From Yoko Ono to The Plastics to Shonen Knife, Japan is known for producing the quirkiest of musicians and its unabashed love of pop. It is, if you’ll recall, the place that made Cheap Trick famous.

I have immensely enjoyed Roger Pulvers' recent articles on Japanese humor. I above all agree that the best joke is always on yourself. Humor must have a lot to do with the ability to laugh or smile at ...

For a long while, there was an industry in Japan called Nihonjin-ron: a multimillion-dollar traffic in theories of the Japanese national character. The Japanese of the 1960's and 70's discovered to ...

In the 1990s, there was a magazine for foreigners in Japan called "The Alien." It was known for its humorous pieces and a slightly different take on Japan than one could find in the regular mainstream ...

Japanese and Germans are thought by some "Anglo-Saxons" to have many similar qualities, including a lack of a sense of humor and a tendency to take themselves too seriously. I don't think the former ...

A traveler at heart, Brianna is a risk-taker and goal chaser. Ever since she saw her brother playing Ocarina of Time on their N64, her path was set. In 2021, she graduated from California State ...

Every morning, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour's press secretary sends to Barbour's staff and other allies a list of press clippings, along with a daily compendium of birthdays, historical notes, ...

In the 1990s, there was a magazine for foreigners in Japan called "The Alien." It was known for its humorous pieces and a slightly different take on Japan than one could find in the regular mainstream ...