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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
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Very soon, half the humans on the planet will own a mobile phone. What comes next?
By Andrew Leonard
February 8, 2008
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Top chefs adore them, Rachael Ray sells them, so what's the big fuss about Japanese knives?
By Harris Salat
February 1, 2008
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Pop culture: As global as you want it to be.
By Andrew Leonard
December 12, 2007
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The "My Chopsticks Bra" aims to cure Japan of its addiction to disposable utensils
By Andrew Leonard
November 8, 2007
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The prime minister of Japan is resigning. Will his successor be the great-great-grandson of the "Bismarck of Japan"?
By Andrew Leonard
September 12, 2007
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In Japan, reforestation, population decline and global warming have set off a land leech invasion.
By Andrew Leonard
September 7, 2007
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The filmmaker behind "White Light Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" shares the survivors' stories he explores in his devastating documentary. An interview and podcast.
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 6, 2007
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A controversial graphic novel from Japan -- banned in China -- has inspired a hit movie and much fan fiction. Will thrill-starved U.S. readers get hooked?
By Douglas Wolk
July 26, 2007
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Are there dots that need connecting between slot machines and Japanese robot drummers?
By Andrew Leonard
July 24, 2007
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The big quake in Niigata closes automaker production lines, but opens a window into the history of technological commercialization in Japan.
By Andrew Leonard
July 19, 2007
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A Japanese university hopes invoking the memory of a famous Chinese writer will help attract top engineering talent.
By Andrew Leonard
July 17, 2007
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The bodyguard for Japan's gender equity minister is accused of drunkenly molesting woman on train.
By Carol Lloyd
July 5, 2007
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It's OK to downplay the Nanjing massacre or coercion of "comfort women." But mess with Hiroshima and you're gone
By Andrew Leonard
July 3, 2007
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A New Zealand man snaps pictures of women in the bathroom, breast-feeding may help prevent cancer, and comfort women did, indeed, exist.
By Catherine Price
April 17, 2007
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News reports conflict over whether Prime Minister Abe's apology was sincere or just another denial of responsibility.
By Page Rockwell
March 26, 2007
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Who needs horsepower when your car comes with stuffed animals?
By Catherine Price
March 20, 2007
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And a U.S. resolution wouldn't change a thing, says Japan's prime minister.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
March 5, 2007
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Prime minister says there's no evidence of WWII "comfort women."
By Tracy Clark-Flory
March 2, 2007
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From Shanghai to New York to Tokyo: Where the selling will stop, nobody knows.
By Andrew Leonard
February 27, 2007
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The general public isn't buying the health minister's statement as an innocent slip-up.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
February 2, 2007
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A Japanese TV network glosses over the painful past between the Imperial Army and "comfort women."
By Catherine Price
January 30, 2007
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Soon after, he apologizes and calls his comments "too uncivil."
By Tracy Clark-Flory
January 29, 2007
Japan's unwanted low-fat diet
This blade slices, it dices
Conversations: Steven Okazaki
Death strip
Groping toward gender equality
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