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Toshio Okada and Kaichiro Morikawa talk with Takashi Murakami about the history and development of Japan's unique Otaku culture, and the role Otaku plays in Japanese society today.
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by Clifford Pearson
A narrative account exploring the Japanese penchant for specialization, particularly with regard to the approach to food.
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by Douglas McGray
Japan is reinventing superpower—again. From pop music to consumer electronics, architecture to fashion, and animation to cuisine, Japan’s global cultural influence has quietly grown.
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A discussion of Otaku--and the global influence of Japanese pop culture--with Douglas McGray, Dai Sato, and Hiroki Azuma.
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by David Plotz
An in-depth report on the game Pachinko, the Japanese national obsession, and its social and personal implications.
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March 5, 2007
As part of a festival of Japanese cuisine celebrated in New York, a distinguished panel from the world of food met at Japan Society to talk about the ideas, techniques and ingredients that Japan has shared with, and absorbed from, other countries around the world.
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December 1, 2004
James Keyes, President and CEO of 7-Eleven, Inc., explained why 7-Eleven is at the epicenter of globalization, and why globalization means cultural understanding and social harmony.
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April 7, 2004
Robert Whiting, author of You Gotta Have Wa, The Chrysanthemum and the Bat and Tokyo Underworld: the Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan, spoke about his new book, The Meaning of Ichiro: the New Wave from Japan & the Transformation of Our National Pastime.
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September 23, 2003
Mary Minnick, Executive Vice President, The Coca Cola Company, President & Chief Operating Officer, Coca-Cola Asia, described how the global soft drink company successfully competes in Japan's beverage industry as a local brand.
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April 9, 2003
John Barbour, President of Toys "R" Us International, told a Japan Society corporate audience how his firm overcame the "black sheep" syndrome to become the largest retailer of children's products in Japan.
