TV: in defense of the protests against Fuji TV’s Korean bias

Someone has left a reply to my post on the anti-Korean Wave protests in Tokyo. In the interest of fairness, I’m posting the video here. It’s an interesting watch (though a tad too long and too “academic”). Time Out Tokyo covered the protests with a photo gallery. Chosun Ilbo ran a story on it. We…

松本潤 誕生日おめでとう

He walked into the room with the rest of the Arashi members wearing their white suits circa Arashic tour. His hair was in a stylish wave. He scanned the room with his characteristic pout and I actually thought I was seeing Domyouji Tsukasa and not Matsumoto Jun. That was five years ago, at the press…

coming this September

My favorite Japanese fast fashion store is opening in Bangkok on September 9. I saw the huge ads at Siam BTS station over the weekend and the model looked like A-mei I was confused and thought I was in Taipei. The first time I went to a Uniqlo in Tokyo, I practically went crazy. I’ve…