Casey Baseel
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Casey Baseel spent his formative years staring in frustration at un-subtitled Japanese TV programming shown on Southern California’s international channel. Taking matters into his own hands, he moved to Tokyo to study the language, then found work in Yokohama a decade ago teaching, translating, and marketing hotels he can’t afford to stay in. When not participating in the eternal cycle of exercising to burn the calories form his love of Japanese food, Casey scours used comic and game shops for forgotten classics, drags his wife around the country in a quest to visit all its castles, sings karaoke not nearly as well as he thinks he does, and counts the days until the summertime bars open on Enoshima Beach.
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Just because superhero Saitama’s bald head is cold in winter doesn’t mean yours has to be too.
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The famed Hollywood director was ready to set his phaser to “idol.”
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‘Tis the season for grumbling about cultural differences, but does it have to be?
Newly formed Kojima Productions is looking to hire a few good video game developers, plus find customers for its online store.
There’s a new take-out place in Tokyo selling kangaroo bento boxed lunches, so we hopped on over to try them for ourselves.
The video game-loving owner of this bird must feel like a winner every day.
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