In the last two months of 2019, two South Korean complaints — allegedly based on the period during which Korea was under Japanese control (1910-1945) —...
(Last of two parts) Part 1: [Mythbusters] The Ghosn Show: Less Than A Full Court Presser An indication that Ghosn has been less...
(First of 2 Parts) On January 8, the former Nissan CEO and fugitive from alleged “medieval justice” in Japan held a much-anticipated press conference...
Going, Going, Ghosn Early this morning Japanese media, relying on foreign news stories, began reporting that Carlos Ghosn was in Lebanon - seemingly in...
Shinrin Koen — “Forest and Woods Park” — is unusual among the many parks in Japan in that it is directly operated by the...
(Last of a Two-part Series) Part 1: After Hagibis: Painters, Dog Walkers, Bagpipe Players, Magicians Bring Life Back to the Arakawa Arakawa...
(First of Two Parts) The Kanto area, including Tokyo and Yokohama, experienced one of the strongest typhoons on record in mid-October 2019. Foreign press...
In the United States and the United Kingdom, “Mickey Mouse” is used to mean something trivial, insignificant, or senseless. While foreign media coverage of the...
Many general interest and sports media are reporting that tennis star Naomi Osaka, a citizen of both the United States and Japan, has elected to...
On Wednesday, September 18, The Times of London carried one of the most blatantly racist articles I have seen about Japan, and I have seen...
On August 29, 2019, the Washington Post published an article, “Japan is a Trumpian paradise of low immigration rates. It is also a dying country.” The...
The spring and summer months of 2019 have seen a spate of articles about the allegedly high rates of “virginity” among Japanese, especially 40-year-old...