Rena Singer
Rena Singer covers Japan for GlobalPost. Since 2007, Singer has lived in Japan where she is watching the slow emancipation of women, the nation's transformation from Asian powerhouse to bit...
Reporter's Dispatches
Monks venture into bars, and rap
TOKYO — Once a month this tiny music club in downtown Tokyo sidelines its usual bossa nova or jazz musicians and hosts performers from a more...Read more >
TOKYO — Once a month this tiny music club in downtown Tokyo sidelines its usual bossa nova or jazz musicians and hosts performers from a more...Read more >
The buzz in Japan
TOKYO — Japan appears to be in the midst of a marijuana epidemic of unprecedented proportions. In the past six months alone, four sumo...Read more >
TOKYO — Japan appears to be in the midst of a marijuana epidemic of unprecedented proportions. In the past six months alone, four sumo...Read more >
For Which It Stands: Japan
TOKYO — Five hours southwest by train from Tokyo, Barack Obama's election brought cheers in a conveniently named place: Obama...Read more >
TOKYO — Five hours southwest by train from Tokyo, Barack Obama's election brought cheers in a conveniently named place: Obama...Read more >
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