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Vast thanks to all of you who joined us. **** F riday, Nov. 30:   Join us for the  annual   ALi-MO Bo- Ne nkai Bash   this year  @ Crawfish, Akasaka.   Dance, Drink and Rock Out the final days of 2012 w/'Tokyo's Coolest Band.' No cover. Just party. Date:   November 30, FRIDAY Venue:   CRAWFISH Akasaka http://crawfish.jp/   (03-3584-2496) Social Akasaka BF 3-11-7 Akasaka Minato-ku, Tokyo JAPAN　107-0052 Price:   FREE!! Doors Open -- 7:00 p.m. Music Starts 8:30-ish p.m.

Hard Times for Soft Power Roland Kelts for Number 1 Shimbun : Three days after Prime Minister Yoshihiro Noda announced that his administration had purchased the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, municipal authorities in Beijing ordered a prohibition of Japanese imports – not of cars or electronics, but book content. Chinese publishers were asked not to release books by Japanese authors and those related to Japan by authors of any nationality, and also to cancel cultural promotional events. The economic damage to the automotive and manufacturing sectors stemming from Japan’s territorial disputes with Asian neighbors China, South Korea and Taiwan has been widely analyzed and measured in recent weeks, with some pointing to Japanese makers losing out on sales and others noting the losses to Chinese workers employed by Japanese firms. News reports in Japan repeat the meme of Japanese corporations fleeing China for the more stable environs of nearby Southeast Asian nations. But ...

from The Weekly Standard : Why Romney Lost the ‘Asian Vote’ Drill down into the numbers, and it’s not a surprise. Michael Warren December 3, 2012 ,  Vol. 18, No. 12 Falls Church, Va. Turning off U.S. 50 at a chaotic six-way intersection onto Wilson Boulevard, you can just see the red roof of the clock tower at Eden Center. A replica of the Ben Thanh market in old Saigon, the clock tower peeks out above the shops of this Asian shopping mall seven miles west of Washington, D.C. Buildings here go by names like “Saigon East,” “Saigon West,” and “Saigon Gardens.” The colorful and ornate Imperial-style gate entrance into the parking lot is impressive. Two stone lions maintain sentry posts beneath the pagoda-like tiled roofs of the entryway. Flanking the lions are two flags, American and South Vietnamese. A few weeks ago, I pulled into Eden Center for a banh mi sandwich and noticed about 20 Romney-Ryan yard signs lining the driveway just past the gate. Minh Duong, 57 an...

Professor Joseph S. Nye, who coined the phrase "soft power" thirty-some years ago, on the recent uptick in nationalist sentiment in Japan. F rom   Project Syndicate . Japan's Nationalist Turn TOKYO – Japan has been in the news lately, owing to its dispute with China over six square kilometers of barren islets in the East China Sea that Japan calls the Senkakus and China calls the Diaoyu Islands. The  rival claims  date back to the late nineteenth century, but  the recent flare-up , which led to widespread  anti-Japanese demonstrations in China , started in September when Japan’s government purchased three of the tiny islets from their private Japanese owner. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has said that he decided to purchase the islands for the Japanese central government to prevent Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara from purchasing them with municipal funds. Ishihara, who has since resigned from office to launch a new political party, is well known for nat...

Many thanks to those of you who helped us pack the room at the FCCJ in Tokyo yesterday and fill the air with excellent inquiry.

Join entertainment/media lawyer David B. Hoppe of GAMMALAW, JAPANAMERICA author Roland Kelts and NIPPON POP author and music journalist Steve McClure for a presentation/discussion about Japan's new illegal download law and the debate over online media: should it remain free and unfettered, or should it be legally controlled and restricted? Lunch served. MEMBERS: *Please register BEFORE MONDAY EVENING, Nov. 12, at the FCCJ site here:  http://tinyurl.com/b2hs9oz NONMEMBERS: Please RSVP BEFORE MONDAY EVENING,  Nov. 12, here or via email - and let us know if you would like to purchase lunch. エンターテインメント/ メディア分野を専門とする弁護士のデビッド・B・ホッピ、 『ジャパナメリカ』の作者であるローランド・ケルツ、 そして『NIPPON POP』作者スティーヴ マックルーアの三者が出演するプレゼンテーション/ ディスカッションです。 日本で論争を巻き起こしている新しく厳格な「違法ダウン ロード禁止法」そしてオンライン・メディアに関する論議 。 それは果たして拘束せず自由なままにすべきなのか、また は法律で規制し制限されるべきなのか。 来場者にはランチが出ます。 FCCJ会員の方：11月12日（月）の夜までにFCC Jサイト（ http://tinyurl.com/b2hs9oz ）でご登録をお願いします。 一般の方：11月12日（月）の夜までに本FBページ、 またはメールにてランチ予約の有無をご連絡下さい。

Sat, Nov. 10th - Pink Cow Grill Night Dinner #1 & Ali-MO Live! One grill for meat & one grill for veggies plus all kinds of wonderful side dishes, salad bar, cheese, fruits and desserts! Awesome food to accompany great classic rock band Ali-Mo gigin’ live! Saturday Night Live with Ali-MO! Dine, Drink & Dance w/Tokyo's coolest band in their debut show @ the New Pink Cow in the heart of Roppongi. Rock, R&B & Pop from 4 Decades--plus a Grill Night Buffet. Don't miss it! ¥2,500 for dinner, 7-10pm (drinks separate) please email for a reservations for the best tables for dinner to cowmail@thepinkcow.com For maps and more info about The Pink Cow please check  www.thepinkcow.com グリル・ディナーナイト＆Ali-Moライブ！ １１月１０日（土） グリル・ディナーナイト＆Ali-Moライブ！ お肉用のグリルと野菜用のグリルをそれぞれご用意します ！ベジタリアンもOK! サイドディッシュ、サラダバー、チーズ、フルーツやデザ ートなども充実！クラシックロック「Ali-Mo」のラ イブ演奏を聴きながら楽しく美味しく皆で食べよう！ボリ ュームたっぷりの美味しいビュッフェ。沢山食べてね！ 土曜の夜はALi-MOのライブで！ 六本木のど真ん中、新生ピンクカウでの初出演です。 往年の？ロック、R&B、ポップスを聞きながら飲んで踊 って Pink C...