People have always had boundless creativity when it comes to doing harm to their fellow man – and a certain morbid appetite for watching them suffer. Nowadays, we get our (considerably tamer) kicks from hazing … [Read more...]
You can learn a lot about a person by seeing how they act under pressure, in tough situations. Some people flounder, while others rise to the occasion. Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara showed what he was made of during … [Read more...]
During World War II, everything from aircraft to small arms evolved and changed. Some of these new discoveries were dangerously effective, such as the atomic bomb, whereas others were not so much, such as the Japanese fire … [Read more...]
It's easy to forget sometimes that Japanese culture can, in some ways, be so different from our own. We're all pretty much the same in the ways that really count, but the small differences still seem kind of weird. Take … [Read more...]
The Senkaku Island dispute has been blowing up again lately and the media is all ablaze with anti-Japanese protests in China. Japanese businesses are being vandalized, Japanese cars destroyed, and all sorts of crazy … [Read more...]
There are dragons of all different shapes and sizes. There’s the big, European dragons with their hulking bodies, expansive wing span, and fire breath, and then there are the Asian style dragons which are a good bit … [Read more...]