What Johnny Kitagawa’s Death Tells Us About Japan’s Media
Last week Japan's media went into tumult with the announcement that Johnny Kitagawa, the mysterious force behind Japan's most famous ...
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Takeshi’s TV Tackle
Sometimes Japan seems to be a terribly dysfunctional place. Changing leaders every few months and building the Panama Canal worth ...
Common Euphemisms Used in Japan
As a general rule, Japan is very "about" -- an English word the Japanese use to mean subtle, vague or ...
Japanese Television Report: “Unbelievable!”
One Japanese TV show I watch every once in a while is "Unbelievable!" in which famed Japanese director and squeaking ...
Japan and Inefficiency
I happened to see a report that put Japan's gross domestic product per capita -- the amount of goods and ...
The Japanese “Variety” Show
The cornerstone of the Japanese television world is the "variety show," and although the Western stereotype of these programs isn't ...
