Journalism
Revised
The
iems here include both journalistic articles where I am the sole
author and items to which I made a substantial
contribution.
24.02.11 Snow
Transforms Tokyo's Best Formal Gardens into a New Landscape
23.12.09 Rikugien, a Brilliant Tokyo Jewel of Autumn's Best Foliage
23.11.17 Chrysanthemum Season Ushers In Floral Treats
23.10.15 Exploring Utsunomiya: A Day Trip Worth the Time
23.08.11 Meiji Mura: The Story of Japan's Modern Past Captured in Architecture
23.08.04 Lotus Flowers Embrace the Sun at Ueno Park
23.07.22 Randall Goosby: The Virtuoso Championing Diversity in Classical Music
23.07.14 Inuyama Castle: A National Treasure From the 16th Century
23.06.09 Hydrangeas in Kamakura: Embrace the Joy of the Season
23.06.04 Waseda University: Enjoy its Garden and Museums for Free
23.05.22 Tracking Tokyo Roses Along the Arakawa Tram Line
23.05.19 Baby Blue Eyes in Toneri Park
23.04.20 Four Amazing Azalea Spots in Tokyo to See in a Day
23.03.29 Three Tokyo Sakura Spots You Can See in a Day
23.03.19 Sakura Blossoming in Kawagoe Bring a Colorful Edge to 'Little Edo'
23.03.06 Mogusaen's Plum Blossoms Decorate Early Spring on an Inexpensive Outing
23.02.05 BBC Stuck in the Stereotypes of its Own Correspondents
23.01.04 Spotlight on Chofu: The City of Soba and Monsters
22.12.08 Hideaki Kase: The Broad and Open-Minded Reach of an Unabashed Nationalist
22.09.24 A Kanto Gem: Nippori Fabric Town for a Great Day of Textured Delights
22.06.12 Tokyo Park Treasures: Iris in the Rainy Season
22.05.17 Henry Scott Stokes: A Look at the Foreign Press’s Treatment of an Original Thinker in Their Midst
22.05.24 Treasures Along the Arakawa Line: Retro Amusement Reopens
22.05.01 On in Saitama: Chichibu’s Floral Beauty and Funky Kimono
22.04.03 Sakura: Softly Blossoming Cherries Herald the Hope and Pleasures of Spring
21.12.17 Finding a Brilliant Citiscape in the Lingering Autumn Leaves
21.12.01 There’s No Absolute Travel Ban on Foreigners in Japan, but Nobody’s Reading
21.11.21
Autumn
Colors in Tokyo’s Showa Kinen Park: Where the Gold Grows on
Trees
21.10.23 The
Roses Also Bloom in Autumn
21.10.18 Facing the Facts about Fax Usage in Japan
21.09.21 Heavenly Higanbana Invite Outdoor Enjoyment as they Announce the Autumn Equinox
21.09.13 Why Does Biden Want to Send a Foul-mouthed Rahmbo to Japan?
21.06.11
Ajisai:
Colors and Patterns that Brighten Japan’s Rainy Season
21.05.14
Arakawa
Tram Tracks’ 14,000 Rose Bushes are Beauty in an Unexpected Place
21.04.30 A Feel of Classic Tokyo: Shibamata is More Than Just a Famous Movie Series’ Neighborhood
21.04.17
What
News Reports on Suicides in Japan Don’t Tell You
21.03.26
The
Washington Post Formula: Denigrate Japan, Keep White Elite Readers
Happy
21.02.27 [3.11 Earthquake: Rebuilding] Am I Prepared for the Next One?
21.02.13 Japanese Citizenship or Dual Nationality? Everything You Need to Know
21.01.18 A Quick Look Into Japanese Traditional Construction Crafts Recognized by UNESCO
20.12.24 Mizumoto Koen: Tokyo’s Park for All Seasons
20.12.22
Ezra
Vogel, Top East Asian Scholar and Famed Author 1930-2020
20.11.21
Okutama:
In the Hills Around Tokyo are Autumn’s Glorious Colors
20.10.16
‘How
Human is Human? The View from Robotics Research’ by Hiroshi
Ishiguro
20.10.07 NYT Reporter Goes Round and Round Looking for Ways to Denigrate Japan
20.09.23 It’s a Perfect Time for Sightseeing Kamakura and Enoshima
20.09.04 Toshimaen Amusement Park: Yet Another Bit of Classic Tokyo Disappears
20.08.12 [Mythbusters] If You Want to Understand Fertility Rates, Stop Focusing on Japan
20.07.18 [Mythbusters] Tokyo Re-elects a Woman, Yet Foreign Media Sticks to Stereotyping ‘Backward’ Japan
20.07.08 慰安婦問題を扱った映画をめぐる法廷闘争 問われる日本の大学の研究倫理
20.07.01 [Mythbusters] Voting in Japan: Pencils-and-Paper System Isn’t Broken, Don’t Fix It
20.06.24 [Mythbusters] Reporting — and Exploiting — the Tragic Death of Hana Kimura
20.06.10 [Mythbusters] Paper Jam: Foreign Reporting is Short on Facts About Fax in Japan
20.06.08 【神話を斬る】独善的な外国特派員が人々を不快にさせる自由を要求する
20.05.27 [Mythbusters] Self-righteous Foreign Correspondents in Japan Claim Freedom to Be Offensive
20.05.19 [Mythbusters] Why Trash-Talk Japan and Feed the NYT’s Blatantly Racist Editorializing?
