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Japan, Beyond the Tamagawa

Japan, Beyond the Tamagawa

http://japanlost.blogspot.com/

Discussion of expat life in Japan. Discrimination/racism against non-Japanese, politics in Japan, society, travel, cycling, Kyudo (Japanese archery) photos, everyday life in Japan

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    Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 00:21 in Economy, financial crisis, us debt, r. taggert murphy, "japan's dollar reserves"

    There isn't much to say to introduce this, except to note that R. Taggart Murphy has written another extremely interesting article for Japan Focus: In the Eye of the Storm: Updating the Economics of Global Turbulence, an Introduction to Robert Brenne...

  • Lies, all lies!

    Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 09:45 in nonbiri

    Life in Tokyo, as everywhere else in the world, is annoying and unfair. The good men are all married. Co-workers clip their fingernails at their desks. Laundry comes back from the cleaners still dirty...NYT MusicNo, no. This can't be right! This is n...

  • A solution for Futenma etc?

    Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 09:00 in foreign policy, u.s military, dpj, us-japan relations, yukio hatoyama

    ...the American public is turning more isolationist and unilateralist than it has at any time in decades, according to a new poll released Thursday. The survey by the Pew Research Center found a plurality of Americans -- 49 percent -- think that the ...

  • Nose still intact

    Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 03:52 in U.S. Government, sdp, dpj, us-japan relations

    Mizuho Fukushima, who threatened to pull the SDP out of the ruling coalition, apparently succeeded (so far) in delaying any acceptance of the Futenba deal. Hataoyama has certainly resisted the US demand to move "expeditiously" to resolve th...

  • Tokyo Vice

    Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 19:42 in crime, yakuza

    The author of Tokyo Vice has a website at japansubculture.com which he is now regularly updating. Like the book, an antidote to those who believe that Japan is all purity and light....

  • Beware the winter wind

    Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 09:56 in media, pollution, myths, nihonjinron, unique japan

    "Although the temperature is lower in northern Japan, in Tokyo there is no moisture in the winter air..." Yoko Tawada, NYT.Now I know why Japan is the only country with four seasons. It is the only one on earth with absolutely no moisture ...

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This blog is currently rated a 2.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

McAlpine

2 stars Tony Alexander

You have some pretty strong opinions of Japan. I can probably debunk most of your claims. I like your layout though.

Posted: May 5th, 2008 | More Reviews From McAlpine | Report This Comment

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