Somehow looking for Kim Namgil newest drama episode files has led me to finding this documentary from 2014. I do understand the logic ...

Ijime is a huge problem in Japan that has a peculiar status - everybody knows about it and no one does a damn to address it and make ...

A short article translated about the festival called Sōjinsai in Saitama prefecture. The main aim of the event is to banish the e...

Another month, another post. Last few weeks I've been reading lots of boring, scientific-ey stuff not worthy being mentioned here. ...

   Previously we took a closer look into hedonistic lives of high aristocracy of Heian who spent their lives devoted to pursuing pleas...

   A short introduction to Japanese Literature. Otherwise known as You're-Not-Japanese-So-You-Won't-Understand. It's rea...

   This post serves only one purpose - to apprehend the meaning of double standards that are so pervasive in the academic world, be it...

   I have written this so many times, fanculture in Asia fascinates me almost on the same level as nationalism in Japan. Sadly, there ...

   I have quite an obssession with Japan, spanning through over half of my life. Obssession swinging from delight to absolute hatred. ...

Picture from here .    Usually it's a shotgun marriage leading to home disputes, fights and bloody divorce. Marriage between mus...

picture from here .    This hater can't refrain from commenting on this spectacular event. Gyaru subculture is osmosing into oth...

   Yasukuni is not a typical shrine. Well, in terms of architecture - it's like every shinto shrine of the mixed, later type, nothin...

   What do we remember about Minotaur myth? Minos, in order to get Poseidon's support in wars, pledged to sacrifice a splendid wh...

Picture from KoreaBang        History is a tricky little bastard. European people en masse don't care what happened outside of...

   While procrastinating because I'm stuck on last chapter of writing, I found this article on my daily feed. You all know I love...

   See, there is a good reason why I can't take Japanese seriously. I was never an avid fan of either manga or anime. The series I...

A Chinese man, who claimed his grandmother was a “comfort woman” forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s military, hurled four Molotov...

Article and interview on "comfort women" from Koreatimes .

State should try to solve ‘comfort women’ issue The Constitutional Court made a landmark ruling on Tuesday that it is the government’s ...

I found two nice articles on JoongAngIlbo again.