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?
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…
What do Clint, John and Hayao have in common? Tokyo International Film Festival Quiz#1
So maybe now you're asking, who is Akira Kurosawa?
Japan-related blogs now have a homebase!
Your most favoritest Japanese underworld guide and yakuza blog, Japan Subculture Research Center (<— us!) has recently been listed on the brand-new Japan Blog Directory! The Directory is only 2…
Japan's First Food Bank: Applying Japanese Efficiency to the Problem of Hunger
the non-profit organization that pioneered a whole new field in Japan
Meet The Yakuza: The Yakuza Movie Book, more than just about movies.
"There are parallels, however, between Kitano's dirty heroes and Takakura's clean-cut ones: Both are contemptuous of death in the best samurai tradition and both define macho cool for their respective…