I haven't written about politics here for a while. I'm kind of burnt out on it, frankly, and my focus has been split up over Japan, ...

We try to go somewhere from time to time, if only overnight, no matter how busy we are. During Golden Week this year we went to Toba and Tos...

The Swedish parliament voted yesterday for a bill that ends compulsory draft and military service for male 18-year old citizens. From July 1...

According to Mainichi news, the city of Isesaki has banned the wearing of beards by male employees (females are presumably still allowed to...

We've all had this conversation 1 : "These Intarwebs are great," someone says, "you can find anything out there!" ...

MTC is on the ball and has posted about some good legislative news around these parts. As you may know, the Japanese campaign laws are Byza...

Here's the winner of the Best Visual Illusion 2010 , by Koukichi Sugihara. No computer graphics, no video tricks, no hidden mechanisms. ...