JT Brown' s articles appearing in Hackwriters.com in 2003
"Sorry, We Don't Make Change" & "Enjo Kosai"
-How did Japan get to be the reigning leader in robot technology? If you've been
losing sleep wondering just that, read this. It at least beats counting sheep.
Groggy first impressions on waking up to the news of a massive blackout in
North America, including similarities between this day.....and September 11th.
-Even for sportphobes, this read will go down easy. It more sentimentality
than straining and science, as JT spends a week uncovering some of the
action and even more of the stories made at an international judo
championships tournament.
-Sorry to kick a dog when it's down, but those 'journalists' at the New York
Times just keep asking for it. Have no fear, JT sets 'em straight.
-How does Japan take care of its childcare needs? Very well. And the subjects
under study for this article were absoutely adorable.
-Protest in Japan(if you can call it that). See this article for just an inkling of why
political change is not yet a comin' to this country.
-A break from all the gloom, doom, and woes of the outside world.
For tourists, here's a breezy look at a few of the oft-overlooked, button-down
communities located just outside Japan's capital. (Photo gallery discontinued.)
-JT actually goes out and does some investigative journalism. Read this eery
report about North Korean espionage in Japan. Among other operations,
the North may well have played a role in the 1995 Tokyo Subway Sarin Attacks,
recent history's first known account of chemical terrorism.
-With North Korea holding a lit match up to the tinderbox of geopolitics, some
prominent voices -on both sides of the Pacific- are calling for the remilitarization
of Japan. JT throws his two cents into the fray.
-A look at just how drastically many a price has come down in this erstwhile land
of the rising bill. Whether you're interested in how deflation is playing out in Japan,
or actually planning a visit, here's a non-technical, in the streets look at what's
going down.
