Dancing on Air
Dancer Adam Young Defies the Odds Battling Cystic Fibrosis
Adam Young is a 32-year old ballet, tap, jazz and contemporary dancer from California with cystic fibrosis (CF) who received a double lung transplant at UCLA in May 2013. He began dancing at the age of six in Riverside, California and wo
Yoshiki
Japan’s Rock Legend Yoshiki Rocks Classical Charts Worldwide
Visual Kei Pioneer Rock Legend and Classical Genius Gets Intimate with TJ
Interview by Anthony Al-Jamie 阅读文章请 点击链接
30 million records sold, a 15-country world tour, 18 sold out Tokyo Dome concerts for 1,000,000 screaming fa
Tokyo Wins 2020 Olympic Bid
Tokyo Wins 2020 Summer Olympic Bid
THE International Olympic Committee (IOC) elected Tokyo as the 2020 host city at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 7, 2013. The IOC was deciding between Madrid, Istanbul and Tokyo. The Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee promoted its delivery (
Michael Graves
Good Design for the Quality of Everyday Life
Interview by Dr. Anthony Al-Jamie
Identified as one of the New York Five, Michael Graves is an American architect known for his contemporary building designs as well as his domestic products for such companies as Target, J.C. Penney, Disney, Philip
Food Allergy
Educating the World about the Deadly Danger of Food Allergies
Interview with Food Allergy Research & Education CEO John Lehr
Potentially deadly food allergies affect one in 13 children in the United States, or roughly two in every classroom. Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) is a nonpr
Remembering Donald Richie: A Living Tribute
Donald Richie, a world authority on Japanese film, culture and the post-World War II lives of the Japanese, passed away in Tokyo on February 19, 2013. He was 88. Born in Lima, Ohio on April 17, 1924, Donald grew up with a love for cinema. He moved to Japan on December 31, 1946 as part of the U.S. O
Donald Richie Interview by Pat Carome
The following interview with Donald Richie first appeared in the April 1992 edition of the Tokyo Journal
DONALD Richie seems at home in the quiet confines of Roppongi’s International House, a scholarly association where he recently accompanied a silent film showing on the piano.
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Winter Solstice:1947
The following article by Donald Richie is a reprint of his article that first appeared in the Tokyo Journal in April 1991.
IN 1947 Postwar Tokyo was a city of silence, its populace stunned by massive destruction and despair. Yet a young GI witnessed signs that the people were on a slow mend,
The Legacy of Donald Richie
DONALD RICHIE An Appreciation
by Peter Grilli
Written for the Memorial Gathering at International House of Japan, Tokyo (April 15, 2013)
As the world mourns “Donald Richie, the writer,” “Donald Richie, the renowned expert on Japanese cinema” and “Donald Richie, the insightful commentator o
Tokyo Anti-Nuclear Demonstrations
Japan’s anti-nuclear demonstrations march on. Japan’s residents take to the streets. Friday protests in front of the Prime Minister’s residence have become the norm.