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...expatriate's relationship with the host country is a shifting one, and during my eight years in Western Japan, I have run the whole gamut: Greenhorn-in-Wonderland, hyper critic, "Excuse-me-but-you're-standing-in-my-Japan," culture-intoxicatee. I am returning to the U.K. at the end of March, but, paradoxically, my tie with Japan is due to grow much stronger in mid-May when my wife gives birth and I become the father of an infant Japanese-Briton...
...Last week was a notably bad one for Thailand's press, one of the freest in Asia?and it looks like more trouble is on the way. The Nation Group came in for the hardest slam: the transmission of a live interview with a government critic on the company's radio program was abruptly cut off. The Defense Ministry, which owns the radio station, offered a series of unconvincing explanations; taking heed, the Nation Group said it was ending political coverage on its 24-hour cable news channel. The most recent issue of Britain's the Economist was banned because...
...DIED. WALTER GOODMAN, 74, television critic, author and New York Times reporter; in Valhalla, New York. His 1968 book The Committee was widely praised and remains a prominent history of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, which under Senator Joseph McCarthy led the 1950s witch-hunt for communists...
Among the most popular and financially successful Norwegian films ever, Jensen's "documusical" has been lauded at numerous film festivals. One critic aptly dubbed it an Arctic version of Buena Vista Social Club, Wim Wenders' 1998 documentary about a legendary group of Cuban musicians. "The people up here don't take themselves too seriously," says Jensen, himself a Finnmark native. "The farther north you go in Norway, the more Latin the mentality...
...Could the Grammys be any more removed from reality?" blared one critic. I hurriedly snatched up another paper. "Excuse me, but who's running this program?" demanded another. "This show is a ridiculous farce, largely dedicated to granting face time and awards to acts so diluted by the mainstream that they hardly represent music...