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It's no ordinary sale. It's a FUCKIN' SALE!

Zarina Yamaguchi discovers the ultimate clearance sale in Osaka, Japan: A FUCKIN' SALE!

What Japan Needs To Do in 2012: Op-Ed and My 2012 Wishes

The Japan Times kindly asked Kathy Matsui, equity strategist, Adam Fulford, NPO leader/good samaritan, and myself to look back on 2011 and look forward to 2012 in a piece published…

Year of The Dragon Begins With Earthquake But Godzilla Remains Dormant

Major earthquake fails to waken Godzilla from his slumbers. Prime Minister assures Japanese populace Godzilla not technically a dragon.

RIP 2011. Happy New Year 2012

Sayonara 2011. Welcome 2012!

Put a little love (injection) into your heart and your vocabulary!

"love injections" "echoes" "loach"--it was a strange year for japanese buzzwords

Hafu – The Film

Coming in 2012

Has Japan's largest newspaper, the Yomiuri, been co-opted into a personal weapon of the Chairman?

Is Chairman Watanabe, "the Rupert Murdoch of Japan", willing to use the Yomiuri Newspaper as a tool in his personal vendettas?

Mitsuko Delivers: random acts of kindness and some laughs

by Amy Seaman Just from reading a brief one-sentence summary about Yuya Ishii’s newest film, Mitsuko Delivers, it’s clear that this isn’t just another PARCO-sponsored, corny Japanese love story with…

What do Clint, John and Hayao have in common? Tokyo International Film Festival Quiz#1

So maybe now you're asking, who is Akira Kurosawa?

Japan-related blogs now have a homebase!

Your most favoritest Japanese underworld guide and yakuza blog, Japan Subculture Research Center (<— us!) has recently been listed on the brand-new Japan Blog Directory! The Directory is only 2…