‘Amazing People’ Archives
Claim to fame? Fujimura Shinichi
The recent global financial crises uncovered many frauds and fraudsters causing people – everyday people – much heartache and financial and emotional pain. But like anything frauds are a dime a dozen and I was most interested to read about a Japanese [Read More]
Sadako Sasaki, Cranes
Have you ever tried making one thousand cranes before? We challenged ourselves to fold a thousand cranes a little while ago to raise money for leukaemia. We did a good job with our fund raising. Look at our paper crane collection. It was a lot of fun to make so many cranes. [Read More]
Misora Hibari
Was this the ‘Vera Lyn’ of Japan? Did you know that Misora Hibari is one of the most commerically successful musical artists in the world? I was introduced to the singing of Misora Hibari in the late via my in-laws. They went to great lengths to explain that [Read More]
Are we looking at High-tech underpants?
Scientific research in space continues to make new breakthroughs and discoveries. And it is exciting to keep up with the latest happenings, via news reports and official photography courtesy of NASA. I was recently interested in the story of Japanese astronaut, Koichi [Read More]
Japan, Showa and Chibi Maruko chan
One of my favourite anime shows in Japan, is the story of Little Maruko, Chibi Maruko chan - ちびまる子ちゃん. The anime tells about the day to day happenings of a small girl admist the backdrop of Japan in the 1970′s and 1980′s. It was an era when [Read More]
