Yes, thanks to our friends in Japan, there is a new craze taking this country's youth by storm. It is a craze that I really don't understand, but if that hasn't stopped me from writing in the past, it's certainly not going to stop me now. Don't get me wrong. I love the Japanese. I mean, these are the guys who brought us such life-altering inventions as Teriyaki chicken, the compact sedan, and 23,344,586 completely unique and original video games titles.
Japan is a great place.
Sure, as a student of American public education, I can tell you that sometime during the Middle Ages there was a war or something in which Japan and the United States were mortal enemies. None of this matters now. Today, the United States and Japan get along just fine. We are both led bravely through the travails of modern society by large but friendly transnational corporations. Some would say they are almost like big teddy bears.