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Kentucky Fried Christmas
How did Colonel Sanders and Kentucky Fried Chicken take over Christmas in Japan? PLUS: Household Name Uncut covers some Christmas...
Sally Herships
Dec 19, 20181 min read
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Beating Bollywood
India's population is 1.3 billion. So it only makes sense that American streaming giants Amazon and Netflix would want to get into the...
Sally Herships
Oct 18, 20181 min read
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Japan eases immigration restrictions to fill chronic care worker shortage
Walk through the sliding glass doors of the Shirokane no Mori nursing home in Tokyo and you’ll find a cabinet with individual cubbies...
Sally Herships
Oct 18, 20184 min read
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The Price of Rice In Japan
The Japanese are eating less rice. Blame TV, the internet, burgers, Italian food, a growing economy. Blame the lunch ladies! Rice...
Sally Herships
Sep 13, 20181 min read
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American Icons: The Muppets
Jim Henson started making television programs starring his distinctive googly-eyed creations — part puppet, part marionette — in the...
Sally Herships
May 24, 20181 min read
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A veggie burger that 'bleeds' might convince some carnivores to eat green
Humans have been eating meat since, well, before we were human. But there are so many of us now eating so much meat that raising all...
Sally Herships
Sep 23, 20165 min read
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Japan's population is plunging, so where are the babies?
If you think you work long hours, meet Kumi Matsumoto. “It’s very normal for us to stay until midnight,” said Matsumoto, who works for...
Sally Herships
Apr 20, 20161 min read
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Come on Japan, get with the program
Founding a startup today has become the stuff of TV and movies around the world. There's even a startup podcast about, you guessed it,...
Sally Herships
Sep 21, 20155 min read
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Etiquette and rituals rule in Japan's business culture
At a dinner meeting in Tokyo recently, where a lot of business happens over meals, two Japanese professors, Ryo Sahashi, an associate...
Sally Herships
Aug 11, 20155 min read
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We’ll Be Here All Night
Co-host Jonathan Goldstein speaks with writer and filmmaker Etgar Keret about the narrative strengths and weaknesses of the Passover...
Sally Herships
Mar 28, 20151 min read
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Insects, Cheese and Gastronauts of the World
There are picky eaters and then there are the Gastronauts of the world. "What's the oddest thing, by American standards, you've ever...
Sally Herships
Oct 10, 20124 min read
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Overcoming Cultural Barriers To Jobs
The foreign-born population in the U.S. is now at an all time high — more than 10 percent. And while recession-time jobs are hard to come...
Sally Herships
May 10, 20091 min read
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Sounds of Concrete Crickets fill the Big Apple
New Yorkers are hearing things these days — and it is coming from the bushes. It is the sound of concrete crickets, little devices...
Sally Herships
Oct 4, 20071 min read
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