SEX DOLLS BUSTED SMUGGLING A BILLION IN GOLD INTO JAPAN Colin Liddell June 23, 2026 0 Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 46-year-old Chinese company executive and five accomplices for trying to sneak over ¥1 billion wor... Read more »
BOOK REVIEW: JAPANESE THINGS Colin Liddell June 16, 2026 0 Before the internet era, the picture of Japan that was fed to the world came through books written by an elite class of highly educated peop... Read more »
JAPAN HAS AN ORGAN DONATION PROBLEM: AN INTERVIEW WITH CAMPAIGNER YOSHIKO KOBATA Colin Liddell May 26, 2026 0 Kobota at Deathfes An ageing society like Japan faces many challenges, ranging from health care to dealing with senility and loneliness. But... Read more »
MUSEUM VISIT: SORAYAMA AT THE CREATIVE MUSEUM Colin Liddell April 15, 2026 0 One of the best exhibitions this year is undoubtedly SORAYAMA: LIGHT, REFLECTION, TRANSPARENCY - TOKYO - at the Creative Museum in the recen... Read more »
A VISIT TO FASHION WORLD TOKYO 2026 Colin Liddell April 10, 2026 0 This week saw the latest iteration of "Fashion World Tokyo," Japan's main fashion fair and one that has its ups-and-downs. Thi... Read more »
NOT TO BE MISSED: JAPAN'S CHEERLEADING EXTRAVAGANZA Colin Liddell March 20, 2026 0 Whoever picked the acronym for the “USA Nationals” should be keelhauled, as it really is confusing for an event that is both so “American” b... Read more »
BOOK REVIEW: "URAYASU TEKKIN KAZOKU" Colin Liddell March 11, 2026 0 Japan gets a lot of praise around the World for its manga, but the stark truth is that most of it is turgid drivel. You know the sort of thi... Read more »
TOKYO ART PICKS (FEBRUARY) Colin Liddell February 01, 2026 0 Maromix Remix In numbers of eyeballs on artworks Tokyo is the unchallenged World capital of art, and February is the ideal time to exerci... Read more »
TOKYO GIG PICK: THE GENBAKU ONANIES (FEBRUARY) Colin Liddell January 20, 2026 0 Since 1982, the GENBAKU ONANIES (rough translation: "The Atomic Pussies") have been carrying the flame of J-punk, bouncing short, ... Read more »
EXHIBITION REVIEW: SAMIRO YUNOKI (TOKYO OPERA CITY ART GALLERY) Colin Liddell December 15, 2025 0 Installation view Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery’s retrospective of Samiro Yunoki, who recently passed away at the impressive age of 102, is l... Read more »
HOW JAPANESE SUPERSTITION CRASHED THE BIRTH RATE Colin Liddell November 06, 2025 0 Mizuko Kuyo: The Japanese Ritual of Mourning The Unborn Make no mistake about it, under present conditions Japan is a doomed country.... Read more »