Song of the Rightwing Soundtruck: Tunes the Uyoku Use to Shatter Our Calm Posted on October 29, 2012 by dangrunebaum Military songs from the ’30s and ’40s played to ear-rending levels, or even the occasional enka or anime theme song the rightwingers use to spice up their playlists, are probably not most modern-day Japanese people’s cup of tea. Yet their popularity on YouTube speaks volumes. Japan’s war songs might just hold a greater appeal to many Japanese people than you might imagine. Metropolis, Oct 26, 2012
Festival/Tokyo 2012: Japan’s marquee theater fest defends free speech post-3/11 Posted on October 14, 2012 by dangrunebaum “In recent Japanese media… we can see a critical and dangerous increase in one-sided denunciations of risk-taking artists and art,” says program director Chiaki Soma in her notes for F/T12. To combat what she sees as a “nonchalant oppression,” Soma cobbled together a hard-hitting lineup of political theater for the fest’s fifth edition. Metropolis, Oct 11, 2012
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