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Response to The Hollywood Reporter Article
Any competent journalist here knows that the civil servant laws here (公務員法) and the State Secrets Law make it a crime for government officials to divulge confidential information to third…
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May the Force Be With You (May 4th) Zen Wisdom From Star Wars! The Dao of Jedi
May 4th has become an iconic day for Star Wars fans across the universe. “May The 4th Be With You” becomes “May The Force Be With You” quite nicely. (If…
Protecting Sources & Risking Lives: The Ethical Dilemmas of Japanese Journalism
"1. Write the truth by any means possible. 2. Protect your sources. 3. If you can't write the story, without protecting your sources, find new or different sources or drop…
Win a chance to see the premiere of Tokyo Vice!
A public service announcement.WOWOW will invite 100 people the special showing of the first episode of #TokyoVice on April 5The series is based on the book Tokyo Vice: An American…
Intimate Strangers: Mothers Without Sons—new suspense film explores the depths of human connection
Intimate Stranger is about a woman with a missing son, who connects with a 17-year old boy during a mask-clad, pandemic stricken winter in Tokyo. The woman works in a…
A Farewell To Japan’s King of Toxic Masculinity: Shintaro Ishihara
Ishihara hated outspoken women and liberal men; he had no kind feelings for the US and refused to be enthralled or intimidated by western culture. Ishihara reserved his most acidic…
Driving In Winter With Haruki Murakami… and Why We Still Need Him
Murakami's story is part of a compilation titled Men Without Women, a fate which, in the Murakami scheme of things is akin to death by torture. Men cannot exist without…
To End Global Warming: We Need Oil…To Be Left In The Ground
by Eddie Adelstein (special guest contributor) Scientists have abundantly proven that global warming is real and causing havoc on the planet. CO2 levels are rising with Earth’s temperatures, but the…
Back To The Matrix: The 4th Time Is The Charm. ★★★★
BTW, there is only a smattering of the “bullet-time” that made the first film so ground-breaking, but for good reasons. It’s two and a half hours of B+ grade sci-fi…
International Idol Supergroup “KUROFUNECHAN” To Perform First and Final Concert On December 14
International Idols In Japan Assemble For a One Time Performance as Kurofune-chan. The Nick Fury of the group, Alice, is leaving Japan next years.