Our Lives / Profiles Jan 25, 2013
New Yorker opens doors for foreigners in Sapporo
by Kris Kosaka
Ken Hartmann, 71, still opens doors for ladies, and still speaks with a brusque, no-nonsense New York accent even after 27 years in Japan.
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Our Lives / Profiles | WHO'S WHO Jan 14, 2013
Canadian has English-language rakugo dream
by Mami Maruko
Katsura Sunshine wants to spread the world of rakugo (traditional comic storytelling) to people all over the world, including his home country Canada, by delivering English-translated versions. The 42-year-old Slovenian-Canadian, who was given the stage name from his master, Katsura Bunshi, after three years of ...