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Christopher Harding

The Spectator

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Kawaii / How ‘Little Boy’ Japan grew up

In 2005, the Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami wrote that the nickname for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima – ‘Little Boy’– had become...

27.09.2026 20

The Spectator

Christopher Harding

How ‘Little Boy’ Japan grew up

In 2005, the Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami wrote that the nickname for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima – ‘Little Boy’– had become...

27.09.2026 20

The Spectator

Christopher Harding

What Japanese society owes to its samurai-wielding thugs

27.09.2026 30

New Statesman

Christopher Harding

Books / What precipitated a worldwide total war in the 1930s?

More than 80 years after it ended, we are still living through the aftermath of the second world war. When people use the word ‘postwar’ they...

13.07.2026 30

The Spectator

Christopher Harding

Books / What precipitated a worldwide total war in the 1930s?

More than 80 years after it ended, we are still living through the aftermath of the second world war. When people use the word ‘postwar’ they...

13.07.2026 20

The Spectator

Christopher Harding

Books / The two faces of modern Japan

Japanophiles, look away now. A country renowned for inspiring fascination, warm feelings and not a little envy in its rapidly rising numbers of...

16.02.2026 20

The Spectator

Christopher Harding

Books / The two faces of modern Japan

Japanophiles, look away now. A country renowned for inspiring fascination, warm feelings and not a little envy in its rapidly rising numbers of...

16.02.2026 20

The Spectator

Christopher Harding

Why are we so obsessed with Japan?

27.01.2026 30

New Statesman

Christopher Harding