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PHOTO ESSAYS
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Geishas & Godzillas
Which is odder -- the image of Japan in Hollywood movies or the image of Japan
in its own films?
Pure Art
Japanese fashion designers have revolutionized clothes -- and thrill crowds each year at Paris Fashion Week -- but none head a major Western fashion house. Why?
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Contents
FROM THE MAGAZINE
From the Outside, Looking In
What do foreigners make of Japan? And why does Japan care so much about their views? Ian Buruma tries to get to the root of the country's obsession with its image
Timeline:
Post-war Japan in the world
Away Game:
Baseball becomes Japan's latest export
When to Buy:
Japan's sickly economy offers opportunities
Peacekeeping to Themselves:
Laundry duty in the Golan Heights
What Lies Beneath:
Plumbing Japanese cinema's murky depths
Geeks and Techno-Freaks:
Otaku in America
Catwalk's Meow:
Will Japan's fashion ever get off the runway?
You Fuse, You Win:
A taste for Japan devours New York cuisine
Novel Approach:
Writing about home, writing off the West
Love-Hate Relationship:
Japan and its neighbors
Stranger than Science Fiction:
Cyberpunk's earthly domain
Stuck Like Glue:
A boy's first love—of model ships
Swift Salvation:
Japanese managers revive a group of U.S. plants
Odd Man Out:
The struggle to feel at home in the world
WEB-ONLY
Wednesday, May 2, 2001
First Impressions
Columnist Peter McKillop first discovered Japan through books and television. Then he moved there
Tuesday, April 24, 2001
Generation Gap
A Korean boy's love of Japanese animation stokes memories of wartime occupation in his grandmother
Monday, April 23, 2001
Through His Son's Eyes
TIME's Tim Larimer found raising his young son, Jack, in Tokyo took some time to get used to
Friday, April 20, 2001
Do You Take This Man?
Being the wife of a foreigner in Japan has its ups and down, says TIME reporter Hiroko Tashiro
Friday, April 20, 2001
Discovering Her True Self
TIME's Sachiko Sakamaki didn't realize she was Japanese -- until she moved to America at age 23
Friday, April 20, 2001
Kobans and Robbers
An obscure Japanese import is racing across America -- reducing crime and increasing safety along the way
Thursday, April 19, 2001
Exceptions to the Rule
It's easy to see Japan as dull and boring, says TIME's Ginny Parker, but below the surface is another world
Wednesday, April 18, 2001
Why...You...Lazy Octopus!
Japanese curse words lose something in the translation
Wednesday, April 18, 2001
My Japan
TIME correspondent Donald Macintyre spent 12 years in Japan--and found a country less than frank and open
Tuesday, April 17, 2001
'The Hardest Part Is Wearing a Kimono for Hours on End'
TIME talks to Liza Dalby, the first and only Westerner to become a geisha
Friday, April 13, 2001
'They're the Backbone of this Nation'
Japanese women are more than cute faces who know how to dress, argues columnist Peter McKillop
Thursday, April 12, 2001
'I Admire Their Attention to Detail and Quality'
Brazilian-born Carlos Ghosn on reinventing Nissan, bridging cultural gaps, and learning Japanese
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