movies Japanese auteurs Miyazaki and Kurosawa chatting it up about art and life (video) David Pescovitz
canada Canadian teenager carves name into Japanese treasure: faces severe penalties Mark Frauenfelder
design Capsule apartment from Tokyo's iconic tower acquired by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art David Pescovitz
Japan These strange old Quaker names are even better than the names in Fighting Baseball Mark Frauenfelder
Japan Short doc looks at Japan's 'evaporated people' and the industry that helps them run away Rusty Blazenhoff
Japan Quirky California ramen shop invokes the spirit of Tokyo's subway system culture Rusty Blazenhoff