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Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Tamogami Update — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:34:08 +0000

[...] such as Jun Okumura, Tobias Harris, and the anonymous Shisaku, (as well as a very nice plug from Curzon) who all add their own instructive commentary. Best of all though, was a prominent citation by [...]

By: slim

slim — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:21:43 +0000

Is being quoted by Bix, who appears to be on the loopy left, really an honor?

By: Curzon

Curzon — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:46:42 +0000

Here ya go Ralph:
http://www.apa.co.jp/book_report/images/2008jyusyou_saiyuusyu_english.pdf

By: Ralph Hitchens

Ralph Hitchens — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:15:14 +0000

Is the Tamogami essay available in English anywhere else on the Web? I couldn’t find it on the Japanese-language website Berman cited.

By: Roy Berman

Roy Berman — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:35:37 +0000

Well, there were mentions of the connection as early as last week, but not nearly as extensive as my article.

I did look up the finances a couple of days after the original post, but I just haven’t gotten around to posting anymore online. I think I’ll do a basic followup in the next day or two, just mentioning some of the information that’s come out in the media since then.

And thanks for the plug!

By: Adamu

Adamu — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:27:57 +0000

I would venture a guess that the company is family-owned with some cross-holdings scattered among its main banks.

Also, it should be noted that on Tuesday the APA connection finally became a top news story, so Roy totally scooped the J-media!