Charity Flea Market for Tohoku November 17 (Tokyo): volunteer, shop, help :D
IMA, a Tokyo-based group that welcomes volunteers of all ages, Japanese and international, will sponsor a Fall flea market, bake sale and full day of workshops on 11/17. IMA welcomes…
日本外国特派員協会「特定秘密保護法案」に抗議「報道の自由」への脅威と糾弾
その上、「特定秘密保護法案」は政府の政策に関する取材でも「不適切な方法」を用いてはならない、とジャーナリストに対する脅し文句も含まれています。これは、報道メディアに対する直接的な威嚇の如しであり、個別のケースにおいて許せないほどに拡大解釈ができるようになっています。
Japan’s “Designated Secrets Bill” Threatens Freedom of The Press; FCCJ protests
Moreover, the "Designated Secrets Bill" specifically warns journalists that they must not engage in "inappropriate methods" in conducting investigations of government policy. This appears to be a direct threat aimed…
Panties for Smart Phones Become Du Jour in Japan
If your cell-phone is naked, you’re totally behind the fashion curve. Since this spring over a million pure silicone panties were sold in Japan. Silicone may not sound like the…
“You can’t lose at Muse” no longer true. Iconic Roppongi club lost in war on dance
Roppongi's iconic dance club, Muse, became the latest victim of the crackdown on illegal dancing when police announced on Sunday morning that it had raided the club and arrested manager…
Toyoda Designs 100% Driverless Car: HARU2001. Self-determining vehicles are the future!
"Nissan, Honda, everybody is designing a self-driving car. We thought, ‘Hey, what if we take out the human component altogether?’ And that’s how we came up with the HARU2001,” Toyoda…
Freelance journalist vs “Nuclear Mafia”: the good guys win…for now
Minoru Tanaka’s story is the story of one man, one journalist. He was sued over one year and half ago for one story he wrote about a shadowy figure in…
Fucked Up Puppy? No, Fukuppy is just a mascot lost in translation. (He’s not from Fukushima either)
The text above Fukuppy, announces that he was born as a corporate character for Fukushima Industries. He introduces himself as "Fukuppy" and says the Japanese equivalent of pleased to meet…
3,300 participate in nuclear evacuation drill in Satsumasendai, 40,000 rally in Tokyo against nuclear power
Over the past weekend, the Japanese government conducted its first major nuclear disaster drill ever since the 3/11 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triple meltdowns. It was a two-day drill…
Born to run, doomed to stall. Sayonara Speed Tribes documents end of Japan’s motorcycle gangs
Sayonara Speed Tribes focuses on Hazuki Kazuhiro, the former leader of the Narushino Specter Gang. When the film starts, all we know is that he is currently a boxer and…