- Jim Allen, sportswriter for the Daily Yomiuri, writes that Japanese baseball needs to learn how to travel before they find international success.
- Forget about The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, this upcoming movie is being billed as the ultimate Japanese Shakespeare spaghetti western.
- LA’s Japanese American National Museum and a new group called Asian American Poetry and Writing are holding some interesting writing workshops.
- Masaharu Morimoto, star of the popular show Iron Chef America, is set to descend on the popular New York Anime Festival.