In 2015, a Japanese confectionery company released a product that instantly confused and delighted people. The packaging resembled that of individually wrapped American cheese singles. But the ...
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Cultural power no longer spreads only through armies, products, or films. Increasingly, it slips into the bloodstream of daily life as words, gestures, and micro-rituals that change how we express ...
Shigeichi Negishi, the entrepreneur who invented the world’s first karaoke machine, has died aged 100. Negishi, whose 1967 “Sparko Box” prototype is among several devices credited with ushering in ...