J.B. Spins

The numbers are staggering: 319,000 individuals evacuated, at least 269,000 buildings destroyed, roughly $325 billion in damages, and over 2...

It was only a matter of months after Katrina hit that a bumper crop of outraged documentaries began jostling for art-house attention. Strang...

This would probably be the Tarantino idea of cute. Momoko Ryugasaki is girly girl who wears frilly dresses and daydreams of the Rococo era. ...

Dad is a hypnotist. Mom is an animator. You would expect their family to be a bit eccentric and they are, but only in the way all families a...

For the media and the current administration, the recent disasters plaguing Japan have been little more than an opportunity for nuclear scar...

The Fukushima prefecture has long been one of Japan’s more economically disadvantaged areas, even before the devastating natural disasters a...

Some things are worth preserving, like “sin, sex & violence.” Among the many treasures Japanese culture bestowed upon the world is the Y...