1. Hip Hop Japan

    Last month it was made public that acclaimed Japanese hip hop DJ and producer Nujabes (Jun Seba) had died in [...]

  2. It’s Buddhism 2010

    'It's about the Buddha, yo. Hey brother, listen carefully! You got it? No? You don't? Okay, baby, no problem.'This hip-hop excerpt is just a small taste of a new wave of Japanese Buddhism that is becoming increasingly popular, at least according to a

  3. Love War: Japan vs. Philippines

    In the week leading up to Valentine's Day in Japan, there was a steady flow among the major cities' females. First they hit up grocery store baking isles in droves, and then moved on to craft shop gift-wrapping sections. Later they dispersed graceful

  4. China’s ‘Gen Y’ NOT Western

    Want to be cool in China? Try taking on some family values. According to an article published Monday in BusinessWeek, 'Reckoning with Chinese Gen Y,' while younger generations in the country (aged roughly between 15 and 30) are becoming more 'modern,

  5. Moon-boots in Mumbai

    Can India be great? That's a question covered by Sumit Ganguly in our new special feature site,APAC 2020: The Decade Ahead, which has been receiving some excellent feedback thus far--thank you.  Lately, I've begun asking myself the same question