On January 25, 1960 Mitsui Miike coal mine lockout in Japan began, the single biggest labor dispute in the history of Japan. This was also a core battle to see if the left could play a major role in postwar Japan. The forces of order...
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It is going to be 77 degrees tomorrow in Providence. That's Halloween. Will kids wear shorts with their costumes? Meanwhile in Japan: Mount Fuji is still without snow, making it.
I recently discussed the toxic work culture of South Korea. Well, Japan is equally notorious as a nation with a toxic work culture. So the Japanese beginning to respond to.
As most of you know, I find the average food in the United States to be not good compared to many other countries and it is really at its worst as its low end. Just like any sandwich at any given train station in Europe...
The problem with Jacobin is basically a problem of editorship. At its best, it does great work. I am real proud of my small part of the history of the.
In the lead-up to my time in Japan this summer, I committed myself to reading a bunch of Japanese history. Not so much about the war. I don't find war.
This is the grave of Edward Morse. Born in Portland, Maine in 1838, Morse must have had a somewhat difficult childhood. His father was a strict Calvinist and his mother didn't really believe in religion at all. His father basically thought the study of science...
Friends, Japan has a problem. Its population isn't drinking enough anymore. And the nation is trying to do something about it: Young people turning away from alcohol is generally welcomed.
Being in Japan for a month was like being on a different planet, not a different country, at least when it comes to Covid. Masking inside is 100%, effectively. Maybe.
This is a vending machine in Kyoto selling....cactus. It could be late on Saturday. You've had a few drinks. You just feel the need for some drought tolerant plants to top off the evening. My god, all the greenhouses are closed!!!! WHERE CAN I GET...
Convenience stores in the U.S. are horrible. Even the "healthy" part of them, which I admit have gotten a little bit better in the last decade, might mean some old.
I think Queen is one of the biggest bullshit bands in the history of rock and roll, just complete overwrought garbage. But if I am going to do my one-man.