The Kuroshio has attracted wider attention in Japan and beyond this year, as it marked the end of the longest “Large Meander” of the Kuroshio on record––in the few decades that the phenomenon has been known, that is. Why does that make headlines? As a warm and nutrient rich current, the Kuroshio has vast impacts on temperature, humidity, precipitation in Japan––and with that, on the archipelago’s fisheries and agriculture.
I’m thrilled that my book “The Kuroshio Frontier” has inspired a discussion of the phenomenon and its historical implications for Japan in no lesser journal than The Economist. Thank you to author Noah Snider for actually, really reading the book––and for making such a compelling story out of it!
Read the full article in The Economist.
