Articles tagged "japan"

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Japanese-style game shows are trying to win over American audiences

by Cary Darling [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[14.Jul.08] :. The Japanese have long been known for their torturous game shows that test not only physical endurance but sanity. Now this approach is finding a home on American TV. Why suffer the stolid...

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Feeling of social stagnation brings a resurgence of popular song in Japan

by PopMatters Staff [Yomiuri Shimbun (MCT)]

[17.Jun.08] :. OSAKA, Japan - A Japanese hit single from the mid-1970s has become popular once again, 30 years after its original release. “Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun” (Swim! Taiyaki-kun) sold more than 4.5...

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Music Review

L’Arc~en~Ciel: Kiss

by Deanne Sole

[18.Feb.08] :. This is pop-rock pushed to a point of such lush and serious melodrama that it almost tips over into camp.

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ShortTakes Review

Various: Add to Friends

by Deanne Sole

[5.Oct.07] :. Like a sweet little ant that you don't want to step on.

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ShortTakes Review

Tenniscoats: Totemo Aimasho

by Deanne Sole

[5.Oct.07] :. A nice, soft, warm bowl of heart food

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Sources Say

The Newspaper Equivalent of Iron Chef?

by Jillian Burt

[4.Oct.07] :. A new model for co-operative competition between newspapers in an online alliance.

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Akiko Tsuruga: Sweet and Funky

by Robert R. Calder

[24.Aug.07] :. A young organist for Japan who swings for herself.

Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose by Kenneth B. Pyle

by Leonard Boasberg [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[16.Aug.07] :. The book is a penetrating survey of Japan from the 1868 Meiji Restoration to the present, an informative analysis of why the Japanese behave as they do.

Oreskaband: Oreskaband

by Deanne Sole

[27.Jul.07] :. As if half of Morning Musume had decided to pick up trombones and start covering Toots and the Maytals.