20.05.07 In Tokyo Neighborhoods, Floral Beauty Amid the Beastly Pandemic
20.03.09 [Mythbusters] ‘Comfort Women’: The Chilling Effect of Letting the Courts Settle Historical Issues
20.02.05 [Mythbusters] Cliché Journalism Infects Foreign Reporting on Japan
20.01.30 BOOK REVIEW | ‘China and Japan Facing History’ by Ezra F. Vogel
20.01.28 [Mythbusters] First, A Flag. Now, A Moustache. What Will South Koreans Whinge About Next?
20.01.22 [Mythbusters] The Ghosn Show: Commentators See Through ‘One-Man Study in Executive Entitlement’
20.01.21 [Mythbusters] The Ghosn Show: Less Than A Full Court Presser
19.12.31 Ghosn With the Wind
19.12.04 Shinrin Koen in Saitama Provides an Escape from the Urban Jungle
19.11.28 After Hagibis: Infrastructure Lessons From the Arakawa
19.11.28 After Hagibis: Painters, Dog Walkers, Bagpipe Players, Magicians Bring Life Back to the Arakawa
19.10.29 Mickey Mouse Journalism: How Some Foreign Newspapers Covered the Emperor’s Enthronement
19.10.13 【神話を斬る】大坂なおみは東京五輪日本代表としてプレーするため、米国籍離脱は不要だ
19.10.12 [Mythbusters] Naomi Osaka Doesn’t Need to ‘Give Up’ U.S. Citizenship to Play for Japan
19.09.26 差別主義的な英タイムズ紙が英軍ラグビーチームとラグビーW杯開催国の日本を攻撃
19/09.22 Racist ‘The Times of London’ Article Hits UK Military Rugby Team and RWC2019 Host Country Japan
19.09.19 [Mythbusters] ‘Washington Post’ Engages Toro Toro Bomber to Attack Japan
19.09.11 [Mythbusters] Japanese Virgin Sturgeons
19.09.01 Trams Through the Blossoms: Discovering Tokyo on the Setagaya Line
19.08.31 Trams Through the Blossoms: Discovering Tokyo on the Arakawa Line
19.08.11 BOOK REVIEW | ‘Beyond the Gender Gap in Japan,’ Edited by Gill Steel
19.08.07 【JAPAN Forward 日本を発信】疑わしい調査を暴く
19.07.11 [Mythbusters] What the Diet Members Missed in the Censure Motion Against Hodaka Maruyama
19.07.03 [Mythbusters] KIMZNICKERS and the Crass KIMONO Flap
19.06.26 Gardens of Wealth: At Rikugien and Furukawa Are Layers of Tokyo History
19.05.29 [Mythbusters] Vaccinating Against Fake ‘News’
19.05.20 Steaming Through the Cherry Blossoms at Yasukuni Shrine
19.05.18 [Mythbusters] ‘Happiness Report’ Uses Western Thinking to Measure Japan
19.05.16 [Mythbusters] The ‘Happiness Report’ that Makes Me Very Unhappy
19.05.05 Riding the Steam Train Chichibu Paleo Express
19.04.19 MoominValley Comes to Japan
19.04.24 【神話を斬る】誰が「ブランド・ジャパン」を貶めているのか
19.04.16 Enjoy Late Cherry Blossoms at Tokyo’s Beautiful Shinjuku Gyoen
19.03.22 [Mythbusters] ‘Brand Japan’: Who is Tarnishing Whom or What?
19.02.17 Minka: The Allure of Japanese Farmhouses and Other Old Dwellings
19.01.30 [Mythbusters] Foreign reporting on the Japanese population and birth rate reaches a new low
18.11.24 BTS T-shirt Controversy Shows Korea Needs to Study History
18.11.19 Professor Ronald Dore, Major Figure in British Post-war Studies on Japan, 93
18.09.02 All Eyes on Japan’s Long-term Health Care Innovations
18.09.01 It’s Time to Recognize Japan’s Leadership in Long-term Health Care
18.08.20 Britain’s Hugh Cortazzi, 94: Diplomat, Businessman, Scholar, Friend of Japan
18.07.17 Omiya Railway Museum Showcases Dawn of Railroads in Japan Until Sept. 30
18.06.14 ‘Comfort Women’ Statues? Build Them for All, Not Just Some, Victims of Wartime Sexual Violence
18.05.18 111 Highlights From Japanese History: A Book Review
18.04.27 Visiting Japan’s Museums: Architecture at the Edo Tatemono-en
18.04.14 A Walk Through Tokyo Cemeteries Under the Somei Yoshino Cherry Blossoms
17.07.10
‘Press
Freedom in Contemporary Japan’: A Lazy Look At the State of
Japanese Media
17.06.21
What the UN Rapporteur Didn’t Tell You About Japan’s Broadcast
Law
16.12.31
Is
There a Bias in U.S.
Media
Reporting on Japan?
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