A trio of directors, including Michel Gondry, offers an intriguing, oddball view of the sprawling metropolis.
By Stephanie Zacharek Mar 6, 2009
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Nine years after the "Crouching Tiger" breakthrough, Asian cinema has virtually disappeared from American screens
By Andrew O'Hehir
June 25, 2009
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These 19th century woodblock prints have to be seen to be believed. But how did American Baptists get involved?
By Andrew Leonard
June 24, 2009
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By David Ehrlich
January 30, 2009
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Author Brian Raftery explains how a Japanese novelty has gone from punch line to worldwide pop-culture phenomenon.
By Sarah Hepola
December 18, 2008
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That $134 billion in smuggled Treasuries? Counterfeit, says the U.S. government
By Andrew Leonard
June 19, 2009
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Secret deficits, North Korean counterfeiters, religious cultists -- $134 billion dollars worth of conspiracy theory
By Andrew Leonard
June 15, 2009
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In the U.S., when gas prices fell, so did hybrid sales. But not in Japan.
By Andrew Leonard
June 5, 2009
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Fans translate the first chapter of the whacked out manga "The Legend of Koizumi" into English
By Andrew Leonard
June 2, 2009
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The Obama administration isn't moving as fast to fix the banking system as some critics would like. But that hardly justifies a comparison with Japan's legendary sloth.
By Andrew Leonard
March 31, 2009
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The incredible shrinking Japan; Eastern Europe as the new subprime; California can't pay the bills -- is it any wonder that investors are having another panic attack?
By Andrew Leonard
February 17, 2009
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New details emerge of the apocalyptic showdown between Pope Benedict XVI and the former prime minister of Japan.
By Andrew Leonard
January 16, 2009
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If "The Legend of Koizumi" isn't the wackiest manga of all time, the competition must be out of this world
By Andrew Leonard
January 15, 2009
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A troubling surge in creepy "upskirt" photography has lawmakers in a twist -- and the body parts of women posted all over the Internet.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
November 25, 2008
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Japan gets the week started off with a bang. The Nikkei stock index falls to a 26-year low
By Andrew Leonard
October 27, 2008
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NBC's baseball announcers make stuff up about both. And insult West Virginia for good measure.
By King Kaufman
August 20, 2008
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Enterprising doctors have figured out a way to use a woman's own stem cells to make her boobs look bigger.
By Catherine Price
August 19, 2008
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In the men's team gymnastics final, no one lost.
By Gary Kamiya
August 12, 2008
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Older Japanese women with a hankering for grandchildren get their own adorable, stuffed companions.
By Logan Scherer
July 2, 2008
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From the battle of Sekigahara to rice paddies, video games, MySpace and YouTube, this 16th century warrior will live on forever.
By Andrew Leonard
June 25, 2008
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Little known outside his homeland, haunted hero-villain Tatsuya Nakadai spans the best years, and greatest films, of Japan's postwar cinema boom.
By Andrew O'Hehir
June 21, 2008
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As the nuclear-powered George Washington sails toward Japan, the Navy attempts to win Japanese hearts and minds with a comic book.
By Andrew Leonard
June 16, 2008
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Two years ago, Japan had too much milk. But today, butter is suddenly a scarce commodity. The global food crisis strikes again.
By Andrew Leonard
April 23, 2008
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When Japan annexed Korea, wigmakers across the world felt the ripples
By Andrew Leonard
April 11, 2008
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Please, I beg of you -- don't press that button! You have no idea of the heartbreak you will wreak
By Andrew Leonard
March 20, 2008
"Tokyo!"
Exit the dragon
The art and folklore of Japanese raccoon dog testicles
Sapphire Racks Up Another Win for Airline Algae
My life in karaoke
Porn in a flash
Babe Ruth and the Nippon Ham Fighters
A new use for stem cells: Breast augmentation
Meet the Japanese Brando
Joan Walsh
Glenn Greenwald