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American Shogun
Does Hollywood finally "get" Japan? Where will Season 2 of Shogun take us? And should we really be idolizing a warlord?
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The kids are all right
The world’s falling apart. Can fandom save us?
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Tokyo disco inferno
The responses to the Juliana's Tokyo lookback were fierce!
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Looking back at Ghost in the Shell
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In America, “Barbenheimer” is a success. In Japan, it’s a scandal.
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“The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the translators”
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“Hoarder Hygge” is the Anti-Zen
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“Godzilla Minus One” Doesn't Quite Add Up
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An American Icon, Made in Japan
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Gal Den of Earthly Delights
Juliana’s Tokyo closed 30 years ago this month, but in some ways, the party goes on
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I've launched a YouTube Channel
Check out the first of a new series of video supplements to my essays!
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Japan, the "most AI friendly country in the world"
The country's leaders are gung ho for AI. But will it kill the golden goose of its content industry?
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The United States of Japan
Japan didn't set out to be a pop-culture superpower. It just played out that way.
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Age ain't nothing but a number
How is a "hyper-aged" country like Japan also a leader in youth culture?
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“The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the translators”
Politics, AI and the "last-mile problem" of getting Japanese content to audiences abroad
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Looking back at Ghost in the Shell
Memories from an internship at the company that brought it to America
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