‘The Social Life of Kimono’: Innovation faces tradition in the fight to keep kimono relevant BY LUCY ALEXANDER In 1985, a 24-year-old art student from England visited Japan for a summer holiday, fell in love and never went home. The Social Life of Kimono, by Sheila Cliffe.256 pages BLOOM[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Japan’
December 13th, 2017 - 12:42 am § in Politics
80th Anniversary: Remembering the Nanjing Massacre
A symbolic total of 1,213 soldiers remember the deaths of Nanjing Massacre victims at the memorial hall on Wednesday. On Dec 13, 1937, the Japanese army occupied Nanjing and killed more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers, according to Chinese historical documents. CUI XIAO / FOR CHI[...]
August 14th, 2016 - 12:07 pm § in Donald Trump, Misc.
TRUMPISMS: Let the Japs sit home and watch Sony Tvs!
If the U.S. is attacked, Washington must defend the country but the Japanese “can sit home and watch Sony television.” “You know we have a treaty with Japan where if Japan is attacked, we have to use the full force and might of the United States,” Trump said. “If we’re attacked, Japan do[...]
November 16th, 2015 - 2:32 pm § in Misc.
Japan in Recession
Japan relapses into recession in July-Sept, blow to Abenomics TOKYO Japan’s economy slid back into recession in July-September as uncertainty over the overseas outlook hurt business investment, keeping policymakers under pressure to deploy new stimulus measures to support a fragile recovery. R[...]
October 29th, 2015 - 11:11 am § in Misc.
JAPAN: Race forbids taking in refugeees
Japan says “NO WAY!” to accepting Muslim refugees! Middle Eastern nations should be resettling these people in their own countries POWDEREDWIGSOCIETY.COM[...]
September 26th, 2015 - 1:12 am § in Schools & Colleges
The Land of the Setting Sun Watches Its Universities Sink as The Sea Rises
Japan Dumbs Down Its Universities ….Noah Smith Most people who follow news from Japan will be paying attention to the economy, or possibly to the fist-fight that broke out in the Diet over security policy. But there was a huge and very worrying change in Japanese education policy that someh[...]
August 6th, 2015 - 4:28 am § in Misc.
Lessons From Hiroshima for Detroit
As Japan Marks The Hiroshima Bombing Anniversary, there are lessons how US cities can survive OUR challenges.. [...]