The famous novel Memoirs of a Geisha is told from the perspective of a fictional geisha named Nitta Sayuri. Sayuri has a dramatic, eventful life (with some guy by the name of Koichi causing a lot of trouble early on) but … [Read more...]
When I watch Major League Baseball, my rooting interests are, in order: Braves. Whoever is playing the Nationals. Any player I used to watch in the Japanese league, Nippon Professional Baseball, especially if they … [Read more...]
Hollywood traditionally works in the mainstream, trying to make films with big budgets and even bigger audiences. And the Hollywood system constantly comes under fire for insisting on making more sequels, reboots, and … [Read more...]
The new fifth highest-paid pitcher in baseball history has never played Major League Baseball. The Yankees are giving Japanese mega-ace Masahiro Tanaka a seven-year contract worth $155,000,000 (with an opt-out after four … [Read more...]
Japan can call itself an innovator in the reality TV and game show world. Shows like Takeshi’s Castle and Za Gaman garnered more viewers abroad than they did domestically, because of their complete novelty to foreign … [Read more...]
“I wasn’t a fan. I didn’t watch on television or have videos or anything. I don’t watch soccer now and when I retire that won’t change. I don’t really understand why people are soccer fans. I don’t like to watch any sport … [Read more...]