Bullet Points: Japan Links
Yes, it’s the middle of posting season and you’re likely here for updates on Yu Darvish and Norichika Aoki, but my interests stretch beyond baseball. And sometimes they stretch the content of this site… so here are a few articles on Japan I’ve come across in the last week. All are written in English.
- A trio of filmmakers has recently successfully raised funds to produce Hafu, a documentary about mixed race people in Japan. I am looking forward to seeing the results.
- Fueled by a strong Yen and a flat domestic economy, Japan Inc was acquisitive in 2011, spending $80bn to acquire foreign businesses.
- Found via Hacker News: a look inside Nintendo, circa 1989.
- I’ve been sitting on this last one, but back in September, Japan Times writer Ed Odeven started an extremely insightful site covering Japanese basketball. I’m only a passive basketball fan, but I found some interesting stuff on this site, most notably that Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf played in Kyoto a few years ago.