Category Archives: General

Anticlimactic weekly roundup

By Sarah Noorbakhsh | Published: 7 May 2010
Excuse us for the lull, but it was the sunniest Golden Week in 25 years, and while Jake was out doing the rounds in New England and soaking up more(...)
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And now for something hairy: A new gizmo and a short story about body hair and Tanuki (badger dogs)

By Jake Adelstein | Published: 16 April 2010
How much body hair is enough?  How much is not enough? Why is it good to have plenty on your head but not on your legs? Why do American adult(...)
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Japanese Government Outlaws (Yakuza) Organized Crime Groups; Bans Possession of Child Pornography With Passage Of Criminal Conspiracy Laws

By Jake Adelstein | Published: 1 April 2010
April 1st 2010 (Tokyo, Japan) The National Police Agency announced today an immediate ban on designated organized crime groups and their activities in conjunction with the establishment of Japan’s version(...)
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24-Hour Tokyo: Tokyo Government To Run Subway Line All Night?!! Scoop!

By Jake Adelstein | Published: 2 February 2010
There is serious talk in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government of running the city managed subway systems Toei Chikatetsu（都営地下鉄) 24 hours a day when Haneda Airport opens to more international flights(...)
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“Where Is The Romance?”–a hard-boiled meditation on mating rituals in Tokyo (for V-day)

By Jake Adelstein | Published: 19 January 2010
In a departure from our usual somber posting, I’ve written an original prose-poem, which is for a friend’s upcoming “Where is the Romance” theme party in Tokyo–a pre-valentines’s day event.(...)
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