Japanese practising nuclear attack drills – BBC News
So far this year North Korea has carried out 14 missile tests, all of them fired towards the coast of Japan. Now for the first time in more than 70…
Dominique Moody — 20 Years Ago Today
Dominique Moody discusses what it means to be a Los Angeles-based artist. Her work is part of the exhibition “20 Years Ago Today: Supporting Visual Artists in L.A.” on display…
Banana Mochi Cake
Full recipe here: Warning: This cake is absolutely delicious and addictive. Be prepared to practice self control to not devour the whole cake in one day 😉 This … source
Hiroshima atomic bomb: Survivor recalls horrors – BBC News
Thursday marks 70 years to the day since the United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later it dropped a second…
How Japan Is Responding To Fukushima Five Years Later (HBO)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced plans to clean up Fukushima, the site of a massive 2011 nuclear disaster, and move former residents back by spring 2017. But not…
“People don’t believe I am Japanese” says Miss Japan – BBC News
With a Japanese mother and African American father, Ariana Miyamoto has become the first bi-racial woman to be crowned Miss Japan. The question of whether a person of mixed race…
“White spots” on Fukushima cattle ignored by Japanese officials
Two years ago, Channel NewsAsia obtained footage from within Japan’s 20 km Fukushima exclusion zone featuring a farmer who defied government orders to exterminate his cattle. While residents… source
Why does Japan accept so few refugees? BBC News
In Germany and Canada around 40% of applications for asylum are approved, in Britain more than 30%. But in Japan the number is 0.2%, and the process is gruelling. Rupert…