Category: Japan

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...

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...

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...

U.S. POLITICS: BOMB-DROPPING WOMEN FLYING HIGH IN AMERICA’S GENDER WARS

by Asia Media Staff | Jul 15, 2019 | article, Japan, South Korea, VETERANS, WOMEN VETERANS | 0 |

ANDREA PLATE WRITES – Retired Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath served 20 years in the Marines,...

TOKYO: ARE YOU LEADING US, OR FOOLING US? ‘CLIMATE APARTHEID’ ASSERTS UN

by Nicole Alaverdian | Jul 6, 2019 | article, Environment, Japan, UNITED NATIONS | 0 |

NICOLE ALAVERDIAN WRITES – The G20 Summit, held June 28th and 29th in Osaka, garnered the...

FASHION OF ASIA: Sorayama’s silver Mylar – erotic, hyperreal with displays of desire

by annalisa del vecchio | Jun 30, 2019 | Fashion, Japan | 0 |

ANNALISA DEL VECCHIO WRITES – During last year’s Pre-Fall 2019 show, creative director Kim...

JAPAN: Will Naomi Osaka Pick Japanese Citizenship or American?

by Talal Bukhamseen | May 4, 2019 | East Asia, Japan | 1 |

TALAL BUKHAMSEEN WRITES– Naomi Osaka, the number one ranked tennis player by the...

Japan: Sekiro – a new endeavor for the Dark Soul Series

by Cameron Henderson | Apr 10, 2019 | Art, Arts and Culture, Japan | 1 |

CAMERON HENDERSON WRITES — The Japanese video game company “FromSoftware” released the much...

JAPAN: Decrease in Yakuza Numbers?

by Conor Fairtlough | Apr 6, 2019 | Japan | 0 |

CONOR FAIRTLOUGH WRITES– In Japan, the Yakuza (Japanese gangsters) has been popularized in...

JAPAN: Nissan’s CEO Puts Company’s Future in Jeopardy

by Mingyi Li | Mar 11, 2019 | East Asia, Japan | 0 |

MINGYI LI WRITES– Last November, one of the auto industry’s most famous executives was...

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