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‘Kaboom’: A college sex comedy sci-fi thriller
March 3, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
“Kaboom,” the new film from Gregg Araki, has been described as “sexy” and “silly.” It is certainly both of those things. However, it’s also suspenseful, thoughtful and surprisingly frightening. The […] READ MORE
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Panty and Stocking: This is truly my childhood
January 25, 2011 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
So what is “Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt”? People who haven’t looked into it are probably living under a rock, or are wholly uninterested in anime and manga or Japanese […] READ MORE
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On mystical wings
January 1, 2011 by Nichi Bei Web
THE BOY IN THE GARDEN By Allen Say (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Children, 2010, 32 pp., $17.99, hardcover) Reviewed By Twila Tomita, Nichi Bei Weekly […] READ MORE
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Hard luck Himiko
January 1, 2011 by Nichi Bei Web
MAD AT MOMMY By Komako Sakai (New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2010, 40 pp., $16.99, paperback) Do you remember feeling angry with your mother? This little picture book tells […] READ MORE
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Go macro like Madonna
January 1, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
MAYUMI’S KITCHEN: MACROBIOTIC COOKING FOR THE BODY AND SOUL By Mayumi Nishimura (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2010, 160 pp., $29.95, hardcover) Macrobiotic lifestyles have steadily become popular and mainstream over recent […] READ MORE
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API writers connect through the power of poetry
January 1, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
No Choice but to Follow Linked poems by Jean Yamasaki Toyama, Juliet S. Kono, Ann Inoshita and Christy Passion (Honolulu: Bamboo Ridge Press, 2010, 149 pp., $20, paperback) Four poets […] READ MORE
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Fresh take on an old favorite
January 1, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
SIMPLY JAPANESE: MODERN COOKING FOR THE HEALTHY HOME By Yoko Arimoto (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2010, 160 pp., $27.95, hardcover) With her new book “Simply Japanese,” Yoko Arimoto injects a breath […] READ MORE
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Nikkei recalls imprisonment
January 1, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: My Life and Captivity in Iran By Roxana Saberi (New York: Harper, 2010, 321 pp., $25.99, hardcover) By trait, reporters are to remain objective in their pursuit […] READ MORE
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Journo sisters spill all
January 1, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
SOMEWHERE INSIDE: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home By Laura Ling and Lisa Ling (New York: William Morrow, 2010, 322 pp., $26.99, […] READ MORE
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