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Wrong About Japan’s Coolness
2A recent issue of the Japanese edition of Newsweek poses this question: Is Cool Japan going cold? The cover reads “Cool Japan Is Running Out of Steam” (息切れクールジャパン). The article centres on “Cool Japan”, which was adopted by the Japanese government and trade organisations that hoped to tap into the country’s soft power status. Cool…
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Good Foreigners Doing Good And Bad Foreigners Doing EVIL
It was a touching scene. A young American male sat outside of a McDonalds in Nanjing, sharing a meal with a homeless lady. He had purchased two orders of French fries and poured water into her water bottle.
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Studio Ghibli Boss Is Glad Japan Lost World War II
Even for people in Japan, it’s easy to forget how awful World War II was. Entire cities were firebombed. Children were killed. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Horrible.