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| Displaying Japan Anecdotes: 45 Found |
Yoshida
One day in the late 1930s, the Japanese ambassador to England (and future prime ...
Piece of Luck
In April 2003, in a bid to bring happiness and good luck to his country in a tim...
Bitter Harvest
Barbara Bush once accompanied her husband, President George Bush, on a state vis...
Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck's first wife (Carol) found the title for his most famous book in ...
Brad Pitt: Miss 503
To avoid embarrassment at home, Brad Pitt, like countless other stars, did littl...
Takashi Chiba: Stupid Pachinko
In May 2003, a powerful 7-magnitude earthquake rocked Akita prefecture in northe...
Ann Curry in Japan
"Today Show" anchor Ann Curry was once sent to Japan (her mother's birthplace) t...
Japanese Hamlet
In 2003, the Shakespearean actor and director Jonathan Kent directed a curious J...
Sean Connery: Dr. No
Sean Connery was delighted to land the role of secret service agent James Bond i...
Tao of Ice Cream?
Steve Mirsky once attended several lectures on ice cream science at the annual m...
Sun Wah Tokyo!?
Following a concert tour in Japan, Ben Folds declared that the trip had been som...
Asanokiri
Noted sumo wrestler Asanokiri once lost a disappointing match with Chiyohakuho w...
Jungle Hideaway
On January 24, 1972, sergeant Shoichi Yokoi, a soldier in the Imperial Japanese ...
Shoichi Yokoi
In 1974, Hiroo Onoda, a lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army, was discovered...
George W. Bush: Yen for Blo...
One day during a visit to Japan in February 2002, George W. Bush announced that ...
Takashi Miike
"I just don't understand people who would walk out on a movie," Japanese directo...
Makiko Sosumi: Poster Child
In November 2003, Japanese actress Makiko Esumi appeared in a series of ads spon...
Buddha, Inc.
In May 2004, Japanese priests stopped a candy company in the ancient capital of ...
Aerosmith: Backstage Tantrum
On the opening night of Aerosmith's first Japanese tour, frontman Steven Tyler a...
Japan Besmirched
Actor Nick Bakay once described what baseball trash talk sounds like in Japan: "...
Peelander-Z: P-Bone Steak
In 2004, Peelander-Z - a Japanese trio famed for dressing like fuckingheroes and...
Sumo
At the turn of the millennium, famed Japanese sumo wrestler Keisuke Itai caused ...
Made In Japan
"When... [former Vice President John] Garner visited Tokyo en route to the Phili...
Lisa Loeb: Kawaii!
Lisa Loeb often encountered enthusiastic fans in Japan. "I see a lot of fans wea...
Hollywood Moment
At the Academy Awards dinner in 1942, the legendary director Cecil B. De Mille a...
Young Ullman
"I was born in a small hospital in Tokyo," Liv Ullman once recalled. "Mama says ...
Hiroaki Ohya: Japanese Fashion
In 2002, Japanese designer Hiroaki Ohya drew upon his nation's obsession with te...
Davy Jones Guest Spot
"I was a guest in this castle that was haunted by a wicked knight," Davy Jones o...
Hannes Schneider: Instructo...
"In 1930, the Japanese government telegraphed [legendary Austrian skier and inst...
Michael Frayn: Kabuki Moment
"Once, on a visit to Japan, [the playwright Michael] Frayn went to see a Kabuki ...
Lipless X Sister
"Consider the case of a new band, Lipless X Sister, and a new dance, the Pada Pa...
Gaz Coombes & Supergrass
Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes once found himself in a wasted club in Beatles-c...
Stallone in Japan
In 1989 Sylvester Stallone appeared in a memorable Japanese television commercia...
Benetton & the Harajuku Bridge
"Every weekend, on a bridge near the train station in the Harajuku district, doz...
Haim Saban: Mighty Morphin ...
The idea for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers came to [Hollywood producer Hai...
Dave Attell: Chin Chin
Dave Attell once visited Japan for a Comedy Central show "Insomniac."
"You kno...
Alyssa Milano: Milano-Mania?
Alyssa Milano: "When I was a teenager, I had five albums released in Japan. The ...
Car 54, Where Are You?
The application of new technology to the production of music occasionally has un...
Imperial Hotel (long)
Frank Lloyd Wright was once commissioned to design a hotel in Tokyo which would ...
Prison Camp
"Nilgata, in Japan, was one of the worst prison camps," Douglas Ford recalled. "...
Schwarzenegger in Japan
"In 1999 [Arnold Schwarzenegger] was already so famous that he inadvertently bro...
The Great Sasuke
After winning a local election in 2003, Masanori Murakawa (better known as a wre...
Topknot Wrestler
"For the first time ever," the Associated Press reported in July 2003, "a wrestl...
Hiroshi Fujiwara: Squeaky
In 2002, Japanese designer Hiroshi Fujiwara started a new fashion label with a f...
Britney Spears: Cultural Mi...
In January 2003, Britney Spears sought a restraining order against Masahiko Shiz...
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