Tokyo Comic Con 2017. Tokyo Ghoul ♥️ Tokyo Comic Com but the cosplayers?
Tokyo Comic Con is a festival celebrating Japanese and American pop culture, while keeping its genetic American style foundation. Unlike other existing comic, film, animation festivals or game shows, this…
日本で活躍する声優のイギリス人女性が米国の#MeToo運動を解説。セクハラ撲滅への一歩
Reina 「麗」という名前で知られ、英語と日本語をいかし、フリーランスの役者・声優のイギリス人は米国の#MeToo運度を説明している記事を載せました。セクハラを撲滅するなら、被害者が数え切れないぐらいいることも知るべきです。
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Japan’s PSA: “Don’t Work Yourself To Death So You Can Keep Working!”
Well, just when it seemed that Japan Inc. just didn't care, the Ministry Of Health, Labor, and Welfare, took decisive action. They declared November to be, "Special Month Of Raising…
The Yakuza That Stole Halloween: They tricked cops, rival gangs, the media & treated the kids.
It was a grisly grim and horrific Halloween in Japan but it wasn’t all bad news–there was a yakuza Halloween, after all. After the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest organized crime group…
Make Up Your Mind…by October 30th. aMaz(e)ing art by Ian Anderson
The opening reception party for the show "Make Up Your Mind" was held on October 21st, featuring a living painting performance with guest artist, dominatrix and fashion designer Lehysl. Using…
Born With It (生まれつき）: Short film captures the angst of being a black child in Japan
An American filmmaker, Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, from Texas, depicts this struggle to be accepted as a dark skinned black man in Japan in his award winning short film Born With It(生まれつき).…
“Eriko’s Facebook Life”/The Amazing Japanese Wife: Part 4
What I leave out is this: I don't want children. I'm fine with being a Japanese Wife but I would never want to be a Japanese Mother. I think about…
Good signs: Japan’s APU graduate creates successful deaf cafe in Indonesia
“Fingertalk” a cafe run by the deaf in Indonesia has become a successful philanthropic business in Indonesia. It owes its success to the experience and determination of Dissa Syakina Ahdanisa,…
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The Amazing Japanese Wife Part 3: A Man Needs His Carcinogen
Seiko and I still share the same bedroom but sleep in single beds placed two feet apart, because she claimed my snoring bothered the hell out of her. I understand…
Is Japan’s Press Partially Responsible For The Decline Of Press Freedom?
Government officials have shied away from holding press conferences in the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan (FCCJ) to avoid being faced with tough questions. Instead, they prefer to have private…