Osamu Tsuchida)
Darth Raider: Start by thinking again about what Japan doesn't have (Maki Mizukoshi)
Isoko Mochizuki: How has the media changed since the shooting incident of former Prime Minister Abe? (Osamu Tsuchida)
Satoko Kishimoto: A politician who returned from the Netherlands shines a bright light on Japan (Nobu Niki)
Yuki Honda: All we can do is continue to be angry. It's about continuing to be angry by any means possible. (Maki Mizukoshi)
Kojin Karatani: It is precisely when there seems to be no hope that hope comes from the other side as something ``interrupted and unfinished''. (Osamu Tsuchida)
essay
Takashi Sakai “Intellectuals” in an era of violence
Itaru Mita Bocchi The Estate and Obumaindo
Karin Amamiya What we need is “know-how to not die” ─ Wisdom to survive 2023
Masatake Shinohara: What was Tetsuya Yamagami staring at?
Rei Nagai sitting together
column
Nobu Futatsugi: Koenji, a city of culture that opposes redevelopment
Cover photo: Yasuhiro Ohara
