Changing of the Guard

Changing of the Guard

Mar 25, 2002 | Commentary, Culture, Fukuma

I have recently become aware of yet another fascinating aspect of Japanese culture. In this case, by “fascinating” I mean “downright annoying.” It seems that every year there is a routine shifting of personnel within most government...
The Insignificant Update

The Insignificant Update

Mar 25, 2002 | Fukuma

This is gonna be a sparse one folks. I’m taking off to Tokyo in a few hours and I didn’t get the chance to write up the update yesterday like I planned because I caught some pesky 24-hour bug that made me feel like general poo-poo, hence expending energy...

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