In the 1990s, there was a magazine for foreigners in Japan called "The Alien." It was known for its humorous pieces and a slightly different take on Japan than one could find in the regular mainstream ...

The newly released "Alien Humor" (Treasure Productions, 140 pages, soft cover, ¥1,400) is a collection of many of the pieces that Neil Garscadden wrote while editor of the humor section of The Alien ...

The following are a selection of the winning submissions in response to last month's Zeit Gist competition to win copies of "The Very Best of Neil Garscadden's Alien Humor," a collection of many of ...