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Mishima's Last Words: The Sea of Fertility Part I

Telling Bobby Kennedy to go fuck himself at the White House, wrote Gore Vidal in 1971, "is trivia...

Japan Kenneth Champeon

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Japan's indigenous Ainu still fighting for their land and dignity

TOKYO, Nov 21, 2002 - Discriminated against and almost wiped out as a distinct ethnic group by di...

Japan AFP/Francoise Kadri

American Pastime

Film Review: American Pastime

Life throws Lyle Nomura a curve ball when he lands in a WWII Japanese internment camp instead of ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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Japan's Yokohama Curry Museum

Yokohama, Japan, March 26, 2004 - Anyone savoring the image of Japan as the land of plain white r...

Japan AFP/Ryan Nakashima

Seventy-eight-year-old fortune-teller Terutsugu Eguma attends to a customer on the street of Ginza shopping district of Tokyo.

The fortune-tellers of Tokyo

* * * Every night when the offices close and the shops pull down their shutters, the fortune-tell...

Japan AFP/Niels Planel

Jessica Renslow

Jessica Renslow- Linguistic Wizard of Studiopolis Inc.

In the past several years, Anime has turned into a massive television industry, rapidly becoming ...

Japan Will Raus

From The Sushi Book by Celeste Heiter, photography by Marc Schultz

Japan fights to save "real sushi"

The Japanese government, joined by some leading local chefs, has launched a campaign to preserve ...

Japan AFP/Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura

Kinkakuji, or The Golden Pavilion, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most exquisite temples and gardens in Japan

The Gardens of Kyoto

Japanese gardening is more than just an art or the careful arrangment of plants and rocks around ...

Japan John Lander

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Ganbatte. A Webliography.

Web links for "Ganbatte" - Means "Go For It!" or ... How to become an English Teacher in Japan Ga...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Shabu-Shabu Japanese Hot Pot Stew

Shabu-Shabu is one of Japan's many 'hot pot' recipes, traditionally served in a simmering kettle ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

'Memoirs of a Geisha' Recipes and Photos

This light, classic Japanese menu features an array of bite sized portions, including sashimi, su...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Shaken... Not Stir Fried: 007 Does Asia

You Only Live Twice: Bond prevents SPECTRE from starting a war between the U.S. and Russia... Oct...

Japan / China / Korea, N Will Raus

Michael Keaton Stars in Gung Ho

Film Review: Gung Ho

Local boy makes good in this East-meets-West comedy in which Michael Keaton plays Hunt Stevenson,...

Japan Celeste Heiter

incense pouches from Ishigurokoho

Crazy Shopping or Relaxed Browsing for a Day in the Heart of Kyoto

Shop till you drop! Kyoto's shopping has never been so much fun. The key is get things uniquely...

Japan victor wong

A Japanese pancake artist at work

Japanese Pancakes

There are many good reasons to spend time in Hiroshima. The excellent food is definitely one of t...

Japan MaryLou Driedger

Of Rice and Zen: The Essentials of Japanese Cuisine

With the ubiquitous sushi bar springing up in such out-of-the-way places as Omaha Nebraska, Jacks...

Japan Celeste Heiter

The Hidden Blade

Film Review: The Hidden Blade

Based upon the novel by Shûhei Fujisawa, The Hidden Blade is the second in a trilogy of samurai ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

In Japan, children are treated with the utmost care and attention. The literacy rate in Japan ranks among the world's highest, and the infant mortality rate is among the lowest. Despite its population density and astronomical cost of living, Japan provides excellent 'quality of life' for its children.

A Child's Life - Japan

A story told with photos.

Japan Robert George

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Irezumi - Scarred Beauty

Geri Halliwell has a small star tattooed on her back. Manchester United hero David Beckham has hi...

Japan Nabanita Dutt

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Japanese 'cosplay' draws huge following in Taiwan

Taiwanese "cosers" follow a fashion that aims to combine costume and roleplay based on characteri...

Japan / Taiwan AFP/Amber Wang

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