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EDITORIAL FEATURES & REVIEWS
Cherry Blossoms in San DiegoA Beautiful Glimpse of Japan in San Diego Japanese Friendship Garden’s Annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Balboa Park in San Diego, CA...
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EDITORIAL FEATURES & REVIEWS
Japan Tourism Agency Award for TJTokyo Journal Receives Commissioner Award from the Japan Tourism Agency On October 2, 2017, the Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) held the...
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Movie, Music & Entertainment
DRUM TAO's Drum ArtDRUM TAO's Drum Art Combining the Japanese art of taiko drumming with contemporary costumes and choreography DRUM TAO has entertained over...
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SPORTS & LEISURE
The Harlem GlobetrottersThe Harlem Globetrotters’ “Buckets” Blakes Ambassadors of Basketball and Goodwill Celebrating 90 Years The Harlem Globet...
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Living Legend
The Beach BoysThe Beach Boys America's Most Iconic Band's Mike Love Still Having Fun, Fun, Fun After Five Decades As one of the most iconic pop-rock ban...
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Living Legend
George ForemanFormer Heavyweight Champion George Foreman on Muhammad Ali From Fighting to Peace and Compassion On June 3, 2016, Muhammad Ali, three-time...
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Feature Story
Dalai LamaHis Holiness the Dalai Lama The 14th Dalai Lama Celebrates 80th Birthday at the World Compassion Summit in Anaheim, California BOR...
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Living Legend
Takaaki KajitaNobel Prize Laureate Takaaki Kajita Resolving the Neutrino Puzzle The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Japanese scientis...
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Marin MinamiyaAin't No Mountain High Enough for Marin Miyamiya Japan's Youngest Mountaineer to Conquer Mount Everest and the World's Seven Summits While...
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Mari's Homemade Cooking RecipesMari's Homemade Cooking Recipes How to make Mashoom Dashi Ingredients: 30 grams of dried shiitake mushrooms (Chinese black mushroom) 1...
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EDITORIAL FEATURES & REVIEWS
Miyavi: The Samurai GuitaristMaking Music and Movie Magic MIYAVI is making waves on both sides of the ocean in the music and movie industries. Born in 1981as Takamasa I...
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TRAVEL & FOOD
Mari's Homemade Cooking RecipesMari's Homemade Cooking Recipes How to Make Miso-marinated Pork Red miso (hatcho miso) has a very strong flavor. It’s sometimes comp...
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Language & Education
GLOBAL EDUCATOR DAVID NUNANTransforming Education Through the Virtual Classroom "...learning can, and does, occur wherever we happen to be." THE title of this column...
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Japanese Business Expert
Corporate Governance Code in JapanCorporate Governance Code in Japan As one of the measures of the Japan Revitalization Strategy approved by the Cabinet, the Corpora...
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Yoga Lifestyle
Minds and MachinesMinds and Machines OUR lives depend too much on technology. The theory of Moore’s Law tells us that computing power will continue to ...
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Lifestyles
LifestylesLife Style Expat Life IS expat life a dream come true or an emotional rollercoaster? ...
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Parenting
Parenting with LorraineParenting with Lorraine Living Vicariously Through Your Children DAY after day we wake up, go to the office and spend the day doing tasks ...
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Haitian Culture & Politics
Haitian CultureVarious Styles There is a traditional approach to painting in which artists run the gamut of techniques and styles from impressionism to su...
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TJ Expert
Taking the Higher RoadTaking the Higher Road The expectation for expansion in cities has grown as the construction of skyscrapers and roads have increased. Curre...
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Travel & Food
Whole-Wheat Spaghetti with Edamame PestoWhole-Wheat Spaghetti with Edamame Pesto This is a super healthy, quick and tasty pasta dressed with edamame pesto that you can give a try....
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Travel & Food
Chef Ben FordReviving Diversity in The Republic of Georgia ONE of the wonderful benefits of being a culinary ambassador for the U.S. Department of State...
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Interviews
The Heroes of the HimalayasHeores of the Himalayas The Sherpa: Mountaineering and Trekking Guides We hear stories about mountaineers achieving incredible feats and o...
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TJ Expert
Through the Eyes of YankelovichThrough the Eyes of Yankelovich Challenging the Economist Worldview IN a recent New York Times article, the noted American economist Tyler...
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ON JAPAN
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Editor's Insight
Garrity's JapanGarrity's Japan Japanese Conformity ANYONE who has spent time in Japan starts to notice something strange about the country. After a while...
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TRENDS & SOCIETY
Sightseeing and People Watching in TokyoSightseeing and People Watching in Tokyo Japan’s historical and modern beauty never ceases to beguile visitors. But despite i...
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Interviews
Samurai SpiritVirtu in Japan Samurai Spirit Tetsuro Shimaguchi, known for his samurai choreography and appearance in the Quentin Tarantino movie Kill Bi...
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TJ Expert
Destined Encounter of Enishi in the Modern WorldDestined Encounter of Enishi in the Modern World "Every encounter in our lives has meaning" IN Japan, people sometimes say, “This is...
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Travel & Food
Travel to HokkaidoTravel to Hokkaido The northernmost of Japan’s four main islands, Hokkaido offers an unparalleled view of the country’s magnifi...
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Travel & Food
Sake & Wine Cultures in JapanSake & Wine Cultures in Japan Sake vs. Wine: Genealogical Differences SAKE is often referred to as “rice wine,” but that&r...
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Interviews
President Douglas ErberJapan America Society of Southern California President Douglas Erber Founded in 1909, the Japan America Society of Southern California ( J...
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On Japan
The Shut InThe Shut In In this installment from his Japan Journals, Donald Richie skirts the topic of death with an aging Somerset Maugham The follow...
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FASHION & DESIGN
Nekomu OtogiCosplay as a Career Nekomu Otogi: All Dressed Up with Somewhere to Go In a world where “cosplay” has yet to become a household...
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Movie, Music & Entertainment
Cheeky ParadeCheeky Parade Up-and-Coming Japanese Idol Group Aiming for the Hit Parade One of Japan’s up-and-coming girl groups, Cheeky Parade, c...
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MANGA & ANIME
Virtually Falling in LoveBreaking the Glass Ceiling in Virtual Reality Women Around the World Are Virtually Falling in Love with Voltage Inc.'s Japanese Romance App...
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FASHION & DESIGN
Design FestaDesign Festa There is more to Design Festa than Meets the Eye The International Art Event Design Festa, known as Design Festa, is a large ...
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Sumire MatsubaraSumire Matsubara Rising Star Returns to Her Japanese Roots Simply known by her first name, Sumire Matsubara is a Japanese actress, singer,...
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