http://www.metafilter.com/tags/NamieAmuro Posts tagged with 'NamieAmuro' at MetaFilter. Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:37:21 -0800 Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:37:21 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/16768/ <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_mayjune_2002/mcgray.html">Japan’s Gross National Cool</a> - Foreign Policy has an interesting article on the impact of Japanese culture and how it has replaced "Made in Japan" products as the dominant export from Japan. The author points to director Hayao Miyazaki, director/actor Takeshi Kitano, artist Takashi Murakami, and singer/songwriter Namie Amuro, as well as anime in general and Hello Kitty as examples of the global spread of Japanese culture. Do you recognize these people or their work? [more inside] tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.16768 Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:37:21 -0800 cool culture HayaoMiyazaki Hello Japan Japanese Kitty NamieAmuro TakeshiKitano gen