Tag - manga

 
 

MANGA

Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Dec 29, 2009
Trends in Japan 2009: changing gender roles
In 2009, traditional gender roles were tweaked slightly in Japan by herbivorous males and carnivorous females.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Nov 18, 2009
Manga publishers go back to the drawing board
Digital manga, how-to manga and news rendered in daily manga illustrate that perhaps the reports of its death have been slightly exaggerated.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Nov 5, 2009
Meiji University celebrates manga heritage
A national media arts center might never see the light of day but Meiji University is doing its part to preserve classic manga.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 14, 2009
Scholars worldwide react to planned National Center for Media Arts
Proponents of the National Center for Media Arts argue that it will help foreign researchers examining Japan's popular culture. The Japan Times asked prominent scholars from overseas their thoughts on the proposed facility.
Japan Times
Features
Jul 13, 2008
Top creators call for museums to save nation's modern heritage
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LIFE / COSPLAY CULTURE
Mar 9, 2008
All aboard for 'world of manga'
With everyone pulling roller suitcases, it seemed appropriate that we were heading for the Harumi Passenger Terminal built on land reclaimed from Tokyo Bay in the city's central Chuo Ward.
Japan Times
LIFE / COSPLAY CULTURE
Mar 9, 2008
Fashion fantasies come to life in cosplay
Silver wig, blue contact lenses, a mock sword and a (kind of) knight's costume.

Longform

Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'