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Center for East Asian Studies: Recent submissions
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Friendlies Curse
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-08-13)Broadcast Transcript: By now, everyone has seen the five Olympic Friendlies: the colorful mascots created to welcome this summer's Olympic Games. The little guys are also known as fuwa which means "good luck dolls" in ... -
Cows Causing Global Warming
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-08-06)Broadcast Transcript: Remember when President Reagan blamed trees for air pollution? Well now the Japanese are blaming cows for global warming. Apparently, the methane emissions from burping cows account for 5% of all ... -
Shoe-Shee
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-07-30)Broadcast Transcript: Rice and Asia. Rice and Asia. Go together like... like... well, I can't really think of a rhyme at the moment but rice and Asia are as intertwined as conjoined twins. The history of the rice culture ... -
Carry Along Karaoke
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-07-23)Broadcast Transcript: Do you karaoke? Japan does. In fact, karaoke was invented here. Sadly, however, kids under 18 sometimes find themselves barred from bars that offer karaoke because these places serve alcohol. Well, ... -
Speedmatching
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-06-25)Broadcast Transcript: Picture this: Japanese parents meeting other Japanese parents to discuss marriage for their sons and daughters. A scene out of 17th Century Tokyo? Afraid not. It's a scene out of 21st Century Tokyo ... -
Sushi Crashcourse
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-06-18)Broadcast Transcript: So is sushi raw fish or what? And if sushi is raw fish, then what the heck is sashimi? This Postcard is devoted to clearing up, once and for all, any lingering confusion about these two popular dishes ... -
The Ironic Curtain
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-06-11)Broadcast Transcript: In a communist state, the government guarantees a job for every citizen. So it is in North Korea though some jobs here are more about form than function. Take the traffic ladies of Pyongyang for ... -
Stroke Order
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-06-04)Broadcast Transcript: English has 26 letters. Learn 'em and chances are that, silent g, silent k and the whole bough, cough, through, though and rough thing aside, you'll be able to sound out any word you come across. ... -
The "Ex" Factor
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-05-28)Broadcast Transcript: Ex-presidents often enjoy greater popularity out of office than in. This is true across cultural borders; think ex-President Richard Nixon, whose questionable actions in the White House did not prevent ... -
Pirate Viagra
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-05-21)Broadcast Transcript: Piracy is a booming industry here in China. Even the casual shopper will have no trouble locating pirated books or pirated CDs or pirated videos. And now: pirated drugs. Pirated male performance ... -
Bathroom Makeover
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-05-14)Broadcast Transcript: Beijing might have spent billions of dollars creating the very model of a modern Olympic venue but they don't know squat about bathrooms. At least not according to the world class athletes whose voluble ... -
The Cat's Meow
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-05-07)Broadcast Transcript: As a rule, we expect to find Hello Kitty on fashion not in it. Well, VogueNippon aims to change all that. How? By making this pop culture icon--stubby legs and square body notwithstanding--into a ... -
Phones of Love
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-04-23)Broadcast Transcript: Loves me... Loves me not... Loves me... Loves me not... While the rest of us technoclods are still using daisies as a means of ascertaining our sweethearts' feelings, here in South Korea, hi-tech ... -
Exculpatory Breasts
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-04-16)Broadcast Transcript: From the exculpatory breasts file: Good news from Japan for those of you who have been looking for a legitimate reason to schedule that breast enlargement surgery: big breasts can work in your favor ... -
Cricket Competition in China
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-04-09)Broadcast Transcript: It ain't over until the fat cricket sings. OK, maybe not the fat cricket but the cricket with the loudest and deepest sound. At least, that's the way it is in the world of Chinese cricket singing ... -
Fortune Cookies
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-04-02)Broadcast Transcript: For everyone who thinks that everything was first invented by the Chinese, here's a surprise: fortune cookies were NOT. That's right. New research shows that fortune cookies, those ubiquitous desserts ... -
Married Women
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-03-26)Broadcast Transcript: There's marital duplicity going on here in South Korea. Namely, secret bank accounts. Put together by women. Unbeknownst to their husbands. Apparently, more than 65% of married Korean women are salting ... -
Tokyo Street Lights
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-03-12)Broadcast Transcript: Here in Tokyo, at least one form of culture shock comes as a most pleasant surprise. In the US, when you cross the street, almost before you've stepped off the curb, the "Walk" sign has blinked off ... -
Mr. Toilet
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-03-05)Broadcast Transcript: Father of the Nation, Old Blood and Guts, the Godfather of Soul: with historical acts come historical handles. For South Korean Parliamentarian Sim Jae-duck, it's Mr.Toilet. Sim worked to improve ... -
Fear Research
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-02-27)Broadcast Transcript: From the "Why did we need this again?" file comes scientific news from Japan: Using genetic engineering, Japanese scientists have switched off the instinct that causes a mouse to stay away from a cat. ...
