Ousted pachinko mogul Okada vows return

After his questioning by Hong Kong’s Independen Commission Against Corruption, Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada says he’s innocent of embezzling accusations and vows he’ll get his company back, including the Philippine casino hotel with his name on it.

Totally globalized native New Yorker and former broadcast news producer Muhammad Cohen is a blogger for Forbes, editor at large for Inside Asian Gaming and author of Hong Kong On Air, a novel set in his adopted hometown during the 1997 handover about television news, love, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie. See his bio, online archive and more at www.muhammadcohen.com; follow him on Facebook and Twitter @MuhammadCohen.

Making a positive case against racism

A year after Charlottesville, conversations about race in America evoke acrimony and resentment – among people who agree. Americans are better than that, even if people like Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway are not.

Totally globalized native New Yorker and former broadcast news producer Muhammad Cohen is a blogger for Forbes, editor at large for Inside Asian Gaming and author of Hong Kong On Air, a novel set in his adopted hometown during the 1997 handover about television news, love, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie. See his bio, online archive and more at www.muhammadcohen.com; follow him on Facebook and Twitter @MuhammadCohen.