Category: East Asia

JAPAN FASHION: THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME?

by Asia Media Staff | Oct 15, 2019 | Fashion, Japan | 0 |

NILE BROWN WRITES –In June, Kim Kardashian’s shapewear line of form-fitting, nude-colored...

JAPAN: RIDING THE RAILS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT

by Andrea Plate | Oct 15, 2019 | article, Japan, SEXISM | 0 |

DANIELA GUEVARA WRITES—Despite the country’s low crime rate, there has been a significant...

JAPAN’S #KuToo: WHY DON’T MEN HAVE TO WEAR HIGH HEELS IN THE OFFICE, TOO?

by Asia Media Staff | Oct 11, 2019 | article, Japan | 0 |

TALIN DEROHANESSIAN WRITES— Women in the Japanese workforce are required to wear high heels...

South Korea: the curfew question and American Soldiers in Seoul

by Asia Media Staff | Oct 9, 2019 | article, South Korea | 0 |

ANDREA PLATE WRITES — “We are Ambassadors who represent our country on and off duty,”...

CHINA-US RELATIONS: TWO SILOS BUMPING HEADS UNWITTINGLY

by Tom Plate | Oct 8, 2019 | article, China, MARSHALL CAVENDISH ASIA | 0 |

TOM PLATE WRITES — There are a few, though not yet many, Republicans openly furious with...

MUSIC REVIEW: IS ‘JOJI’ ABOUT TO BECOME ‘FILTHY’ RICH?!!

by Asia Media Staff | Oct 2, 2019 | Australia, Japan, MUSIC REVIEW | 0 |

JOSEPH LITTUA WRITES—Joji, a Japanese-Australian R&B singer, is not your classic success...

MOVIE REVIEW: GOLDEN PALM AWARD WINNER ‘PARASITE’ ECHOES THE DARK TRAGEDY OF A DISUNITED Korean Peninsula

by Asia Media Staff | Oct 2, 2019 | East Asia, movie review, North Korea, South Korea | 0 |

WEI WU WRITES — The South Korean movie “Parasite”, 2019 Golden Palm Award winner...

Hong Kong: AMERICANS LONGING TO GET INVOLVED, BUT U.S. NOT TO INTERVENE

by Asia Media Staff | Oct 1, 2019 | article, China, Hong Kong, Uncategorized | 0 |

ANDRE HACOBIAN WRITES—Recently, against the backdrop of escalating violence, protesters...

HONG KONG ON CENTER STAGE: WHY SO MUCH OF THE WORLD IS LOOKING IN

by Asia Media Staff | Sep 19, 2019 | article, China, Hong Kong | 1 |

DIANA CASTILLO WRITES- Just to bring us all up to date: In Hong Kong, an extradition bill was...

JAPAN: THE TOKYO MAN WHO TRIED TO CASH IN ON AN EXTRAORDINARY MEMORY

by Asia Media Staff | Sep 15, 2019 | article, Japan | 1 |

MICHELLE DOR WRITES– A 34-year- old man in Tokyo named Yusuke Taniguchi with something of a...

CHINA-US RELATIONS: LET THINK TANKS THINK, NOT TANK

by Asia Media Staff | Sep 10, 2019 | China, COLUMN, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, Tom Plate | 0 |

TOM PLATE WRITES — Right, you don’t have to remind me: the Chinese civilization of three...

Hong Kong: QUICK COMMENTARY ON THE BEST WAY FOR U.S. TO HELP CHINA – IN ‘USA TODAY’

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 16, 2019 | article, China, Hong Kong, Tom Plate | 0 |

ASIA MEDIA WRITES – The following succinct commentary was solicited by the editors of USA...

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