This blog offers selected features of alternative Asian TV segments, news stories, editorials, photos and more from Japan, Korea, India, China and many other Asian countries. This blog also includes some WTF Japanese, North Korean online videos, entertainment news, beautiful Chinese and Japanese models, and much more.
5/5/13
Meet Chinese "Godfather" Zhou Yongkang
11/23/11
Ex Japanese CEO Arrested, Yakuza Ties Suspected
Tokyo Police Arrest Ex-Ceo For Stock Market Manipulation; Yakuza Links NOVEMBER 23, 2011 | JAKE ADELSTEIN
On charges of violating the financial instruments and exchange law (金融商品取引法違反容疑), Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Organized Crime Control Division (警視庁組織犯罪対策部)arrested the ex-CEO of a Tokyo Stock Exchange listed company on November 22rd. Members of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest crime syndicate, a yakuza group, are said to have been involved in the crime.
The company was not Olympus and the man arrested was not Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, the former CEO of Olympus. Continued...
See also: Blendtec's Olympus Camera Prophecy Video
11/18/11
Indie Japanese Sci-Fi Short "Source"
AD 2044, Japan's once strong prestige in the international community has
tarnished after years of economic stagnation.
In order to reclaim its prestige, the National Strategy Bureau has resorted to an extravagant series of mass media psyops.
This program is called "Source".
Independent Short Film
Director : A.T.
Producer : Miyo Koya
D.o.P : Yuichiro Otsuka
Visual Effects : finitto inc.
Production design : Hideo Gunji
Lighting design : Katsumi Nakayama
music : Reiji Kitazato/BACKSLASH
sound design : Kazushi Miyakoda
costume styling : Kyohei Ogawa
grip : RISE GRIP Ltd.
Location coordinator : Sun Planet
Production : TYO productions
format : REDmx
See also: Blade Runner Tribute Short by Sam Nicholoson
11/18/09
Toyko Vice: Jake Adelstein on Jon Stewart
Jake Adelstein appears on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and talks about his new book and more:
5/12/08
The Yakuza Own Japan & are EXPANDING!!!
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