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Helen DeWitt
Meet author Helen Dewitt. She’s the writer of The Last Samurai, a story of a single mother and her precocious son who goes in search of a father using the [...]
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Traditions
Rakugo: The Seated Stand Up
Japan is a country celebrated for its cultural and traditional art forms. Amongst the most popular and highly regarded live performance arts are No and Kabuki, but one of the [...]
The Spotlight
Masataka Matsuoka: Illustrator
We met Masataka Matsuoka recently at Tokyo Design Festa v.33 event [ link ] in Tokyo last month. His illustration work stood out from the sea of talented artist with [...]
Video Games
E3 Nintendo News: Wii U Official Specs
Now that the razmatazz is over, what people really want to know is what kind of power the Wii U has. Sadly, Nintendo were not exactly forthcoming with all the [...]
Celebrity
Takashi Okamura: Japanese Comedian
Osaka native Takashi Okamura (岡村 隆史) is hands down the most popular comedian in Japan today. Part of the comedic Manzai duo Ninety-Nine (also including Yabe Hiroyuki) he is known [...]
Video Games
E3 Nintendo News: Wii U’s games
One of the criticisms leveled at Wii is the distinct lack of (good) third-party titles. It won’t be released for a while, but the initial signs are that third-party behemoths [...]
