The Cherry Blossoms are coming. Time to Go Out On the Town In A Modern Kimono!
The kimono is a wonderful piece of Japanese fashion and tradition that has changed and evolved in recent years in a delightful way. This is a great introduction to the…
Make It A Swinging Sunday Night: Pole Dance Tokyo Student Showcase
Pole Dance. It started as something sexy, turned into an art-form, a fitness boom, and it's still as sexy as hell. From the people who made Pole Dance an International…
Japan Comes Up With New Deadly Way To Overcome Drug Addiction?
Japan offers a new way to overcome drug addiction. Something gets lost in translation. pic.twitter.com/st0O7H4KVN — Jake Adelstein/中本哲史 (@jakeadelstein) March 8, 2015 There’s more than one way to solve a…
US citizen dies after being taken in to protective custody in February/赤坂警察署の説明が正しい模様
On February 2nd, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Agency announced the death of an American national who allegedly went on a rampage in the street of Akasaka, was taken into protective…
Should Fuji-Sankei Group be red-faced over scheduled blackface music program in Japan?
This photo of two Japanese musical groups posing together in blackface, white gloves and costumes, gained attention when tweeted by several journalists and many others. Some consider it racist.
Shape Up, Face Up: Testing out latest weird Japanese face toning barbell
While heavily advertised in Japan, this facial exerciser seems unlikely to restore my youthful beauty or my dignity.
The Clear Skies Of Winter Tokyo Are Gorgeous.
The winters are cold; the skyline is ethereal.
I’m not the Jake Adelstein you’re looking for.
Jake shows me his phone, sharing a photo he claims is worth a billion dollars. It’s a yet to be released shot of a crime family boss with the president…
Japan’s Establishment Is A-Okay With Apartheid! 日本へようこそ！
https://twitter.com/jakeadelstein/status/566440737705697280
Rest in Peace, Kenji Goto. A journalist who fought for peace & was killed in war.
Kenji Goto, a freelance journalist, known for his dedicated reporting on the atrocities of war and humanitarian activities, was killed by the Islamic State circa February 1st, 2014 (Japan Standard…