Topic: Japan

Japan Festival well attended

Musician Akae Fumika, of the Chin-DonYa Tsushinsha trio, used an ancient form of musical advertising to draw a big crowd to the Japan Festival of...
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When "Western" woo invades the East

In case you hadn't guessed, because of the holiday weekend, blogging's been rather slow. This is in general a good thing, a chance to rest and...
The physician to Japanese Emperor Akihito and top scientists have slammed homeopathy as an "absurd" medicine, urging health workers to stay clear ...
JAPAN'S SHOYA TOMIZAWA DIES AFTER MOTO2 CRASH AT SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX - ITALIAN TV...

Apocalypse and Bubbles

Peter Thiel, entrepreneur, VC, angel, Facebook board member, and hedge fund manager, has penned a long and thoughtful piece about the possibility...

Media see close fight for Japan leadership

Subscription page Naoto Kan, Japan's prime minister, is locked in an extremely close race with ruling Democratic party challenger Ichiro Ozawa...

Summer travelers via Narita up 10%

The combined number of people who departed from or entered Japan via Narita airport between July 15 and Aug. 31 grew 9.5 percent over a year...
As we enter the third decade of the "lost decade," there is much to despair about the state of Japan. There has been a sharp increase in the number...

New Job Opportunity - Spitting at the Moon

In multiple posts Paul Krugman is saying "I told you so". For example, please consider Nobody Could Have PredictedPictures support the view that...