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Posted on 05 March 2015. Tags: 19th, Century, early, Hokusai, purchase, Sumida, Tokyo’s, Ward, work Tokyo’s Sumida Ward to purchase early 19th century Hokusai work The office of Tokyo’s Sumida Ward said Wednesday it plans to purchase a painting depicting Tokyo in the 19th century by famed ukiyo-e woodblock print artist Katsushika Hokusai. The office […]

Posted on 07 May 2015. Tags: ‘bar, 5000, Admits, Conlan, Former, Matt, Minister, paying, Tokyo, tourism Former NT tourism minister Matt Conlan admits to paying 00 Tokyo ‘bar tab … Northern Territory politician Matt Conlan racked up a $ 5,119.54 tab at a Tokyo bar while he was tourism minister and then paid it off […]

Posted on 26 February 2015. Tags: 1990, bubble, Burst, first, Revisiting, Signs, stock, Tokyo’s Tokyo’s Stock Bubble: Revisiting the First Signs of a Burst in 1990 The Japanese stock market hit its all-time high on Dec. 29, 1989, reaching 38916, more than twice its current level. In hindsight, it’s clear that one of history’s great […]

Posted on 11 August 2014. Tags: fantasy, final, opens, Restaurant, Tokyo Final Fantasy Restaurant Opens in Tokyo Maybe it’s not entirely original (or necessarily true anymore) to complain that Japan gets all the cool stuff, but in the case of Tokyo’s newly opened Final Fantasy themed restaurant, Japan really did get the cool stuff. The […]

Posted on 06 September 2014. Tags: ‘Tokyo, Review, toraibu’, Toronto, Tribe’ ‘Tokyo Tribe’ (‘Tokyo toraibu’): Toronto Review After last’s year homage to exploitation action-flicks that is Why Don’t You Play in Hell?, Japanese enfant terrible Sion Sono continues his over-the-top tribute to street-wise counterculture with the hip-hop celebrating Tokyo Tribe. Just as his … Full […]

Posted on 23 October 2014. Tags: Allmale, Disneyland, Japan, Mickey, rise, Tokyo, Trips Mickey men: All-male trips to Tokyo Disneyland are on the rise in Japan Whether or not you’re a fan of Disney’s movies and characters, there’s no denying that the marketing team behind the Tokyo Disney Resort does an outstanding job. Aside from […]

Posted on 18 July 2014. Tags: extraordinary, Seduced, Tokyo Seduced by extraordinary Tokyo Tokyo was fascinating, but in many ways it didn’t surprise me. A much bandied about cliche of modern life is that we live in a global village. When someone somewhere around the world dies every 3.6 seconds from hunger while my children […]