Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Modern Japan
By Alex Kerr
Hill and Wang, 2001, 432 pages.
Dogs and Demons more accurately describes the Japan I know and lived in better than any book I’ve read. The Japan I know is a very ugly place, with concrete rivers and beaches, ugly dilapidated buildings, and […]
The Modern Epidemic: A History of Tuberculosis in Japan
By William Johnston
Harvard University Press, 1995, 432 pages.
Tuberculosis is a very serious disease. In human history it has killed millions and will continue to kill many more. In the industrialized world it is considered a very serious disease of the past. That is, if […]
This is a translation of a Yomiuri On-Line article posted on March 24, 2005.
A religious corporation filed a lawsuit in the Nagoya district court arguing that Buddhist memorial services for pets are the equivalent of a religious act and fees for those services should not be taxed. Chief Justice Kato dismissed the lawsuit on […]
The following is a translation of an article from the Asahi News
NEC announced on the 16th that they have invented “Child Care Robot PaPeRo,†with improved functions to play with and watch over children. It has the ability to help caregivers in places such as kindergartens and nursery schools. It will be exhibited […]
The following is a translation of an article appearing on The Asashi Shimbun website.
An earthquake with an intensity of 7 out of 7 on the Japanese seismic scale has just occurred, and a tiger has escaped from its cage.—Under this hypothetical scenario the Tennouji Zoo in Osaka practiced capturing escaped animals.
The real 1975 incident of […]