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Hong Kong Justin Bieber: MC Jin | Hot Asian Men Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday People PEOPLE 11/08/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

I recall watching one of MC Jin’s interview on Youtube. He was telling the interviewee that he was really popular in Hong Kong back then, it was the equivalent of Justin Bieber of Hong Kong. […]

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Digital Gold: Bitcoin and Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money by Nathaniel Popper

BOOK BOOK & FILMS 11/06/2019 by Kevin Jae

An entertaining, informative, non-technical, character-driven narrative and introduction to Bitcoin.   Popper recounts the origins of Bitcoin: it was an attempt by fringe, anarchist-libertarian online communities (the Cypherpunks) to create a currency that decentralizes the power […]

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Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata

BOOK BOOK & FILMS 11/05/2019 by Kevin Jae

Chikako was once Kikuji’s father’s plaything (Kikuji’s father, deceased in the novel, was a Japanese man of leisure with a reputation in tea ceremony). Kikuji remembers going with his father to Chikako’s home as a […]

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The Internet of Money: Volume Two by Andreas Antonopoulos

BOOK BOOK & FILMS 11/04/2019 by Kevin Jae

Great book about Bitcoin by one of the leading educators of the technology. Some great, original insights as well. Bitcoin is “the concept of decentralization applied to the human communication of value” (p. 2), with […]

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I wish I lived in a Studio Ghibli World

BOOK & FILMS FILM 11/03/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Have you ever wished to have a neighbor like Totoro? Or wish to have someone like Kiki to deliver your amazon package? Have you ever looked at your pet goldfish and wish he is secretly […]

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Up-and-coming Art Destination: Naoshima Island

Art CULTURE Our Picks 11/02/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

It is pumpkin spice latte season again! In Japan, there is this gigantic black-spotted pumpkin located by the water and it attracts foreigners to flyover to Japan just to get a snapshot of it. Yes, […]

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Dev Patel, Our Favorite Internet’s Boyfriend | Hot Asian Men Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday People PEOPLE 11/01/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

View this post on Instagram A post shared by D E V P A T E L W O R L D ðŸŒ (@devpatelworld) on Sep 15, 2019 at 10:41am PDT The 29-year-old British Indian […]

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Special Issue: Peoples, Things and Places That Showcase Canada-Japan Relationship

Culture CULTURE 10/31/2019 by Michael Q. Chen（Senior Translator）

Did You Know? Peoples, Things and Places That Showcase Canada-Japan Relationship We at TORJA have reported on many topics related to the connection between Japan and Canada, but there are still many things yet to […]

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Case Closed – disclose Detective Conan’s ageless secret

Anime Anime & Game 10/30/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

How do the characters in Detective Conan remain the same age for 25 years? This is probably one of the hardest case to crack. However, last year when the movie Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer […]

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Tokyo is full of cycle-paths

Culture CULTURE 10/29/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Bicycle sharing is proliferating in different cities in Canada recently. Toronto bike has recently launched in the city. In Japan, the bike sharing system has already been around for a good while and a crowd […]

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