Craig Mod News Today

YAMAGUCHI--After making a New York Times’ top travel list on Jan. 9, officials here hope to start seeing more tourists from abroad this year despite one disappointment for visitors.

Over the past few months, I’ve had some time away from the computer and have taken several very long plane trips and some shorter car rides, which means a bit more reading, TV & movie watching, and podcast listening than usual. Oh, and holiday movie

Daniel Benneworth-Gray on his latest rectangular obsessions, including his annual list of the year's best film posters for Creative Review.

Walking vacations are awesome. Here’s why.

“Technology is like a bomb in Myanmar.” —Kyaw Kyaw, frontman of Burmese punk band Rebel Riot 1 Back in early July, I started working on a quick

Today's Water Cooler

Our guest is Craig Mod who is a writer, author, and photographer based in Japan. Also, according to his website, he is a "walker". And we will talk about what it means.  Craig has spent over 20 years in Japan and has produced a lot of valuable work, capturing Japanese daily life objectively as well as being an insider. His insight into Japanese culture is impressive and I have learned a lot from his curious observations. 

Also, Saudi Arabia intensifies a crackdown and the Philippines moves closer to the U.S.

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