Photos and furniture
Philadelphia's Moderne Gallery presents the work of Japanese American furniture maker George Nakashima.
The issue of international child abduction in Japan.
"Made in Minidoka: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans in Idaho:" a photo exhibit.
Los Angeles announces...
Quick links
Groundbreaking pitcher Hideo Nomo retired today. The 39-year-old Nomo burst onto the scene with the Dodgers in 1995 and captured the National League Rookie of the Year award. Along the way he opened up...
Gene Simmons: Manga Superstar
" I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day."
Who hasn't sung, or at least heard, those famous Kiss lyrics before? Very few people, I imagine.
Gene Simmons, bass player for that band...
There’s nothing like a tall glass of Placenta juice in the morning
The idea might sound shocking if you have never tried it, but according to this blog in Wired, the Japanese love drinking Placenta.
Yes, I am talking about a health drink made from "that" placenta.
Although...
Mariah Carey’s blooper in Japan
Ahh, throwing out the first pitch. It's a long-time tradition in baseball that dates back to President William Howard Taft in 1910. The ceremonial act has expanded beyond Presidents to celebrities and various persons...
Aloha Friday bullets
According to Norimitsu Onishi of The New York Times in this extensive article, Japan is taking a hard-hitting approach to expanding waistlines. Millions of people between the age 40 and 74 will have their...
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...
Three interesting stories . . .
There's a lot going on in the world today. So instead of a normal blog post on one story, today's posting has three different stories. That's thrice the fun for you Hawaii Herald faithful...
Meet Japan’s newest oldest boxer Kazumi Izaki
In case the earlier post on Japanese rugby didn't make you feel punchy enough, here's another interesting story from the world of Japanese sports.
Just one week shy of her 45th birthday, Kazumi Izaki has...
Goodness gracious, great c-notes of fire!
Anyone who has ever taken piano lessons as a child has probably toyed with the idea of smashing the piano in frustration, or maybe even burning it. Well, 66-year-old Japanese pianist Yosuke Yamashita did...
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