Posts tagged Japan
Hideki Irabu: Remembering and Reflecting
Hideki Irabu died this week from a probable suicide. He was a Japanese-born baseball pitcher of mixed race that spent the later part of his career in America, from 1997-2001. Many fans and sports commentators considered his time in Major League Baseball to be a failure for a number of More >
Where are the Experts among the Bloggers About Japan?
This entry is a sort of watershed moment, in that it’s my re-appearance in the bastion of knowledge that is the blogosphere. It is inspired by Gakuranman’s recent posts on Discussing Other Cultures and The Seven Stages of Gaijinhood Revisited.