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Wanted: Asians in Hollywood
Over the past few weeks, Jeremy Lin has become a role model in the Asian American community. Being a Taiwanese-American making it in the NBA is a big deal, although I would argue it was just as big a deal … Continue reading
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Tagged 47 Ronin, Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Asian Americans, Asians, Christopher Nolan, George Takei, Hollywood, Inception, Jeffrey Wright, Jeremy Lin, John Cho, Ken Watanabe, Last Samurai, Letters From Iwo Jima, Lucy Liu, Memoirs of a Geisha, Oscars
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Meme Time
If you spend as much time glued to your computer or a smart phone as I do, you’ll have caught the meme that’s currently making the rounds of social networks, featuring six photos of a person or place as viewed … Continue reading
I Hate Remakes
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I hate remakes. Film remakes, to be precise. Let me say from the start that I’m not entirely against the idea of remaking a film, because some of them turn out okay. The Departed was better … Continue reading
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Tagged 47 Ronin, Chushingura, film, Hollywood, Keanu Reeves, Ken Watanabe, Mifune Toshiro, remake, remakes, Ronin, Setsuko Hara, Universal Pictures
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Tokyo Photos [10]
This may look like just another company logo in need of some spiffing up, but I thought it was pretty appropriate. The company is Tokyo Electric Power Company [TEPCO], the firm managing the Fukushima nuclear power facilities. TEPCO fell out … Continue reading
University in Perspective
I’ve written a lot about Japanese universities, both as an observer and as an enrolled student. During my time at Waseda, my Japanese language skills weren’t quite advanced enough to understand everything that was going on around me, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged academics, センター試験, Hideki Wada, Keio University, Todai, University of Tokyo, Waseda, 和田秀樹, 慶大, 慶応, 早稲田, 早大, 東大
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Snokyo
Ladies and gentlemen, a bad few days is always trumped by waking up from a nap at 11pm and finding that it’s snowing heavily outside. I know I just posted a photo and promised real content soon, but…come on. Blurry, … Continue reading
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Tokyo Photos [9]
I’m sorry to post two photos in a row, and that there’s been such a break in content recently. I’ll be back to posting soon enough. It’s been pretty busy around here, what with school starting up again, the job … Continue reading
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Tokyo Photos [8]
So, back in November, a old building next to my apartment building became a new parking lot. This month, an old parking lot next to my building is becoming a new apartment building. What a way to run a railroad, … Continue reading
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The Myth of The Myth of Japan’s Failure
Finally, a ray of hope. The New York Times ran an opinion piece on January 6th, called “The Myth of Japan’s Failure”. It examines the Japanese economy and demonstrates that the West’s image of Japan may not be entirely accurate, and … Continue reading
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Shaken, Not Stirred
Well, Japan gets another earthquake for the New Year. Early AP reports say it was a magnitude 7.0 quake that struck under the ocean near the Izu Islands, about 300 miles SSW of Tokyo. We definitely felt it here, though. Had … Continue reading
