Saturday, December 30, 2017

Fake News, Fake Businesses, Fake Academic Conferences: Real Scams

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A recent headline in The Japan News (Dec 21, 2017) reads: Cybersecurity survey in Japan finds 20,000 fake shopping sites A cybers...
Monday, December 25, 2017

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from「Visual Anthropology of Japan」

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Saturday, December 2, 2017

AJJ Presentation - Tachinomiya: Photo Exhibition as Research Method

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I will be presenting about the Tachinomiya photo exhibition at the Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) 2017 Fall Meeting at Doshisha U...
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Monday, November 27, 2017

"‘Boys’ for rent in Tokyo: Sex, lies and vulnerable young lives"

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Image and text borrowed from The Japan Times , 11/23/17. There is a story in the November 23, 2017 edition of The Japan Times about ne...
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

"Japan to offer free HIV testing in annual company health checks to encourage early detection"

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Photo and text borrowed from The Japan Times , Oct. 30, 2017. In a bid to encourage more people to undergo HIV tests, the health minis...
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Happy Tachinomiya Halloween - and - (Pre-)Announcement: AJJ Presentation in December: "Tachinomiya: Photo Exhibition as Research Method"

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Here's another post about Halloween in Japan. Again, Halloween has exploded here in the last several years in terms of celebrations, ...
Monday, October 30, 2017

「31st」- A Film about Halloween in Japan

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Halloween in Japan has exploded in the last 10-15 years or so. Now, Halloween merchandise and activities start in August and sometimes even ...
Saturday, October 28, 2017

2017 秋祭り: It was a rainy fall festival this year...

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But the rain would not keep the danjiri from rolling through the neighborhood nor would it dampen the spirits of the participants. ...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Halloween at Tokyo Skytree... and the cats do not look happy!

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Video from The Japan Times - Multimedia , Oct. 19, 2017.
Monday, October 23, 2017

"Traveling Across Japan" - A New York Times Photo Story about Hiroyuki Ito

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Photo and text borrowed from The New York Times , Oct. 21, 2017. Hiroyuki Ito, a photographer who grew up in Tokyo, wanted to see more ...