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While doing some research yesterday, I found a great commentary by Dave Spector criticizing Japanese Olympic coverage. I’m not a huge fan of the Olympics, nor am I a huge fan of Japanese TV. If Americans think their news coverage is narrowly-focused and sensationalized, they should spend some time in front of the telly over [...]

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 in Japan, News | 1 comment »

Hancock

The editor who usually does movie premiers and celebrity interviews was on holiday last week, and I was asked to take over the premier for Will Smith’s newest and yet to debut in Japan movie, Hancock. At first I was excited because I thought it meant getting to see the film for free (this unfortunately [...]

Saturday, August 23, 2008 in Out on the town, Work | 3 comments »

Wining and more wining in Yamanashi

A bit behind on things… apologies!
Although I work at a business magazine I can’t really claim to be as interested in the stuff as I am in say.. food or travel. While there’s little leeway to do the former at work, however, there have been occasional opportunities to write about the latter. The catch here [...]

Monday, August 18, 2008 in Japan, Travel | 3 comments »

Yasukuni Rumble

In last week’s Metropolis, there was an article about those right-wing Japanese groups that most of us are familiar with from their black truck loud speaker escapades around Shibuya and other city centers. The article itself was a bit hyped-up and was published elsewhere quite a few months before it made an appearance in Metropolis, [...]

Friday, August 15, 2008 in Japan, Out on the town | 1 comment »

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