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Sakura and the Spirit of France: “LIGHTS OF FRANCE” Exhibition Illuminates Oji This Weekend
Pedaling Through Paradise
Art and DEI Get Cozy at the agnès b. Gallery in Aoyama”
The Documentary Black Box Diaries and Marriot International: Who’s Actually Protesting?
Ex-Japanese Lawmaker Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen – and Walks
Taro Kono: A new leader for a new LDP?
Can the party that created Japan's nuclear industry also clean it up?
Going through the motions in The Great Happiness Space
Director Jake Clennell gives the deets on what exactly the film was about
NISA Needs To Take Evil Lessons
Sneaky attempts to manipulate public opinion meltdown
Book: Black Passenger Yellow Cabs
Editor’s note: Mr. Bryan sent us JSRC the book a few months ago but as we were getting ready to post the review, 3/11 came upon us. It seemed like…
The US Declares War On The Yakuza
President Obama cancels his yakuza fanzine subscription
Whoot! What? Wut! German Fashion finds a home in Tokyo
Japan Subculture Research Center is going through puberty and heading towards adulthood. After a long discussion with the Japan Subculture Research Center team, we’ve decided to expand the blog to…
Teaching an old dog (breed) new tricks
Japanese police force welcomes first-ever native Japanese police dog
Tokyo Court Upholds Ban on Use of Yamaguchi-gumi Kodo-kai front company office
The Tokyo District Court on the 21st of July (2011) rejected the legal pleas of the head of the Yamaguchi-gumi Kodokai （山口組弘道会）Komatsu-gumi and upheld a preliminary injunction against him which…
A tale of two kidneys: Sumiyoshi-kai head plays dealer in domestic organ trafficking case
Two kidneys, two doctors, two yakuza and one missing victim. Police are currently investigating the case of Toshinobu Horiuchi, a doctor who received a kidney transplant last July at Uwajima Tokushukai Hospital in…
"Hey kids, it's going to be really f**king hot tomorrow!" Japan Meteorological Agency institutes "Hot Weather Warning System"
The Japan Meteorological Agency, (JMA/気象庁) which is Japan’s weather bureau, began issuing “Extreme High Temperature Forecasts and Warnings”(高温注意情報) this week, starting on the 13th and posting in English from the…