Another month is coming to an end and it’s time for the monthly report on how things are going for Operation Visit Japan. It has now been six months since the operation has commenced and I cannot be more satisfied with how things have been progressing. I got a real confidence boast this month when...

Japan’s run at the 2010 FIFA World Cup came to an end in the round of 16 when they were beaten 5-4 on penalties by Paraguay. The Blue Samurai and the red and white clad South Americans played out an largely uneventful 90 minutes in which the Japanese seemed tired and the Paraguayans refusing to...

Anime Expo or AX is one of the major anime expositions to take place in North American yearly. It is usually held in the first week of July and last year attracted almost 45,000 attendees throughout it’s four days. AX 2010 will take place from July 1-4 2010 the Los Angeles Convention Center. Anime...

The second book in the Samurai Mysteries series is The Demon in the Teahouse. It picks up right after the exciting happenings of the first book which I reviewed called The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn. After enjoying the first book so much I was hoping the second book would be just as good if not better...

Two magnificently taken first half free kick goals by Keisuke Honda with his left foot and Yasuhito Endo with his right plus a third goal in the second half by substitute Shinji Okazaki catapulted Japan into the last 16 of the 2010 World Cup with a 3-1 victory over Denmark. The Japanese goal keeper Eiji...

The 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo has come and gone. The world cup is swallowing up everything else happening right now but I managed to check out the press conferences and Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and the major third party publishers in between matches. After devouring a crap load of trailers...

Last night I had the pleasure of attending a Twitter party of “Tweetup” at the Jamaica Pegasus in Kingston. Tweetups are all the rage worldwide and is defined as an organized or impromptu gathering of people that use Twitter. The Jamaica Pegasus a leading business hotel in Kingston who decided...

There aren’t many Japan related events that take place in Jamaica so you can imagine my surprise when my Twitter pal Wendy sent me a message about an Anime Exhibition and Costume Rave to take place in Jamaica next month. My surprise turned to excitement when I realized how well planned the event...

I’ve seen and shared some awesome Japan themed videos over the years so it was interesting to discover a decent quality video showcasing scenes from Jamaica. “This is Beautiful” was produced directed and edited by Gina DeLisser who lives abroad but her home country of Jamaica has a...

E3 2010 is upon us and while going through my post drafts and decided what to kill and what to save I was a click away from sending this post into oblivion until I decided to revive it and post for the world the see why Nintendo Execs could be using gold bars as coasters and precious stones as offerings...