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Dakota Rose on Japanese Television

American vlogger "KotaKoti" (Dakota Rose Ostrenga)has gained worldwide attention for herJapanese cosmetics and hairstylesvideos on...
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'Wanko: The Story of Me, My Family and Rock' screens on March 4th

  • Rock: Wanko no Shima
  • March 3, 2012
"Rock: Wanko No Shima" aka "Wanko: The Story of Me, My Family and Rock" will screen at the Honolulu Festival on March 4th @ 1pm...
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Concern over growing cyber threats against Japan

Surveys conducted by several security companies have revealed a growing trend in cyber threats in Japan. Two surveys from 2011 were conducted by...
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Siri leaks its own upcoming Japanese language update

  • siri
  • February 15, 2012
When Apple launched Siri, its voice assistant for the iPhone 4S (in beta, remember), it said it was supported in English (United States, United...
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Controversial Japanese film Battle Royale gets US release 12 years later

In an event that I never thought would happen way back in 2002 when a friend gave me a *cough* bootlegged *cough* VHS copy ofKinji Fukasaku's...
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Japanese Emperor remains in hospital

Japan’s Emperor Akihito was admitted to the University of Tokyo Hospital on November 6, 2011, presenting with a fever and cold-like symptoms...
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AREA Japan jump starts Halloween 2011

Halloween 2011 may fall on a Monday this year, but Julie Azuma and her crew at AREA Japan (short for "Attractive, Real, Energetic, Affable...
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The art of human brain cells

  • art
  • September 24, 2011
Greg Dunn is working on his doctorate in neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania that has a unique eye for art. He uses many of the...
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ANIME' And Its Dubious Rise In Mainstream America

Quick quiz, see if you can guess the name of this animated classic: In the wilds of Africa, a lion cub is orphaned when an evil, conniving panther...
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Japan Remembered and Honored at the Japanese Friendship Garden on Sat., March 26

This past Saturday, the Japanese Freindship Garden -- or Ro Ho En in Japanese -- of Phoenix, AZ, hosted a beautiful Day of Remembrance for the...
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