If Japan truly wants to serve as a "bridge" between the United States and Asia or the West and East, it will need good relations with both sides.
nytimes.com | HELENE COOPER | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will arrive in Tokyo on Friday, at a time when America's relations with Japan are at their most contentious since the tr...
AP | The Associated Press | Posted 11.09.2009 | World
A day-by-day look at President Barack Obama's weeklong trip to Asia: Thursday, Nov. 12:...
nytimes.com | MIKI TANIKAWA | Posted 10.12.2009 | World
TOKYO When Utako Sakai was changing the background music in her beauty parlor recently, she did not opt for the classical piano pieces she usually cho...
nytimes.com | MARTIN FACKLER | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
TOKYO -- Scrambling to mend fences with his country's biggest ally, Japan's next leader, Yukio Hatoyama, told the United States ambassador on Thursday...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics
Via BoingBoing, a Japanese chef has made American President Barack Obama into delicious sushi. "Obama's skin is small shrimp," the chef says. "Hair ...
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.14.2009 | Comedy
Gabe over at Videogum found this amazing video of a Japanese blackface version of Obama. The video, posted on inauguration day, shows "Barack" and "Mi...
AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 02.23.2009 | World
TOKYO — Aspiring English speakers in Japan have made President Barack Obama's book of speeches and accompanying CD a national best-seller. In A...
Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 11.30.2008 | Style
Last weekend NPR did a report on the towns of Obama, Japan and McCain, North Carolina. Of McCain they say "what's left of it is a prison, down the roa...
Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 11.28.2008 | Style
The fishing village of Obama, Japan has it bad for Barack. The local 'Obama Girls' specialize in hula dancing to honor his birthplace. The town sells ...
Earnest Harris | Posted 07.11.2008 | Home
In the Japanese ad, the crowd excitedly cheers and holds up placards with the word "change" emblazoned upon them. The speaker at the podium dressed in a nice blue suit is a monkey.
Devin Stewart | Posted 11.12.2009 | World