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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Seidensticker’s Tokyo, and ours
Several years ago while writing a column about life in Tokyo I realized how little I really knew about the history of the city I had lived in since 1994 and worked in since 1986. On Amazon I sought Edward … Continue reading
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Tagged Asakusa, Donald Richie, Edward Seidensticker, Japan, Kabukicho, Paul Waley, Sanya, Shinobazu Pond, Tokyo, Yoshiwara
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May 2011 movies
Here are the movie reviews I wrote for the May 2011 issue of EL Magazine, which came out in Tokyo last Monday. These movies are being released in Tokyo from late April to mid-May. Black Swan Though Darren Aronofsky’s newest … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Adam Elliott, Annette Bening, Ashton Kutcher, Black Swan, Blue Valentine, Clifford Irving, Danuta Szaflarska, Darren Aronofsky, Edgar Wright, Ivan Reitman, Jaco van Dormael, Joan Cusack, Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, Lisa Cholodenko, Mark Ruffalo, Mars Needs Moms, Mary and Max, Michael Cera, Michelle Williams, Natalie Portman, Richard Gere, Ryan Gosling, Scott Pilgrim
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May 2011 albums
Here are the album reviews from the May 2011 issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed throughout Tokyo today. Computers and Blues -The Streets (679/Warner) Lasers -Lupe Fiasco (Atlantic/Warner) There’s something irresistibly intriguing about an artist who quits at the … Continue reading
Media Mix, Apr. 24, 2011
Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about the revival of resolve to decentralize Tokyo in response to the Mar. 11 earthquake. Most of the article deals with the macro aspects of moving the capital and/or relocating corporations. At the … Continue reading
Posted in Media
Tagged capital relocation, decentralization, Japan earthquake and tsunami, Shintaro Ishihara, Tokyo
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Media Mix, Apr. 17, 2011
Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about self-restraint and the media campaign to dispel despair in the wake of the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crisis. Last night NHK ran a kind of debate among three groups of university students from Tokyo, Boston, … Continue reading
Media Mix, April 10, 2011
Here’s this week’s Media Mix about the Tokyo gubernatorial race, a topic that will be dated as soon as 8:00 pm rolls around and Shintaro Ishihara is declared the winner. If he isn’t then the column will be worse than … Continue reading
Media Mix, Apr. 3, 2011
Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is a more thorough investigation into the subject I wrote about in this space last week: The absence of the anti-nuke movement in the Japanese media. The strong feelings on both sides of the … Continue reading
April 2011 movies
Here are the movie reviews I wrote for the April 2011 issue of EL Magazine, covering films released in Tokyo from late March to mid-April. Two of the movies printed in the magazine, Battle: Los Angeles and Countdown to Zero, … Continue reading
