How Girl Groups Make it Big in Japan

Girl groups in Japan largely exemplify the genius of Japanese marketing. In fact, becoming an…

Who is Aimi Eguchi?

I wanted to briefly mention a case about a Japanese girl group whose marketing is thoroughly impressive, as an addition to…

Outsiders have it all wrong — Japan is all right

After the destruction from the tsunami and the earthquake shook up the people of Eastern Japan, residents did the unthinkable — nothing. They didn’t cause riots, they didn’t start looting, and they kept patience in queues that went on for hours…

Skeptikai Notices (June18) — News, psychology, Japan, & more

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Skeptikai on Twitter

Since I’m constantly told how great Twitter is, I decided to join a week ago. I’m not sure how it will affect my blogging…

Skeptikai Notices (June7) — Psychology, Japan, books, & more

To prove that I’m not simply neglecting Skeptikai, I’ve decided to start randomly posting links to articles, events, news, or any other interesting pieces that I recently notice, in random weeks. Maybe there will be a pattern…

Top 5 Commencement Speeches of 2011

I spent the last few weeks watching for the best commencement speeches on YouTube, and I have…