Sporting mascots may seem a very American phenomenon but those in North America are not the only ones dressing fully-grown adults in costumes and parading them around stadiums. Thousands of football ...

As I sat on a tatami mat in the library of a 300-year-old Kyoto ryokan, my eyes were drawn to a Japanese translation of Walter Isaacson’s book, Steve Jobs. Yes, I was on vacation and, yes, on my ...