Monthly Archives: October 2017

Media Mix, Oct. 29, 2017

Posted on October 29, 2017 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix about progress in organ transplants in Japan. Generally speaking, I don’t think the media is the real reason behind the lack of public knowledge about transplants and organ donation, but by and large what tends … Continue reading →

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BIFF 2017

Posted on October 22, 2017 by philipbrasor

Here is my Japan Times story about this year’s Busan International Film Festival. As is always the case, space restrictions prevented me from writing all I wanted to write about the festival and the movies I saw, though, for the … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Oct. 8, 2017

Posted on October 8, 2017 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, about Twitter’s seeming reluctance to address messages that contain hate speech. An issue discussed briefly on the Democracy Times program mentioned in the column but one that I didn’t touch on is sexist language. Kayoko … Continue reading →

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