Lessons in Japanese Restroom Etiquette For US-Euro-Trash: No crotch-kicking, glass splitting, upchucking or f*cking
The first thing you’d notice upon entering the gaudy three-story Gas Panic complex in Roppongi was the commandment: “Everyone Must Be Drinking to Remain In Gaspanic.” The rule was strictly…
Japan’s State Secrets Laws Empowers The Elite and Muzzles The Press: FOP RIP 12/10/2014
It allows Japan’s 19 government ministries to designate certain information as state secrets. The state secret classification lasts five years, a period that can be extended to 60 years. Any…
Brand Japan, Brand Abe: A Clash of Narratives
Written by Nancy Snow Two decades ago I was working at the United States Information Agency (USIA), an independent foreign affairs agency of the U.S. Government. We were separate from…
日本の報道の自由を守ろう！報道推進賞に記者等をノミネート。２３日が締め切り！
日本外国特派員協会は第１回報道の自由推進賞を新設に向けて小さな一歩を踏み出した。賞は5月3日（世界報道の自由の日）に発表される。調査報道に与えられる特別賞や、報道の自由に貢献したジャーナリスト以外の人に与えられる賞がある。
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…
The Clear Skies Of Winter Tokyo Are Gorgeous.
The winters are cold; the skyline is ethereal.
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…
Mrs. Rinko Goto releases a statement on behalf of husband and missing pilot.
I fear that this is the last chance for my husband and we now have only a few hours left to secure his release and the life of Lt. Mu’ath…
The ISIS Crisis: Negotiations Stall as Jordan Demands ‘Proof of Life’
Jordan offered to exchange the Iraqi suicide bomber for the Jordanian pilot on Wednesday. But nothing was mentioned about the Japanese hostage. As Jordan has been leading the negotiations for…