Mt. Fuji Jan. 1, 2015 - Happy New Year!

Shot of Mt. Fuji Jan. 1, 2015 from Isehara in Kanagawa.  I think Mt. Fuji is the definitive photo of Japan for New Year's day. Happy New...

Happy New Year 2015! あけましておめでとうございます！

(Revised Jan 1, 2015) Well the year 2014, with all its ups and downs, has ended. Thank god! It was a difficult year for me. I hope that it w...

Economic Illiteracy and How Japan is Responsible for the Destruction of the Western Economies

The things that get printed in the Western press about Japan never ceases to amaze me. The most recent article that made me smirk and roll m...

WTF? New Year's (Shin Nen Kai) Party! 新年会パーティー

What the Funday on InterFM is having a New Year's Party! （新年会！） Inter FMの人気番組WTF(What the Funday?)が2015年1月26日月曜日に開催する新年会パーティーのプロ­モビデオ！ W...

The Internet, the Handicapped and the Future of Production

Santa went to visit some children and their moms at the biggest Kids hospital in Kansai the other day. He received lots of warm thanks from ...

Merry KFC: KFChristmas in Japan

Merry KFChristmas! It's Christmas in Japan. In Japan, Christmas is not a holiday. So get to work! In Japan, we don't really celebrat...

Santa Visits Children at Osaka's Largest Children's Hospital

Today, Santa went to the Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health to see the kids and bring some Christmas...

WTF? "What the Funday" Shinenkai - Free New Year's Party!

Hey! WTF? (What the Funday?) is having another concert! But this one is so special, and it is at the beginning of the year, that we're ...

Be Skeptical of Everything!

You need to be skeptical of everything.  As I always say: "80% of everything you see on TV is bullshit. The other 20% are commercials....

100% Proof Bill Cosby is Completely Innocent and Justin Beiber is No Worse Than Most Guys.

"Thou shalt have no other gods before me." - Exodus 20:3   "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." You know what tha...

Go Vote Campaign!

You won't believe this.  I didn't believe it either at first....  I was asked by a good friend to do some sort of narration for some...

Places to Visit in Tokyo: The Mansion of General Maresuke Nogi - Japan's model of feudal loyalty, self-sacrifice and suicide.

I was walking from Roppongi to Aoyama itchome station yesterday when I happened upon a home that looked to be at least 150 years old. That...