Book Review: "Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns" by Isaac Titsingh

Accounts of foreign lands are interesting both because of what they reveal about the country but also because of what they reveal abou...

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COLIN LIDDELL ON JAPANESE WORLD RECORDS

Colin Liddell interviewed by Kamasami Kong on the Metropolis Metpod about " Records of the Rising Sun ."

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Sailor Moon Re-Imagined

The Sailor Moon characters re-imagined by Italian artist Angela Vianello .  The delicate girly warriors of the original are toughened ...

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The Resurgence of a Japanese Literary Master

Fifty years after his death, Yukio Mishima is reemerging in translation Yukio Mishima may have gone out in an inglorious blaze in ...

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Podcast: Colin Liddell on "Erotic Haiku"

Back in 2007, podcasts were still something of a novelty. Metropolis , Tokyo's leading English magazine at the time, was an early ...

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Video: Crowbot Jenny

I ran into the work of this young lady, who goes by the name of Sputniko, at the " Anonymous Life " exhibition at the NTT I...

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Japan's Dangerous Reliance on Gentlemen's Agreements

Because of a culture that eschews confrontation, the “Gentleman’s Agreement” has always been popular tool of business in Japan, both at...

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Exhibition: Noh Masks and Costumes from the Mitsui Collection

Get into Noh, face first Noh is the cricket of the theater world. Like that quaint sport it is an esoteric and ancient pastime that h...

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The Unprickable Conscience of Sada Abe

illustration by Emi Yokoyama If there's one thing the Japanese understand, it is obsession. In 1936, when an ex-prostitute strang...

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What is the Thing with Sailor Suits?

Originally posted at Mindmonger Sailor suits are cute. Sailor suits are sexy. And, yes, a bit pedo. But how did they go from bei...

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