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On the 1st the organization chose fashion designer Lee Sang-bong, American ambassador Kathleen Stephens, and MBC host Choi Jae-hyeok to be the year's hangul ambassadors, promoting hangul to foreigners.
Tags: american, fashion, designer, ambassador
NEWS' Tegoshi joins Horikita, Matsuyama in "Nakushita Kioku"
Yuya Tegoshi of NEWS has been added to the cast of "Nakushita Kioku," an upcoming movie by American director Hans Canosa. The film was announced earlier this week when it was revealed that Maki Horikita and Kenichi ...
Female U.S. judoka Kanokogi receives award from Emperor
NEW YORK (Kyodo) Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, the highest-ranking female American judoka, has been decorated with a prestigious civilian honor by Japan for her work in establishing U.S. national and Olympic judo competitions for women.
Tags: japan, japanese, new, american, women, olympic, new york, female, award, mother, ceremony, gold, google
Horikita, Matsuyama team up with American director
Maki Horikita and Kenichi Matsuyama have been cast as co-stars in a new movie directed by American filmmaker Hans Canosa ("Conversations with Other Women"). Although the movie is being made primarily for the Japanese market..
Tags: japanese, new, american, movie, girl, release, film, english, women, director, market, deal, premiere, romance
Win Tickets To BoA Live NYC December 3rd, And What's With That Ching Chong
Caught down at AAM that you can win out tickets for BoA's performance down in NYC (and I'm thinking it should be a good time and hopefully it will go well as I've always a...
Tags: new, 2008, music, us, american, girl, fans, live, performance, debut, culture, global, boa, nyc
Wonder Girls Coming to Los Angeles and New York soon
Want to see The Wonder Girls but you're stuck over here in the states? Here's your chance to see the Wonder Girls in two of America's biggest cities: New York and Los Angeles.
Tags: new, 2008, group, american, girls, website, online, new york, concert, tour, artists, test
Japanese-American Sounds Off About "First Asian-American Manager"
I found this on Baseball Think Factory over the weekend and wanted to put it up here even thought they've already had a very good discussion about it.
Tags: japanese, asian, man, american, cute, dancing, baseball
The 'Lost' Sessue Hayakawa Found
The name of Sessue Hayakawa may be unfamiliar to most movie-goers today, but at the height of his fame from the mid-1910s to the late 1920s, the Japanese issei actor was as well known to audiences as Charlie Chaplin or Douglas...
Tags: japanese, asian, american, movie, star, film, actor, project, award, asian american, hollywood, river, premiere
Youtube Asian Style goes to the movies
On occasion, I check out what my kids look at on youtube. Looking at The Daughter's subscriptions, it struck me that the majority of them were to Asian American themed channels. I looked at one, NDTitanLady, and...
Tags: asian, american, movie, popular, media, style, youtube, wife, movies, asian american, funny, trailer, peace, dating, hawaii
If you're a Lang Lang fan and you happened to miss it - there's an interview with the famous pianist who begins a weeklong residency at the San Francisco Symphony next week in the emSan Jose Mercury News...
BoA: Biggest Asian Pop Star Tackles the U.S., Part I
It seems that MTV Iggy has been covering BoA's American debut in different terms, with videos and even a blog written up by BoA herself.nIt's been two months since BoA decided to cross over into the U.S. music scene...
Rock band UVERworld has finally achieved their first #1 single with "Hakanakumo Towa no Kanashi." Currently used as the theme song for "Mobile Suit Gundam 00," the single sold 119,000 copies to easily take the top of the charts.
Tags: song, group, album, american, girl, single, popular, debut, boy, band, project, mobile, gundam, boy band
YouTube manga girl Magibon explains fame, and parody videos
In a live interview on a Japanese TV show, a href=http://www.tokyomango.com/tokyo_mango/2008/11/american-youtub.htmlMagibon/a explains how she became one of Japan's favorite YouTube stars.
Tags: japan, japanese, 2008, show, american, movie, girl, tv, live, youtube, manga, interview, tv show
Korean actor Lee Byung Hun was featured on a CNN Entertainment article today. The article talks about his heartthrob status James Dean of Asia, his popularity in countries such as Japan.
Tags: japan, korean, american, asia, market, actor, global, talks
Astro Boy, as American as Gozilla
A trailer is out for the new Astro Boy feature film in CGI animation that will open on October 23, 2009.
With the slipping viewership, organizers of the NHK New Year's Eve Red-White Battle is trying different things this time around for its 59th Year. Despite having 53 performers (compared to last year's 58)...
Tags: new, american, star, children, artist, new year, ayumi hamasaki
American YouTube manga girl making waves in Japan
Magibon is an American You Tube idol taking her obsession with Japan to the extreme. The Florida-born 22-year old who used to be a supermarket cashier now spends a bulk of her time making YouTube videos of herself ...
Tags: japan, japanese, american, movie, girl, online, cute, youtube, manga, idol
Miss Georgia is Korean-American
The Chosun Ilbo reports that the new Miss Georgia, Kimberley Ann Gittings, is the daughter of Korean Kim Yeong-shin, who runs a kindergarten which was featured in a PBS documentary.
Tags: new, korean, american, documentary
You've heard me talk about Mike Relm before in....
Tags: asian, american, movie, 2007, live, couple, youtube, war
Maggie Cheung Rues No Cooperation with Pitt
Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung will star in Quentin Tarantino's World War II film "Inglourious Bastards," the actress has said. Cheung, 44, who has settled down in Beijing with her German architect boyfriend...
Tags: world, beijing, american, star, release, film, hong kong, actress, woman, festival, couple, leader, war, film festival, soldiers, cooperation, cannes