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About Christoph Neidhart

Christoph Neidhart is a Swiss writer and journalist based in Tokyo where he is German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung bureau chief.

Articles by Christoph Neidhart

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Thursday 5th May

Fukushima and Chernobyl: are there silver linings in chain reactions?

Christoph Neidhart, 5 May 2011
The author reported on the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and from on Fukushima in 2011. The silver lining of Chernobyl was that it really did ignite the process of glasnost. Unfortunately, though much needed, that is unlikely to happen in Japan because of the grip of the "nuclear village" on Japanese politics. The pressure group has seen off challenges from clean energy alternatives and has deep tentacles in the postwar Japanese state
Friday 14th November

Lame-goose Japan

Christoph Neidhart, 14 November 2008
Japan is in no state to assume its natural leadership role at the G20
Wednesday 21st May

China v Russia: communist mask v democratic hat

Christoph Neidhart, 21 May 2008
The west judges "communist" China more harshly than "democratic" Russia, but Christoph Neidhart sees this as biased
Thursday 13th December

The Malthusian energy-trap: old Europe, new China

Christoph Neidhart, 13 December 2007

The world's energy crisis may lead China to save as well as shake the world

Friday 28th September

Tokyo’s change, Moscow’s echoes

Christoph Neidhart, 28 September 2007
Yasuo Fukuda's election can't avert the implosion of Japan's ruling party
Monday 23rd October

Vladimir Putin, "Soviet man" who missed class

Christoph Neidhart, 23 October 2006
The Russian president’s coarse tongue and bad jokes mark him as a figure out of time, says Christoph Neidhart.
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