SUGGESTED READING:

"Kawaii - The Kingdom of the Cute" and Manga Culture" in IMAGES, pages 53 - 62, 101 - 109

Elizabeth Andoh, "Home Kitchens: Cluttered with Conveniences", article archieved on the Tokyo Food Page.

J. D. Considine, "Making Anime a Little Safer for Americans," The New York Times, January 20, 2002.

Rebecca Mead, "Letter from Tokyo: Shopping Rebellion - What the Kids Want". The New Yorker, March 18, 2002.

Tomoko Otake, "Character Goods Are Hot Overseas: Hello Kitty, Pokemon, Doraemon Battle for Global Supremacy"The Japan Times, September 9, 2003.

Ken Belson, "An Ex-Lineman and Wrestler Becomes a Star in Japan", The New York Times, December 25, 2003.

Howard French, "Invisible Man: the Pretenders", The New York Times, December 3, 2000.

Jennifer Tung, "Wired, Jobless and Free (for Now)", The New York Times, December 23, 2001.

Mokoto Rich, "Hollywood's Land of the Rising Cliche", The New York Times, January 4, 2004

ARTICLES

• "Sex vs. Hamburgers" (The Japan Times Weekly, January 7, 1989: 1 page)
• "Pay Now, Buy Later" (Journal of Japanese Trade and Industry, No. 1, 1989: 3 pages)
• "Grown Men in Japan Still Read Comics and Have Fantasies" (Wall Street Journal, July 21, 1987: 2 pages)
• "In Japan, Brutal Comics for Women" (The New York Times, November 5, 1995:1 page)
• "How to Tell Your Vacuum Cleaner Sayonara" (Voices of Japan, November 1982: 1 page)
• "After a Hard Day at the Office or the Factory, How Do the Japanese Relax?" (Asia Record, November 1982: 1 page)
• "In Japan These Days, Even Processed Cheese Is Cute" (The Japan Times Weekly, January 28 - February 3, 1994: 3 pages)
• "Tokyo's Tips for New York" (The New York Times Magazine, February 6, 1994: 2 pages)
• "Why Do Japanese People Rarely Use Personal Checks?" (Japan Information Service, undated: I page)
• "Pachinko Polishes a Tarnished Image" and "Salons Reap Chest Hair, Gross Profits" (The Mainichi Daily News, 1994: 1 page)
• "Japan's Young Couples Discover the Public Kiss" (The New York Times, May 29, 1995: 1 page)
• "The Pen Is Mightier Than the Germ?" (The New York Times, July 27, 1995:1 page)
• "In Japan, Christmas Merrymaking Is for Lovers" " (The New York Times, December 25, 1995: 1 page)
• "Buying Culture" (Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 6, 1994: 1 page

INTERNET WEB SITES:

James Brooke, "A Wizard of Animation Has Japan Under His Spell", The New York Times, January 3, 2004.

Japan Today (look under Metropolis and click on FEATURES at the top of the page for one list or under BIG IN JAPAN at the bottom of the listing to the left side of the page) provides a wealth of entertaining information on numerous aspects of contemporary popular culture; pay particular attention to the following short articles:

Hello Kitty
Maneki-neko
Pocket Monsters
Fujio Akatsuka