Geisha & Okasan

Paparazzi

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August 22nd 2006
Right place, right time. That's a phrase I've used quite often in my life. Like the time I rescued 47 babies from a burning daycare, and when I landed a plane full of nuns after the pilot died at the controls, or - and this is my favourite - that time when I stood in front of a bunch of tanks in Tiananmen Square just as someone took a pic ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more