I don’t know who had the insane idea to make a Japanese live-action version of Spiderman, but I’m just glad that it exists. And glad that Marvel has, for some reason, decided to stream episodes for free on their web site. There’s also a very odd Spiderman manga I’ve read a bi...

GM warned last month that its auditors, Deloitte & Touche, could raise those concerns, but the announcement underscored the stakes for G.M. as it sought up to $30 billion in government aid to restructure with a bankruptcy filing. “Our recurring losses from operations, stockholders’ d...

The Obama administration is looking for new ways to deal with Iran and its nuclear program, even though it has been revealed that the Islamic Republic now has enough low-enriched uranium (more than 1,000 kilograms of the stuff) to make at least one nuclear bomb. The new U.S. ambassador to the U.N. S...

When I lived in Washington, DC, one of my part-time jobs was to teach TOEIC strategies mainly to Japanese bureaucrats and businessmen who were stationed in the area for one reason or another. They usually came as invitees of the State Dept. or, in the case of salarymen, sent by their&...

Very interesting post at Japan Probe on possible quasi-corruption at CLAIR, the affiliate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in charge of its share of the JET program: The Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR), the governmental organization responsible ...

Like many millions around the globe, I, too, watched the inauguration ceremony yesterday. Everyone wants to see history in the making, and this was certainly one of those moments. First of all, I enjoyed the artistic portion of the ceremony. Aretha Franklin’s hat was cute and very amusing. The...

Taglit - Birthright is the famous project that brings diaspora Jews to Israel for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to get to know and love Israel. This free trip is free of charge, and any Jew is entitled to join this initiative once in his / her life. However, the global economic crisis has affected the T...

These numbers don’t include statistics from December 2008 (this month). Can you imagine the US, France, or India being hit by several hundred rockets a year? Can you imagine them being hit by even a single one?! I’m not saying I have a solution for this situation. I’m just saying i...

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Tzipi Livni and her Kadima party launched a fierce campaign against Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu, in which black billboard ads cry out “Bibi? I Don’t Believe Him.” Well, personally, I might not believe him — but I sure as hell don’t believe Tzipi any better. She ha...