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Mutant Frog Travelogue

Url:	http://www.mutantfrog.com
Author(s):	Adam Richards
Language:	English
Tags:	japan, politics, taiwan
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Popularity:	13 Followers

Adam J. Richards disappointed in court decision in favor of Borat

From Bloomberg:News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox Film won an appeals-court ruling affirming the dismissal of three lawsuits filed by people who claimed they were emotionally harmed by appea...more

2009-12-14

Gambling and the Yakuza: An Interview with Jake Adelstein, Part 2

Welcome to part 2 of the Jake Adelstein Interview. For those of you who missed it, here’s part 1. Don’t forget to check out his book. Remember, by spreading his story around you are hel...more

2009-12-13

新高山

Jade Mountain, or Yushan (玉山), is the tallest mountain in Taiwan at 3,952 metres (12,966 ft) above sea level. It had previously been known as Mount Morrison in English, after an American sea captai...more

2009-12-13

Wendy’s Japan to close by end of December!

Suddenly and unceremoniously, Zensho, the operator of Wendy’s Japan, has announced it will discontinue its licensing deal with the Wendy’s parent company and shut down all 71 restaurant...more

2009-12-12

The Tortured Japanese Decision Making Process, Part 1: Dubai and Futenma

I haven’t yet publicly explained to MF readers, but I recently relocated my permanent residence from Tokyo to Dubai. I’ve since been publishing most of my thoughts on my new life in th...more

2009-12-10

Graffiti “artist” B.N.E in the NYT

The NYT just published an article on “BNE,” the man responsible for pasting the stickers bearing his moniker all over Tokyo. It’s apparently his first interview with a repo...more

2009-12-09

The JLPT goes otaku

I finally got around to taking Level 1 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (日本語能力試験) last weekend. Roy, Adamu and Curzon all took it while they were in diapers, but I never saw much need to d...more

2009-12-08

A Swiss Enigma

On Tuesday, December 8th, Temple University’s International Center of Japan Studies is hosting a talk by Hamish McDonald, an Australian journalist, who is writing a book on the life of Charle...more

2009-12-08

Gambling and the Yakuza: An Interview with Jake Adelstein

Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan came out this past Fall. A tale of sex, scandal, and gangsters, it was written by Jake

2009-12-06

A Victory for Accountability

In December 2005, a “fat fingered” Mizuho Securities trader (unnamed, and now presumably unemployed) sold 610,000 shares at 1 yen instead of selling 1 share at 610,000 yen. The error r...more

2009-12-06

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