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- Silent Running
- A WESTERN HEART
- Oliver Kamm
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- Entre Nous / Musings of a former Belgian
- the dissident frogman
- Oh, That Liberal Media
- FuturePundit
- Clayton Cramer's BLOG
- Everything I Know Is Wrong
- Far Outliers
- ++ relapsed catholic ++ religion blog
- Michael Williams -- Master of None
- ParaPundit
- PROMETHEAN ANTAGONIST
- Biased BBC
- The Great Separation
- Diary Of An Anti-Chomskyist
- Cella's Review
- Michelle Malkin
- Victor Davis Hanson
- davidwarrenonline.com - ESSAYS ON OUR TIMES
- InstaPundit.Com
- The Volokh Conspiracy
- Common Sense and Wonder
- Belmont Club
- BrothersJudd Blog
Japan Blogs
- Asiapundit
I'm a giant robot built by Sony. - Japundit
- Inaka Yabanjin
- Debito Arudou
The Michael Moore of Gaijin? - Riding Sun
- Japanphoto
- Yomihoudai
A nerd with keen interest in Japan. (A U.S. based blog, but obviously, this person is a gaijin living abroad--T.R.) - green(alien)probe
- A Guy In Pajamas
- Crystal Tokyo
- Extraordinary Guy Living in Japan
- kissuinet
- f*ckedgaijin
- hmmn
- jeansnow.net
- no-sword
- Hamamatsu Hakujin
- Mongai Moments
- Japan News
- [Translator's Note:]
- Promethean Allegory
- Philosopher's Walk
I'm Japanese living close to Philosopher's Walk in Kyoto with one husband! - Tokyo Takes
- Nichi Nichi
- The Mikan Files
- Gen Kanai Weblog
- Big In Japan
- Geisha Asobi
- Matsumoto, Japanese highschool teacher
- C. Buddha's Hasty Musings
- Are You Genki
- Hiroshima Speaks Out
- My Daily Life
A bi-lingual diary--good for both Japanese and English students. - Watashi To Tokyo
- Will Jasprizza
Ex-lawyer from Oz - Mediatinker
- Lethargic Whispers
- New Bastish
- NIPPON Notes & Queries
- Japan Window
- Tokyo Times
Forums and Sources
Japan Links
- papa no ibasho
- Asia Media
- Americans in Japan - Japanese and American Information and Resources for English Living in Japan
- Nihongojouzu
Good links for Japanese language study - Japanorama: Links to Selected Japanese Web Sites????
The MOTHER load of links about Japan. Explore. - Jim Breen's Japanese Page
Good Japanese language links, including on-line dictionaries - Japan Today: Japan's largest English news and information portal
Quick news about Japan in English - The Japan Times
The classic news source for somewhat biased news and heavily skewed commentary - Hyperdia
Traveling in Japan? Type in any two locations in Japan and this will give you a complete itinerary, including train routes, fares, and transfers.
Music Links
- Old Jazz On Line
Listen for free or download all 4000 tunes for 5 bucks if you can do it in 3 months. - eMusic
'Kicked me and cuffed me but I love you for all..." Great site to download mainly non-mainstream music. They canceled my account for downloading too much on my 'unlimited' contract, but now Emusic is on the up and up. Highly recommended. - Home of the Golden Classics
More chords for standards--suited for the guitarist - SongTrellis - Music and Musical Know-How For You
Has the chords for a lot of jazz and standards
Tanuki Pics and Info
Currently Reading
George Weigel: Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
In reading the previous book, I learned that man is unlimited in the evil he is willing to do. In reading this book, I learned that truly good men do indeed exist, and that there is hope.Jung Chang: Mao : The Unknown Story
So much for the adage that time wounds all heelsBenny Morris: Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001
For a book written by Jewish history professor of an Iaraeli university, fairly objective.Theodore Dalrymple: Our Culture, What's Left of It : The Mandarins and the Masses
A book of masterful essays, many of which I've linked to here at TR.Ian Buruma: Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies
An old Japan hand turns the tables on Edward Said and explores the roots of the irrational hatred of the west--qand the U.S.-- that has reared it's nasty head in the form of Nazism, Isalamofascism, and Chiracnaphobia.