Osaka Comedy
Share I was in Osaka earlier this year doing an article on comedy in the city. For ANA inflight magazine, Wingspan Click for PDF
All the news without fear or favour
Share This is an interview I did with Yukiko Ogasawara, the President of the Japan Times. The article was prompted by a blog by Debito Arudou back in October. Debito also blogged my article and there are some comments on his site.
Service Robots for Bulletin Magazine
Share Japan has a deep-seated infatuation with mechanical friends, whether it is with the heroes of manga (comic books) and anime (animation), hard-working industrial robots, or the public relations humanoids of major Japanese corporations. Currently, all eyes are on the service- robot sector . . . Read more
Second Life
Share An article on Second Life for Kaleidoscope. I only ever seem to be in the world when I am writing about it. But feel free to contact me there (Burton Nozomi) “Day in, day out at the same old office? Same commute? Same old job? Same old you? Now could be your chance to [...]
National Geographic article on cherry trees
Share Not quite the right season to be writing about sakura, but that’s the point this time . . . “Ornamental cherry trees all over the Japanese archipelago have been blossoming unseasonably this fall, according to local media reports. A few sakura trees—as they are known in Japan—bloom in fall most years. But with more [...]
More liquid research
Share On shochu this time. I’m not a big shochu fan at the moment. But planning to reconsider. Popped down to a huge shochu store near Shimbashi to take the photos.
Craft Beers
Share Another illustrated article for Kaleidoscope – on craft beers this time. Had fun “researching” at Ryogoku Popeye!
Green Tea
Share Here’s an article I did for Kaleidoscope on Green Tea. It mentions a company in Kamamura that is selling gourmet tea for 100,000s of yen.
Wired News Article
Share My Tokyo Adult Expo photo story finally made it onto the Wired News Site. 22 photos and lots of caption info. 13 comments on the Wired News site so far. Erm . . . here’s one of the latest: “I’d like to be connected with those involved in the pleasure industry. I’m running a [...]
Oh dear!
Share “The Agriculture Ministry is not in charge of Gundam,” ministry official Tsutomu Shimomura told the Associated Press news agency.
Second Life
Share My Japan Journal article on Second Life was re-published in the Japan Times today.
Mobile phones in Japan
Share The third article in a series on Wired Japan for the Japan Journal. Mobile phones this time. Show PDF
Living Dolls
Share This is the article I wrote on bunraku for Kaleidoscope magazine. Fantastic layout! view pdf
citizen journalism
Share This is an article I wrote on public journalism (AKA citizen journalism) for the Japan Journal PDF
robo-doctor
Share short article in Wired Magazine “I tell people that I used to be an engineer,” says Kazuhiro Ohno as he tosses a patient’s left leg into a box near the operating table. “But now I’m a doctor.” . . .read more
social networking sites
Share “Tokyo Architect Yuki Nikitaki has 28 friends on the “mixi Ewebsite. She logs on everyday, posts entries to her online diary, and sends messages to her friends. Some she knows offline, but some she has never met face to face and several live in other parts of Japan or overseas. “I don’t think I would [...]
Kabuki props
Share This is an article Mattias Westfalk and I did on Fujinami Kodogu, the the Kabuki theatre’s sole props supplier for the last 300 or so years. (photo Mattias Westfalk) View PDF(first page is blank!)
arrested for libel
Share This is an article I wrote about the arrest of a Japanese publisher. Updated for the Foreign Correspondent’s Club Magazine. show PDF
article on the JET scheme
Share PDF an article for the Japan Journal on the JET scheme – a goverment run program that places teaching assistants in Japanese schools
Westbound Train
Share PDF This is the main article that came out of the 16 day trip Mattias Westfalk and I made to China last year. We travelled by train from Shanghai to Urumuqi in the far West of China.
