online archive
4:00PM
OCT 17 2007
Japan's culture of cute
From American Diplomacy, an article on Japan's territorial disputes. A review of In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia by Ronald H. Spector. Immanuel Wallerstein on Japan, the United States, and the world-economy. An American Prius? Japanese automakers have crushed the Big Three with their hybrids. Here's a map of the USA, Made in Japan. The Japanese have selflessly devoted themselves to a practical pursuit: Creating a better sex doll. Childless Japanese women push the country's culture of cute too far. A review of Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation by Michael Zielenziger. Danjuro Ishikawa XII, a scion of Japanese theatre’s royal family, unveils the history of kabuki.
