Lambda Is On The Lam In Japan
(First posted 23:59 August 18th, revised and updated 00:40 am August 19) The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are over but they may leave a lasting legacy in Japan: the deadly COVID19 Lambda variant; it first...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Brushes With the Yakuza – Reflections of Life in Akasaka, Tokyo
My first encounter with the ‘yakuza’ or the crooks and gangsters of Japan’s underworld, happened when I was 14 years old, on my way home from cram school. It was around 10 PM and having no friends who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tokyo Private Eye (東京探偵) the sequel to Tokyo Vice coming in Spring of 2023,...
photo by Reylia Slaby TOKYO PRIVATE EYE: Investigation, Damnation, and Salvation In The Land Of The Setting Sun Coming in Spring of 2023, published by Marchialy (France) The book opens on one of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
神隠し(かみかくし）Gone with the Gods (an original Podcast) coming IN 2022
People have a habit of vanishing in Japan—even hundreds of years ago, it happened often enough that myths were created to explain these sudden disappearances. 神隠し (kamikakushi)–to be hidden by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“A Man” Takes Imposter Syndrome To New Dimensions
by Kaori Shoji Three minutes into A Man, you already know that Rie (Sakura Ando), who is minding her mother’s stationery shop in rural Miyazaki prefecture, will be dating the guy (Masataka Kubota) who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE TWO CYCLE ENGINE SAAB AND SAVING THE PLANET EARTH
By Eddie Adelstein When I was just married and I bought a golden yellow Chevrolet station wagon, I realized that I was headed for a pattern of life that was best expressed by Thoreau who said,...
View ArticleThe Subculturist: The man behind Tokyo’s most infamous city guidebook
For a decade, Steven Schultz was the world’s window into the most extreme and intriguing corners of Tokyo. Until one day, suddenly, he wasn’t. By Joe M MAPS’N’PORN STORE: The most chaotic used book...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sign for Tigran and Nadeem: Demand Their Freedom Now!
As April 2nd dawns, a new month brings the promise of spring, with temperatures on the rise. Yet, amidst this renewal, there’s still no positive news on the unjust confinement of former Special Agent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tokyo Vice Vice-O-Pedia: Nuclear workers (原発作業員)
From Wikimedia Commons | Disaster relief operations in the 2011 Earthquake The Japanese underworld thrives beneath the surface, weaving a subterranean society that infiltrates every corner of Japanese...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bring Them Home: Ongoing Battle for Japanese Hostages in North Korea
It’s been 46 years since Takuya Yokota last saw his older sister, Megumi. Their family trip to Hiroshima remains his final cherished memory of her, captured in photographs and etched in his heart....
View Article
