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Happy New Year!
The Year of the Snake: 2013, 2001, 1989, 1977, 1965, 1953, 1941, 1929, 1917. The Japanese believe that people who are born in the same animal year share similar personality and character. People born in the year of the Snake … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, LEARNING & STUDY, Video
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Japan & African Americans from the Russo-Japanese War to Pearl Harbor
I had the pleasure of viewing Mr. Ben Karp’s presentation at the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University in Japan on the Golden Era of Black and Japanese relations. He discusses W.E. Du Bois’ travels to Japan and provides insights … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Education, Featured, Video
Tagged afro, afros, app, ben carp, ben karp, black america, black folks, black history, black man, black nationalist movement, black power, black ship, black tokyo, blackness, blogger, book, carp, chibi kuro sanbo, cultural practices, dark as night, dutch learning, futenma, giant eyes, graduate students, grits, history of little black sambo, jambo, japan, Japanese, kadena, kearney, kurofune, kyoto station, little black sambo, mammy, militarization, military, military person, mitzi, mlk memorial, negative images, Occupation, okinawa, okinawa japan, okinawans, poetry art, race, race history, racism, ruby red lips, samurai, sociology, spoken word artist, temple university, U.S., uc berkeley, university of california berkeley, USAF, USFJ, USMC, USN, vietnam
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Don Doko Don: The Yamakiya Taiko Club Story on Kickstarter
I received notification of a great Kickstarter project, “Don Doko Don: The Yamakiya Taiko Club Story” that needs your support. Here is a some background on the Kickstarter project: Don Doko Don: The Yamakiya Taiko Club Story follows an award winning … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Featured, Music & Entertainment, Video
Tagged cherry blossom festival, children, countryside, doko, don doko don, drum, earthquake, japan, Japanese, kennedy center, Kickstarter, kids, movie, music, nuclear, nuclear disaster, nuclear power plant, percussion, project, radiation, radiation zone, refugees, shelter, spirit, taiko drum, tsunami, washington d c
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Niggas and Japs by Dex Digital
Keeping with my Golden Week theme of bringing you a myriad of stories on blackness in Japan, Dex Digital [@dexdigi on Twitter] brings us “Niggas and Japs - Race, Identity, and the Right Wing in Japanese Hip-Hop” which was presented at UCLA on … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Music & Entertainment, Technology, Video
Tagged dex digital, DQ, hip-hop, japan hip-hop, Japanese, music, nigga, nigger, Nnihongo, rap, right wing, 日本語ラップ
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Does another earthquake near Fukushima spell the end of Tokyo?
Here is a video clip from a live TV Asahi morning news and information program that aired on March 8, 2012 in Japan called “Morning Bird.” The TV Asahi reporter is Mr. Toru Tamakawa and the expert is Dr. Hiroaki Koide, Research … Continue reading
Posted in Earthquakes, Government, Politics & Security, Headline, Health, Video
Tagged disaster, fukushima, japan, leak, nuclear, nuke, radiation, science, Technology
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Do You Dream of Sushi?
If you like food porn, this is it because I know that I can’t wait to see the movie Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Wait! I can’t wait to eat at the restaurant that serves the sushi prepared by Ono Jiro, the sushi chef … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Food & Drink, Music & Entertainment, Video
Tagged Anthony Bourdain, chopsticks, Egg, Fish, food, Ginza, japan, Japanese, No Reservations, porn, Shrimp, sushi, tako, Tamago, tokyo, toro, Travel Channel, uni
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