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Japanese Consulate San Francisco Vice Consul Charged with Assualt and 14 Counts of Domestic Violence

May 9, 2012 – 5:58 am |

An interesting turn of events that should test the diplomatic will of Japan and the  application of domestic and international law. The LA TImes reports:
“A Japanese consulate official faces felony charges after San Mateo County …

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4,700 US Marines to leave Okinawa, Japan prior to realignment plan

February 8, 2012 – 1:30 am |

After reaching a general agreement to revise the 2006 U.S. Forces Japan realignment plan, the United States and Japan plan to frontload the relocation of the US Marines based at MCAS Futenma to Guam. This …

Devastation in Japan

March 23, 2011 – 9:49 am |
Devastation in Japan

Devastation in Japan: The Aftermath and Implications of the World’s Fifth Largest Earthquake – Event Summary:
In days following Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, television and Internet images have been among the most shocking in recent …

Tokyo’s First Lady Of Soul

March 4, 2011 – 12:43 pm | One Comment
Tokyo’s First Lady Of Soul

Black Tokyo is pleased to present a new series of posts on Blacks in Japan’s entertainment industry. Our first story features singer, song writer and producer, Ms. Brenda Vaughn.
According to information obtained from the CD …

Black Scholars Who Make a Specialty of Asian Studies Revisited

February 3, 2011 – 2:19 pm | One Comment
Black Scholars Who Make a Specialty of Asian Studies Revisited

[Originally posted in June 2008. Revisited for Black History Month] I received the following question from a new BT reader this afternoon. He asked: “Why do you find Japan so fascinating?” My quick reply to …

Happy New Year – 2011 The Year of the Rabbit

December 31, 2010 – 10:33 pm |
Happy New Year –  2011 The Year of the Rabbit

Black Tokyo’s 2010 Blog Ranking: # 8 of  the top 75 Tokyo blogs. ARIGATO!!
Ranking link: http://www.invesp.com/blog-rank/Tokyo

Black Tokyo – an Afromentary

December 27, 2010 – 8:34 pm |
Black Tokyo – an Afromentary

The Black Tokyo afromentary chronicles experiences in Japan from 1981 to present.

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