I write
articles about culture, technology, and human rights for Wired, Popular Science, Fast Company, and the New York Times Magazine. I also produce radio segments for PRI's Studio360 and am a Correspondent for
Boing Boing, one of Time Magazine's five most essential blogs of 2010.
In 2008, Chronicle published my book: Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan.
I am also the founder of The Tofu Project, a boutique program that helps Japanese entrepreneurs and creators think deeper, tell better stories, and go out into the world in a much bigger way. We work with companies like Mixi, Japan Airlines, and Salesforce.com.
Sometimes I try to explain Japanese culture on CNN, BBC, CBC, WSJ, ABC (so many acronyms!) or in person at places like the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, ETech, and Ignite!
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;__; you should've told us you went to Amsterdam, I live in Holland so I've been there often! I hope you got to see a bit of the REAL Amsterdam, behind all the tourist shops and all the items with drugs printed on them.
Of course, the tourist route is VERY enjoyable too xD I usually spend 90% of my time there with all the tourists. Kinda feel like a tourists in my own country there lol.
Posted by: Rik | October 09, 2008 at 07:18 AM
Keep an eye out for economic news of the weird too.
Posted by: Mitchell | October 09, 2008 at 07:36 PM
Seeing post like this makes me want to get out of the USA right now and be anywhere but here.
Posted by: MeaningOfLife | October 10, 2008 at 08:33 AM