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Category: Magazines

  • Damki Magazine

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    DAMKI is a free bilingual (English/Japanese) zine produced by Osaka-based Dana Zimmerling, and can be found in various countries. The So+Ba Gallery is having a launch party for the second issue tomorrow night (September 1), from 19:00.

  • Profile in Travel+Leisure

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    I’m told that the profile TRAVEL+LEISURE did on me is in the current issue (September 2007), although I haven’t seen it yet. I look forward to seeing how the photo, shot by Takashi Yasumura, turned out.

  • This Week in Magazines

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    PEN (205) devotes an issue to “Tutto Ferrari,” all that is Ferrari. As you may imagine, I skimmed this one pretty fast. STUDIO VOICE (381) declares that “Young Photo Strikes Back!!” It’s a great issue with a round-up of the young up-and-coming photographers you need to keep an eye out for, with lots of photos…

  • Magazine Covers and the Internet

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    If you see the latest issue of JJ on the newsstands, you’ll notice idol Takuya Kimura on the cover, but on JJ’s website, a blank image. A sign of Johnny’s Jimusho’s excessive control over image rights and the web? Marxy exposes the truth.

  • This Week in Magazines

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    TITLE (91) presents what makes a “Good Read for Samurai-Business,” so we get a round-up of classic Japanese samurai fiction that supposedly instill lessons on the way to do business. There’s also a giant feature on 24, to go with the release of the 6th season here on DVD, and the magazine even includes a…

  • UT in Time

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    I have a piece in the current Asian-edition of TIME (Vol. 170, No. 7) on Uniqlo’s UT shop in Harajuku. You can read it online here.

  • OK Fred 10

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    The new issue of OK FRED (10) is out, as seen here at Tower Records, on the 7th floor. My latest column, now renamed “Nakameguro no Omiseyasan,” covers a second-hand store in the area.

  • Otaku USA 2

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    The second issue of the Patrick Macias-edited OTAKU USA is out. He’s even made a jingle for it!