This week's crop of posts are quite eclectic. They cover the Nintendo Wii, an "Engrish" t-shirt from one of my students, an African-American (1/4 Japanese) singer, a Japanese woman who was abducted by the North Koreans, and an article on the aging of Japan and their attitude towards immigration..
Interesting notes on the articles: the Japanese guy behind the Nintendo Wii is the same guy behind Super Mario Brothers, Zelda, and Donkey Kong! Jero, is a 20-something singer from Pittsburgh who has become an overnight sensation here singing old-fashioned Japanese ballads.
Interesting notes on the articles: the Japanese guy behind the Nintendo Wii is the same guy behind Super Mario Brothers, Zelda, and Donkey Kong! Jero, is a 20-something singer from Pittsburgh who has become an overnight sensation here singing old-fashioned Japanese ballads.
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Megumi Yokota was abducted by the North Koreans in the 1970s and her fate has been a mystery ever since. Yumi and I along with a few other friends saw a documentary on this story at the Cleveland International Film Festival in 2006. The documentary will actually be playing on PBS in the next week or two. I think that the last article is the 
most interesting and telling. It covers two very pressing topics in Japan: the aging of the society and their disinclination towards welcoming foreigners..
Wii Wheeee! (NY Times)
Jero (Washington Post)
Megumi Yokota (Japan Times)
(Washington Post)
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