{"id":34783,"date":"2014-04-29T13:53:56","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T17:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=34783"},"modified":"2014-04-29T14:16:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T18:16:54","slug":"justins-japan-nippon-in-new-york-asa-akira-monkey-business-jero-japan-day-peelander-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/29\/justins-japan-nippon-in-new-york-asa-akira-monkey-business-jero-japan-day-peelander-z\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin\u2019s Japan: Nippon in New York \u2014 Asa Akira, \u2018Monkey Business,\u2019 Jero @ Japan Day, Peelander-Z"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Insatiable<\/a>

Insatiable New Yorker Asa Akira’s literary debut is available May 6. (Grove Press)<\/p><\/div>\n

By<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0JQ\u00a0magazine<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0editor\u00a0Justin Tedaldi<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(CIR\u00a0Kobe-shi<\/a>, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for related stories.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

As spring continues and the weather continues to warm, New Yorkers can enjoy activities all over the city both indoors and out.<\/p>\n

May 2-3, 7:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Veggetti, Kato and Nakamura\u00a0Project IX \u2013 Pleiades<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Japan Society<\/a>, 333 East 47th Street<\/strong><\/p>\n

$30, $24 Japan Society members<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two Japanese tour de force artists, acclaimed musician Kuniko Kato, praised by Steve Reich as a \u201cfirst rate percussionist,\u201d and dancer Megumi Nakamura, internationally known since her days with Ji\u0159\u00ed Kyli\u00e1n\u2019s Netherlands Dance Theater, explore the mesmerizing scores of legendary 20th century composer Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001).\u00a0Project IX \u2013 Pleiades<\/em>, which features one of Xenakis\u2019 most complex and ambitious pieces, Pl\u00e9iades, is a multimedia work delivered through live performance and a state-of-the-art sound\/projection installation. Directed by Italian choreographer Luca Veggetti, one of the featured artists in the 2014 NY PHIL BIENNIAL. The Friday, May 2 performance is followed by a MetLife Meet the Artists Reception.<\/p>\n

Saturday, May 3, 2:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monkey Business<\/em><\/strong>: Japan\/America Writers\u2019 Dialogue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Asia Society<\/a>, 725 Park Avenue<\/strong><\/p>\n

$15, $12 seniors\/students, $10 Asia Society and PEN members<\/strong><\/p>\n

In conjunction with\u00a0PEN World Voice Festival 2014<\/a>! For the past three years PEN World Voices and Asia Society have provided a place for dialogues between established and upcoming writers in the United States and Japan. This year Laird Hunt and Matthew Sharpe join Toh EnJoe and Hideo Furukawa for another exciting and provocative cross-cultural literary encounter between Japanese and American writers. Moderated by Motoyuki Shibata and Ted Goossen, editors\/translators of\u00a0Monkey Business<\/a>, the English-language anthology of newly translated Japanese writing, now celebrating its fourth edition.Ticket price includes a copy of the book and signing following the program. For additional free readings taking place in Manhattan and Brooklyn,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tuesday, May 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

Insatiable: Porn\u2014A Love Story<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Asa Akira<\/strong><\/p>\n

$25 MSRP<\/strong><\/p>\n

At age 28,\u00a0Asa Akira<\/a>\u00a0has already led an extremely unusual life. Born in New York and raised in Japan as a pre-teen, then coming of age at the prestigious United Nations International School in Manhattan, she eschewed the academic aspirations of her classmates and soon was earning a good living by stripping and working as a dominatrix at a sex dungeon. Akira has now built up a reputation for being one of the most popular, hardworking, and extreme actors in the adult entertainment industry, winning dozens of awards and appearing in nearly 400 films to date and the popular\u00a0DVDASA<\/a>\u00a0podcast. In her debut book, Akira provides an inimitable voice from the inside in a world where porn\u00a0is increasingly becoming part of the mainstream.<\/p>\n

For the complete story, click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0JQ\u00a0magazine\u00a0editor\u00a0Justin Tedaldi\u00a0(CIR\u00a0Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page\u00a0here\u00a0for related stories. As spring continues and the weather continues to warm, New Yorkers can enjoy activities all over the city both indoors and out. May 2-3, 7:30 p.m. Veggetti, Kato and Nakamura\u00a0Project IX \u2013 Pleiades Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street $30, $24 Japan Society […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[40,53,340,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-events","category-justins-japan","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-931","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34783"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34791,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34783\/revisions\/34791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}