Swallowing The "Disney Of Japan": Osamu Tezuka's Dark Descent

Swallowing The "Disney Of Japan": Osamu Tezuka's Dark Descent

Tezuka's post-Astro Boy stamp of approval. Via. The year was 1968. Faced with the Read more

Media Watch Japan: 'Celibacy Syndrome' And The Spectre of 'Herbivore Men'

An Osamu Tezuka-drawn crowd flees the latest trend. Every couple of years (or even mere months) the mainstream media cycles a sensationalist Japanese trend piece usually linked to population, sex, food or fashion, highlighting J...Read more

Media Watch Japan: 'Celibacy Syndrome' And The Spectre of 'Herbivore Men'

Media Watch Japan: 'Celibacy Syndrome' And The Spectre of 'Herbivore Men'

An Osamu Tezuka-drawn crowd flees the latest trend. Every couple of years (or even mere months) the mainstream media cycles a sensationalist Japanese trend piece usually linked to population, sex, food or fashion, highlighting J...Read more

Vessel Across Time: Mariko Mori's Jōmon Jump

Sister Cisterns: Mori's  (right) mirrors a from 3,500–2,500 BCE.She wears all white and a calm smile. Somewhere in her artistic wanderings, she’s traveled the universe. Seen black holes and white holes. Watched stars be born and die, spilli...Read more

Vessel Across Time: Mariko Mori's Jōmon Jump

Sister Cisterns: Mori's  (right) mirrors a from 3,500–2,500 BCE.She wears all white and a calm smile. Somewhere in her artistic wanderings, she’s traveled the universe. Seen black holes and white holes. Watched stars be born and die, spilli...Read more

Vessel Across Time: Mariko Mori's Jōmon Jump

A Brief History of Social Media In Japan

GREE, just one cloud in Japan's perfect SNS storm.  The social media battle in Japan has all the uncertainty, the early call-ins and punditry of an electoral race.

(Cue Wolf Blitzer-like commentary:)

And that’s not even including GRE...Read more

A Brief History of Social Media In Japan

GREE, just one cloud in Japan's perfect SNS storm.  The social media battle in Japan has all the uncertainty, the early call-ins and punditry of an electoral race.

(Cue Wolf Blitzer-like commentary:)

And that’s not even including GRE...Read more