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Athletes New Atomic Bombs

Culture Iran
March 09, 2010 | By Ulara Nakagawa
International sports enthusiasts may have enjoyed more than their usual fix with all of the coverage of last month’s winter [...]
Asian Ice Queens

Asia Culture
March 05, 2010 | By Ulara Nakagawa
The 2010 Winter Olympics have jet-propelled two modern ‘royals’ into the international celebrity spotlight: Recently crowned Olympic women’s figure skating [...]
Money and Time Make Gold

Culture South Korea
March 03, 2010 | By Ulara Nakagawa
Sometimes I suspect that I’m just being told somebody is the brightest new star to be found not because they [...]

Ulara Nakagawa

Ulara Nakagawa is associate editor of The Diplomat. Now based in Tokyo, she has worked in related fields for organizations including the The Ministry of Education, The Economist Group and has written for publications including The Japan Times. In addition to her current line of work, she is interested in finding pathways to contribute positively to the world community, the Internet, photography, cross-cultural topics, oral tradition, nature programs, sustainable food and more.

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Robert Tobin

Robert 'Bob' Tobin, is a writer, teacher, gallerist and art consultant. Originally from Boston, he is now based in Tokyo where he has lived for more than 20 years. He is a professor at Japan's Keio University, where he teaches courses on creative business and also blogs and tweets as 'Tokyo Art Guy.' He and his partner Hitoshi Ohashi founded the Asian Collection Contemporary Art Gallery (www.theasiancollection.com) in Tokyo which showcases the works of Japanese and Asian young artists.

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