Japanese pop culture

Japanese Schoolgirls Grow Up

The Japanese schoolgirl image was made famous by comic books and cartoons. But not everyone thinks they’re so kawaii (cute). What do Japanese women make of this archetype? Lisa Katayama met three young art stars whose work reclaims and re-invents female pop imagery, in some disturbing ways. But don’t call them feminists. → See a […]

Akihabara, Nerd’s Paradise

The Strange and Startling World of Japanese Otaku

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Nerd’s Paradise

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The World

Schoolgirls Grow Up

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The World

Japanese rocker Miyavi turns heads in the US

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Japanese rock or J-Rock has been around for a few decades. But a subgenre of J-Rock called Visual Kei is finding an audience among Americans. Elizabeth Segal reports on one musician, Miyavi, who is winding up a US tour.