'Okinawa' by Susumu Higa is a powerful read hiding its complexity beneath depictions of people's everyday existence in war and peace.
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Comic Review: ‘White Savior’ by Eric Nguyen and Scott Burman
'White Savior' by Eric Nguyen and Scott Burman shows that history, and even the present, is not always as clear as it might seem.
Read More »Opera Review: ‘Murasaki’s Moon’ by Michi Wiancko
This one-act opera dramatizes the genesis and composition of 'The Tale of Genji.' With emotionally penetrating music and glorious singing, On Site Opera's production has as much to say about our modern world as about ancient Japan.
Read More »Obama in Hiroshima – ‘Never Again’ Takes On New Meaning This Memorial Day
As Mr. Obama recognized the Japanese losses at Hiroshima and the event that caused them, there is a resonance for Americans who are remembering their own losses this Memorial Day weekend.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Sherlock Holmes, The Missing Years: Japan’ by Vasudev Murthy
An iconic character like Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes often generates knockoffs—some terrible, some fair. 'The Missing Years' starts with some promise, but ends up more like a fake Rolex.
Read More »Interview: Lars Martinson, Author and Artist of Graphic Novel ‘Tonoharu’
I think sometimes fiction actually allows you to be more honest than autobiography, because it gives you plausible deniability.
Read More »Interview: Grace Mineta, the Texan in Tokyo (‘My Japanese Husband Thinks I’m Crazy’)
The Texan behind the popular 'Texan in Tokyo' blog and author of 'My Japanse Husband Thinks I'm Crazy' talks about how she got started, and the costs of 'making it big.'
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Hunting Gun,’ ‘Bullfight,’ and ‘Life of a Counterfeiter’ by Yasushi Inoue
Inoue's early works cast a light upon a period of Japanese history, the post-World War Two period, that is little known to most English-speaking readers. They also reveal why he is as venerated as he is.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘Doodu Boy’ by Stefhen Bryan
Author Stefhen Bryan's performance piece chronicling his triumphs over childhood abuse and sexual addiction comes off more opportunistic than inspirational.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Basil Twist’s ‘Dogugaeshi’
Most shows have backdrops. But what happens when the backdrops are the show?
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