My passport holds a messy array of stamps, with different colours at different angles. Only one page is serenely ordered, the immigration sticker neatly aligned with the page’s edge, where a Japanese inspector carefully placed it.
Perfectionism is everywhere in Tokyo, from docile commuters lining up precisely to board subways, to the immaculately groomed trees in the gardens of the Imperial Palace. Shinzo Abe’s re-election on Sunday as prime minister gives him a mandate for constitutional change, but it was also a vote from Japan’s conservative society for political continuity and order.
The scandals at Kobe Steel
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