Momo

Culture | CULTURE NOTES Mar 14, 2019

Marie Kondo and Momo: The new faces of Japanese culture

by Patrick St. Michel

Japanese soft power has seen two faces in 2019. One is that of tidying guru Marie Kondo. The other is the horrifying visage of Momo, an unsettling sculpture turned viral hoax. The two couldn't be more different — Kondo encourages viewers to de-clutter their closets, ...

Commentary / World Mar 5, 2019

The real threat to your children isn't Momo

by Leonid Bershidsky

What's fundamentally wrong with the hoaxes is that they establish a false link between internet use and suicide where plenty of real links exist.