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I was in Osaka earlier this year doing an article on comedy in the city. For ANA inflight magazine, Wingspan

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This is an interview I did with Yukiko Ogasawara, the President of the Japan Times.
The article was prompted by a blog by Debito Arudou back in October. Debito also blogged my article and there are some comments on his site.
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Japan has a deep-seated infatuation with mechanical friends, whether it is with the heroes of manga (comic books) and anime (animation), hard-working industrial robots, or the public relations humanoids of major Japanese corporations. Currently, all eyes are on the service-
robot sector . . . Read more
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An article on Second Life for Kaleidoscope. I only ever seem to be in the world when I am writing about it. But feel free to contact me there (Burton Nozomi)

"Day in, day out at the same old office? Same commute? Same old job?
Same old you? Now could be your chance to escape to a new Second
Life. Why not join the 9.5 million people who have become residents of
the 3D online world since 2003? . . ."read more
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