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Moving On… 30 Nov 2008 | 04:16 pm
It has a long time since I last posted here. Following the end of university course and the beginning of life as a graduate, it got gradually harder to write with the quality I expected. However, in ...
Progress? 14 Jun 2008 | 11:38 pm
So, Japanese-North Korean relations are coming to some kind of crescendo leaving a number of questions in its wake, but first, an overview: The other side also indicated the notion that there is a ne...
Falling Conviction Rates in Japan 4 Jun 2008 | 08:06 am
The Supreme Court said Monday that 2.9 percent of defendants who pleaded not guilty to criminal charges were found innocent at their initial trials in 2007, marking the highest level in a decade. - ‘...
Japan’s Future Armour 29 May 2008 | 08:54 am
Following the phenomenal success of my piece on Japan’s Future Fighters, I have decided to look at another element of Japan’s forces: the Main Battle Tank (MBT). Japan’s military forces (or if we don’...
Hardly a Coincidence… 21 May 2008 | 02:04 am
Given that there are only a few months to the July 2008 G8 Summit in Toyako, Hokkaido, it seems awfully seredipitous that the abduction issue is hitting the headlines again. In May, so far, the Japan ...
Review: “Dogs and Demons: The Fall of Modern Japan” by Alex Kerr 30 Apr 2008 | 01:24 am
There are two well-established traditions when writing about Japan: uncritical praise, and now far more commonly, passionate criticism. I like to think of myself as in the latter category: I love Japa...
The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On… 21 Apr 2008 | 12:36 am
Reportage-style documentary-making can have incredibly impressive results. Hara Kazuo’s The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On (ゆきゆきて、神軍, - Yukiukite shingun) is one such example. The voyeurism that Hara...
The White Countess (2005) 20 Apr 2008 | 12:18 am
I have been spending a lot of time watching movies recently, one of which was James Ivory’s The White Countess starring Ralph Fiennes (The Constant Gardener), Sanada Hiroyuki (The Last Samurai), and N...
Megumi: The Anime 18 Apr 2008 | 10:52 pm
Abe may be gone, but the propaganda keeps on coming. The Headquarters of the Abduction Issue, the Cabinet-level office in charge of bringing the Yokota Megumi story to the world, released the 25-minut...
Review: Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World, by Gordon G. Chang 29 Mar 2008 | 04:10 pm
North Korea is taking on the world, and we have no choice but to respond. Nuclear Showdown (2005) is journalist Gordon G. Chang’s conclusion to his contribution to the study of North Korea as a East ...
