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Monthly Archives: November 2012
December 2012 movies
Here are the movie reviews I wrote for the Dec. issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo last weekend. Ai no yukue The “tentatively” titled Where Does Love Go? is extrapolated from a story that Japanese viewers will … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Chloe Grace Moretz, Clint Eastwood, Daniel Craig, Guy Pearce, James Bond, Jim Sheridan, Matthieu Kassovitz, Tim Burton, Woody Allen
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Media Mix, Nov. 25, 2012
Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is mostly about an installment of NHK’s “Closeup Gendai” that covered working women in Japan. Though the issue deserves the attention it’s been getting, the point of the column, and to a lesser extent the point … Continue reading
Posted in Media
Tagged Employment, Flextime, Part-time, working mothers, working women
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Media Mix, Nov. 18, 2012
Here’s this week’s Media Mix about Education Minister Makiko Tanaka’s decision to approve three applications for university status after originally rejecting them. In the column I didn’t talk much about Tanaka’s political reasons for either the initial rejection or for … Continue reading
Posted in Media
Tagged Democratic Party of Japan, Kakuei Tanaka, LDP, Makiko Tanaka, Tadayoshi Nagashima
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Media Mix, Nov. 4, 2012
Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about the media response to Shintaro Ishihara’s resignation as governor of Tokyo. It’s interesting and fortunate that Eriko Arita’s article about the rise of online nationalism appears on the same page. I didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Left-wing politics, Right-wing politics, Shintaro Ishihara, Zaitokukai
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November 2012 albums
Here are the album reviews I wrote for the November issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo a week ago. The Truth About Love -P!nk (RCA/Sony) Kiss -Carly Rae Jepsen (Interscope/Universal) For all her self-professed independence, Alecia Moore … Continue reading
