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Finbar O'Mallon
For Finbar O'Mallon's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 22, 2016
Cleveland police credited with keeping convention protests peaceful
Cleveland breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday night as the Republican National Convention closed without major incident.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2016
Police keep watch over tense peace in Cleveland as Trump clinches GOP nomination
Police in downtown Cleveland kept watch over a tense peace Tuesday as Donald Trump clinched the Republican presidential nomination.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN TIMES BLOGROLL
Feb 23, 2015
Sharla in Japan
Sharla of Sharla in Japan is a 29-year-old, Canadian-born, Tokyo-based “YouTuber” (“That's what they call it here,” she says). With over 200,000 subscribers to her channel, she documents her life.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 17, 2015
Dot Hacker picks Tokyo for first trip abroad
Josh Klinghoffer sounds exhausted even after taking a nap, "I didn't feel so well today," he says over the phone from Los Angeles. He has worked himself into the ground over the past few days, working with the Red Hot Chili Peppers on their new album, but he's excited about coming to play in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 14, 2015
The Ramen Book
In 1972, Cup Noodles earned their fame during a live television broadcast of a siege in Nagano Prefecture — the Asama-Sanso incident — when the hostage-takers were shown slurping the hot noodles up.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 10, 2015
Australia sub deal puts Abe in precarious position
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott survived a leadership challenge on Monday, but his last-minute pledge to allow an open tender on the construction of new submarines poses a challenge to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who must weigh the political risks of becoming more public about his ambition to tap the global defense market, experts say.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 7, 2015
The Greening of Asia: The Business Case for Solving Asia's Environmental Emergency
With our planet teetering on a climate crisis, environmentalists have recently started making the case for going green from the perspective that it's good for business.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 7, 2015
Asian Comics
At the start of "Asian Comics" John A. Lent announces Japanese comics won't get a mention — so manga fans, back away. Instead, he traces the development of cartoons in China, Korea, Malaysia and other Asian nations.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 31, 2015
Ground Zero, Nagasaki
Ground Zero, Nagasaki, by Seirai Yuichi, Translated by Paul Warham.Colombia University Press, Fiction.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2015
Thousands protest in Tokyo against Futenma move
Thousands of people gathered Sunday outside the Diet to protest the plan to move U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the Henoko district in Okinawa from the city of Ginowan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 24, 2015
Zen Koans
The famous question, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" is a Zen koan; a deliberately obtuse poem used by Buddhists to probe reality and test one's ignorance.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 17, 2015
The Art of Japanese Dyeing Patterns
"The Art of Japanese Dyeing Patterns" is a small catalog of sorts on tenugui (dyed Japanese cotton towel) maker Kamawanu, and where the book excels is in its photography.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world