Chiune Sugihara saved thousands of people with his handwriting, but you don’t even know his name. From a young age Sugihara displayed a strong will to follow what he felt was right. While his father wanted him to become a doctor and forced him to take the medical exam, he
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Shibari and Kinbaku are the Japanese arts of consensual sexual bondage. Shibari literally means “to tie” or “to bind” while Kinbaku-bi means “the beauty of tight binding”. There are debates about the distinction between shibari and kinbaku and whether one term is more appropriate than the other; however, the one
Japan has already been mentioned in class for having little to none violent crime, with the exception of sexual abuse of minors. Japan has turned heads before for it’s unabashed standards of sexuality and to Westerners, catering to strange fetishes in the form of vending machines of used panties, sexual
In 1998, a new segment aired on a Japanese television show. Called “Sweepstakes Life,” it featured a comedian who had just been chosen out of a casting call for a new reality tv show. Immediately he is blindfolded by producers and taken to an apartment. The room is bare except
In 2012, in order to raise awareness of asexual rights, Japanese artist, Mao Sugiyama, had his genitals surgically removed. On April 8, Sugiyama tweeted on the popular social network, Twitter, “”[Please retweet] I am offering my male genitals (full penis, testes, scrotum) as a meal for 100,000 yen …Will prepare
In 2012, in order to raise awareness of asexual rights, Japanese artist, Mao Sugiyama, had his genitals surgically removed. On April 8, Sugiyama tweeted on the popular social network, Twitter, “”[Please retweet] I am offering my male genitals (full penis, testes, scrotum) as a meal for 100,000 yen …Will prepare
Fan Fiction is a lot like the Japanese art form of Doujinshi, in which people are influenced by, or use characters from, book and movies (or manga) to create their own story lines in that world. In America, there are plenty of authors that are okay with the idea of
Irezumi (入れ墨, 入墨, 紋身, 刺花, 剳青, 黥 or 刺青) is the Japanese name for the traditional tattoos that Yakuza members get. Irezumi means “insert ink” in Japanese. These tattoos were used for decorative and spiritual purposes. The process was done by hand poking, meaning that the ink was inserted beneath
Nintendo of Japan released an anticipated game called Mother 3 in their home country, and then didn’t bother to translate and bring it over to the states, perhaps in response to the disappointing sales in American for Mother 2, retitled Earthbound. A rabid fanbase of the series called Starman.net begged
Momentous transformations occur in communities affected by traumatic events. Armed conflicts, occupations, sudden and ongoing political turmoil and natural disasters cause everyday folk to react to tragic issues in diverse ways. From life-saving over-the-top heroism to all-out anarchy of vandalizing and looting, communities are defined by how they respond to