A Virtual Hatsumode (初詣） for our readers. Happy New Year!
The first visit to a shrine at the start of the New Year is important in Japan. We went and filled out a votive tablet (絵馬) for you. Good luck…
Harness The Cosmic Power Of Meiji Shrine! Tokyo Power Spot Review #1
The Kiyomasa Well (清正井), located in the Meij Jingu (明治神宮) Inner Garden is believed to be one of Tokyo premier power spots. No one is sure when the rumors…
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
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?
OLYMPUS: a closer look with an excerpt from THE GUARDIAN
In April this year, Michael Woodford became president of Olympus, a Japanese optical and medical equipment maker with a God-like reputation to match its name – until recently. Last July,…
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…