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Akita City “Kanto Matsuri” performance – 2024 Honolulu Festival
19 April 2025 7:57 AM | No CommentsThe Akita City Kanto Festival Executive Committee performed at the 2024 Honolulu Festival, showcasing music and pole-balancing stunts from its annual Kanto Matsuri.
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Petit Bateau Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
19 April 2025 5:39 AM | No CommentsWhy did a 132-year-old French casualwear brand, mostly focusing on children's fashion, decide to show at the Tokyo Fall/Winter 2025 collections?
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tiit tokyo Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
18 April 2025 9:30 PM | No CommentsAccording to the Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO show notes, for the Fall/Winter 2025 season, the designers were "inspired by the Danish film "When Animals Dream.""
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Sumo: 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji retires, leaves lasting legacy
10 April 2025 11:57 AM | No CommentsThe Mongolian's calm, regal presence in the dohyo will certainly be missed, but there is no rest for the weary.
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Photos: Yousuke Haga – New York Fashion Week Fall 2025
24 March 2025 3:05 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the Yousuke Haga - Asia Fashion Collection runway show in New York.
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Arts Archive
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The Asian Poet Is Here: Interview with Beau Sia
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on January 1, 2005 | No CommentsPoet Beau Sia made a big splash with his parody on Jewel’s poetry book. Following his run on Russell Simmons’s "Def Poetry Jam," he did a Q&A with Meniscus! -
2002 Powell Street Festival celebrates Japanese Canadian culture
I.H. KuniyukiPosted on August 5, 2002 | No CommentsThe theme of the 26th Powell Street Festival was "Living Communities," but the author got more than she bargained for some folks were too close for comfort. -
CD review: Eason Chan – Happiness (幸福) (1999)
Phoebe ChowPosted on May 1, 2002 | No CommentsWith this album, Eason Chan won five awards at the final Hong Kong music awards event run by TVB and three radio stations. -
![With a plethora of Asian American Web sites – including AsianAvenue.com, Click2Asia.com and iistix.com – JADE Magazine sticks out. Its focus on Asian American women touches upon areas of fashion, […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/05/audrey_ellen-115x115.gif "Tough gems – Interview with JADE Magazine co-founders")
Tough gems – Interview with JADE Magazine co-founders
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 1, 2002 | No CommentsWith a plethora of Asian American Web sites – including AsianAvenue.com, Click2Asia.com and iistix.com – JADE Magazine sticks out. Its focus on Asian American women touches upon areas of fashion, […] -
“Too Cute!” T-shirts celebrate dim sum
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on September 1, 1999 | No CommentsThe dim sum t-shirts are one of a dozen different designs by Frances Yip, who sells them along with matching note card designs out of Southern California. -
An interview with Japanese band Orange Kandy
Jason ColePosted on November 1, 1998 | No CommentsOrange Kandy is a band from Tokyo who are just finally making their way across the big pond to give American audiences a taste of their musical lollipop. -
Interview with Shonen Knife: Living a Catnip Dream
Jason ColePosted on June 1, 1997 | No CommentsWhen I heard that Shonen Knife - one of my favorite bands since the mid-'80s - would be playing at the House of Blues, I decided to meet these women myself. -
Interview with Cantopop bassist John von Seggern
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on September 1, 1996 | No CommentsThe career of John von Seggern, a musician who grew up in Nebraska, has landed in Hong Kong, where he is the bassist for Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau.