Japanese mushroom helps cancer, diabetes research
Professor Albert Heck from Utrecht University in the Netherlands has discovered that the enzyme from the Japanese mushroom Grifola frondosa can help the study of diseases such as cancer and diabetes.
This article in Science...
Poetry boxing and the art of the verbal jab
It's no secret that technology has grown exponentially over the past decade. But has human interaction suffered because of that growth? There are some in Japan who say yes.
A decade ago, as a response...
Tuesday bullets
The question that American automakers desperately want answered: Can they top their Japanese competition?
An interesting movie premise: Earthquakes suck every country under the ocean . . . except Japan.
A former prisoner in a...
One craftsman’s boycott of the Olympics
In the months leading up to the Olympics in Beijing, the resounding storyline has not been the anticipation of the actual competition, but of the fiery protests over China's involvement in Tibet and Darfur.
Some...
Japan’s Zenkoji Temple boycotts Olympic torch relay
On Monday, we told you about Masahisa Tsujitani's one-man boycott of the Olympics, now, according to this article in Voice of America, a Japanese Buddhist temple is refusing to host the Olympic torch because...
Osamu Tezuka, “Father of Anime,” to be honored at film festival
If you are familiar with anime, there's a good chance you know the name Osamu Tezuka. If you aren't, well, you probably have no idea who that is.
For those unfamiliar with the auteur, he...
Support for Japan around the world
Japanese Americans respond to the disaster in Japan with words of faith.
Those who have voiced their support include everyone from cultural ambassadors to Cherry Blossom participants.
The recovery effort in Japan was at the heart...
How do you say “ohana” in Japanese?
In an article in the Wall Street Journal, "Lilo & Stitch," the popular Disney duo, will be adapted into a Japanese television show called "Stitch" this October. Only instead of Lilo, the orphan who...
Apparently Okinawans love their spam, too
It's no surprise to anyone in Hawaii that local residents like their spam, rice, eggs and root beer. Well, according this article in the New Zealand-based Stuff, so do Okinawans.
In Okinawa, large square "onigiri"...
Friday bullets
Japanese Americans celebrate the hiring of new Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu, Major League Baseball's first Asian American manager.
FoxNews.com relives the bloody World War II battle for the tiny atoll, Tarawa.
Leslie Kitashima-Gray's The Pink Dress,...
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