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GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF JAPAN SHAPES STAR WARS SAGA

October 22, 2015 Add Comment Edit
It is 150 years since Commodore Perry pointed the Death Star of technology at the head of this once feudal nation and ushered it int...
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HERE COMES THE TENGU

October 19, 2015 Add Comment Edit
Maybe it's because of the big nose and the red face — like some grotesque characterization of Europeans — or it might just be the au...
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JAPANESE WESTERN FESTIVALS

October 12, 2015 Add Comment Edit
Certain Western festivals catch on in Japan and others don’t. What is the secret factor that determines this? I would say it is a str...
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VIDEO REVIEW OF THIS YEAR'S TOKYO GAME SHOW

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FICTION: SPEEDBUMP

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Once upon a time, there was a king who wanted to check up on the public spiritedness of his people so he placed a large rock in the mid...
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PHOTO: THROUGH A JAPANESE TRAIN WINDOW

October 10, 2015 Add Comment Edit
Click to enlarge. A photo of passengers taken through a train window at Shinjuku station. Notice the pervasivenesss of smart phone u...
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