Hanako Tokita · March, 2008
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Latest posts by Hanako Tokita from March, 2008
Japan: Views on Yasukuni, the movie
East Asia31 March 2008
A documentary film about the controversial Yasukuni shrine, shot by a Chinese filmmaker through funding by a Japanese government agency, has sparked debate and discussion after a group within the...
Japan: Obama gets support from Japanese city
East Asia16 March 2008
Excitement is growing in a sleepy fishing town on the coast of the Japan Sea. The city of Obama, whose name means “little beach” in Japanese, is receiving unusual attention...
Japan: American enka singer makes waves
East Asia7 March 2008
The first ever American-born enka singer, Jero, has become the talk of the Japanese blogosphere the past weeks as he made his debut with the single “Umiyuki (Ocean Snow)”. The...
Japan: Is it obscenity or is it art?
East Asia3 March 2008
On February 19, the Japanese Supreme Court ruled that a Robert Mapplethorpe book, confiscated at Narita Airport in 1999 on the basis of its perceived pornographic content, does not violate...