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Have you guys seen the new Boing Boing? On Tuesday, the award-winning blog got a makeover and had a relaunch. I’m now one of their regular feature writers, which means you can read a lot of my work...
View ArticleArticle about natto and the soy debate on Boing Boing
On Boing Boing yesterday, I wrote a short article about natto. I personally come from a heavily natto-eating family and love the stuff, but some people think it’s the nastiest shit in the world. I...
View ArticleMormon film director David Boyle talks about his Japan movies
I produced this segment of Studio360 about David Boyle, a 27-year old Mormon film director who makes movies about Japanese culture. It airs this weekend. Listen here! Related stories: White on Rice, a...
View ArticleLove in 2D in Russian
Apparently, my NY Times Magazine piece Love in 2D has been translated and syndicated in Marie Claire Russia. Link (Thanks, Ilya Chentsov!)
View ArticleJames Franco and Kumiko-tan behind-the-scenes of 30 Rock
A few months ago, actor James Franco made a guest appearance on NBC’s 30 Rock with his body pillow girlfriend, Kumiko-tan. I think the show might have drawn inspiration from my NYT Mag article. Here...
View ArticleJudith Hill, the “girl from Michael Jackson”, on Studio360
In November, I blogged about Judith Hill, the mysterious half-black, half-Japanese woman who sang at the Michael Jackson memorial and in the movie This Is It. To celebrate the one year anniversary of...
View ArticleThe Birthing of Estee Longah: a special feature on Boing Boing
Come over to Boing Boing today to read my special feature about the “birthing” of Estee Longah, a fabulous drag queen who is empowering gay Asian men to be whoever they want to be. Link
View ArticleYakuza 3 reviewed by yakuza!
There are several reasons why I like Jake Adelstein. He always brings cool omiyage. He has a contagious laugh. He’s also the only person I know who has the balls and the connections to solicit three...
View ArticleStory about Maitri, the AIDS hospice, on Boing Boing
On TokyoMango, I rarely write about what I do other than find Japanese oddities to share with you. But today I want to share the story of Vinny, a man who lives at an AIDS hospice that I have been...
View ArticleStudio360 segment on Oakland artist + CIA spy satellite tracker Trevor Paglen
For this weekend’s hour of Studio360, I produced and narrated a segment on artist + CIA tracker Trevor Paglen. He and I went spy satellite hunting on his rooftop in West Oakland last month and took...
View ArticleAlgorithms and Doraemon on Fourcast Podcast
TWiT (This Week in Tech)’s Fourcast Podcast had me on as a guest this week. I had to predict the short-term, long-term, and crazy-ass future. I kinda made it up on the fly and this is what I came up...
View ArticleSpanish Arale-chan clip features pink jumping poop
I just discovered this lovely little clip of a Spanish rendition of Arale-chan. It’s not the original and I have no idea what they’re saying, but I enjoy the fact that it features a pink jumping poop....
View ArticleEarthquake preparedness graphic in May issue of Wired
In case you missed it, the May issue of Wired has an infographic I worked on showing the history of earthquakes in Japan, plus the legal, societal, and architectural reforms that followed each one....
View ArticleWe Are All Radioactive – my new online documentary film project!
Hey guys! Guess what, I’m making a movie! We Are All Radioactive is an interactive, episodic documentary film project about surfers rebuilding northern Japan. I co-directed it with Jason Wishnow, who...
View ArticleWe Are All Radioactive – Chapter 1 is now online
Chapter 1 of WE ARE ALL RADIOACTIVE, the episodic online documentary that I’m making with TED film director Jason Wishnow, is now live. Please take a look! Episodes of WAAR are only released as...
View ArticleWE ARE ALL RADIOACTIVE: EPISODE 2
In Chapter 2, a fisherman takes us on a journey around the world on his blue fin tuna boat, and a veteran surfer tells us how his uncle saved his entire family from being swept away by the tsunami. WE...
View ArticleWE ARE ALL RADIOACTIVE: EPISODE 3
In Chapter 3, we see how a hodge podge crew of volunteers has rallied to build a beer garden in a town devastated by the Japanese tsunami. Chapter 1 is here Chapter 2 is here And future chapters can...
View ArticleNew We Are All Radioactive episode features Joi Ito and a humble government...
We Are All Radioactive – Chapter 5: Measurements from Lisa Katayama on Vimeo. In Chapter 5, a team of hackers in Tokyo and Boston take radiation monitoring into their own hands, mapping the...
View ArticleWatch the final episode of We Are All Radioactive
We Are All Radioactive – Chapter 7: Departure from Lisa Katayama on Vimeo. Just released the final chapter of my documentary, WE ARE ALL RADIOACTIVE. I hope you enjoyed it! If you missed previous...
View ArticleThe Japanese way of saying “I love you”
Act 1 of this week’s episode of This American Life is about a makeshift phone booth in Japan where people go to “talk” to relatives who died in the 2011 tsunami. It’s a total tear jerker—especially, I...
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