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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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Goobers, Godzilla, and Governors
Tokyo’s quest to find a new leader grinds to a conclusion
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Trolling Tokyo
Making sense of the wildest Governor's race in city history
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June 2024

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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Manga! Manga!
Two big announcements.
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May 2024

“Japan Comfort” in a doggy Doge world
The history of the Internet is memes, the history of memes is Japan -- and a certain Shiba Inu symbolizes it all.
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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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On the Origin of Emojis
A new discovery reveals a forgotten chapter in the history of our digital lifestyles
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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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April 2024

The “Dark Matter” of Japan’s Fantasy-Industrial Complex
The secret to being loved by everybody: taking political stances discernible to nobody
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