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- Posted September 18, 2018
- Holding Out For A Hero: Japan’s oddball rugby literature
  
  by Richard Nathan
  W hen Rugby, the all-out macho sport of the elite, officially arrived on Japanese shores in the 1890s, the country was experiencing a revolution-like period… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Kanji Hanawa
  - Soji Shimada
  - Rugby
  - Sports
- Posted May 12, 2018
- From Body Art to Literature: Zen and the Art of the Tattoo
  
  by Richard Nathan
  Everyone seems to want a tattoo these days. The numbers are staggering: More than a third of people between the ages of eighteen and thirty… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Culture
  - Steve Jobs
- Posted April 4, 2018
- Primeval Trolls and Eating Disorders: Grim tales from Japan
  
  by Richard Nathan
  Nobody can escape childhood without some exposure to monsters, demons, witches, or trolls. Be they tales about the lovable ogre Shrek, the Devil, Harry Potter,… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Roger Pulvers
  - Children's
  - Culture
  - Folk Tales
  - Women's Fiction
- Posted November 12, 2017
- The literary secrets behind Japanese videogames
  
  by Richard Nathan
  Japanese fairy and folk tales share common themes with their Western equivalents such as hidden or forbidden rooms, strange creatures, epic journeys, supernatural helpers, transformations… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Culture
  - Exports
  - Science Fiction