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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
9 Day Warning: On March 2nd, NISA disciplined TEPCO on lax equipment checks before meltdown
On March 2nd, approximately nine days before the TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Reactor One melted down, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) formally disciplined…
Moe Yamaguchi's high-rolling husband arrested for running illegal hostess club
Actress and talento Moe Yamaguchi was “really stunned” when she learned her husband, web entrepreneur Shigeo Ozeki, has been illegally running a posh hostess club without a license. Ozeki and…
Japanese study finds correlation between exhaust fumes and asthma
According to an NHK online article published on May 25th, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment announced last week its findings that children who were exposed to higher amounts of…
Hidden love hotels come out of the closet thanks to law revisions; It's a love fest in post-quake Japan
It seems business is booming for the love hotel industry. The number of registered businesses has jumped by a whopping 2,700 hotels since the beginning of the year, a hefty…
Fuzoku lite: "Aquarium of girls" offers thrills for herbivore men
Girls in uniform, some as young as 15, sit sprawled out on the floor of a small room, chatting or reading books. Skirts are rolled high, some have their legs…
Evacuees forced to pay rent at Miyagi yakuza home
Straight out of a suspense film: A yakuza couple have been arrested for abuse after they coerced a pair of tsunami evacuees to stay at their home, demanded rent and…
Yakuza looking to get a piece of the reconstruction pie
Sankei News is reporting that suspect groups from west Japan have rolled into the Tohoku area, eyeing a piece of the estimated 15 trillion yen that will be spent on…
Tokyo Prosecutor Special Investigation Unit Takes Lead on TEPCO case, as new evidence contradicts TEPCO claims.
As reported on April 4th here, Japanese law-enforcement continues their investigation into TEPCO, the managing entity of the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor for charges of professional negligence resulting in death or injury,…
Child pornography, government corruption color 2010 US Report On Human Rights in Japan
One that totally flew under our radar: On April 11, the US State Department released their 2010 Human Rights Report for Japan, detailing human rights conditions on everything from the…
Mind your f**ks and s**ts: Localizing Yakuza 1 龍が如く翻訳物語
By Demian ‘Ryu Ichinose’ Smith Ryu ga Gotoku, or Yakuza, as it was unfortunately titled for international distribution, was the first major localization project I was assigned to as a…