Well, this blog is actually pretty dead now (since I'm no longer in Japan), BUT...

I just saw this CNN video about Barack Obama's popularity in Japan, and guess where they went to get all their interviews? Temple University!!

The link to the video is here: http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/01/31/lah.japan.barack.boom.cnn
At the beginning when they have people saying "Obama," those are all people in the cafeteria at TUJ (and they probably all speak English)--I even know one of them. But the weirdest part was at the end when they interviewed a guy named Terrans Purcell, because I freaking know that guy! We had two classes together so I saw him basically everyday, and we used to talk a few times, although we each had different groups of friends so we didn't hang out together much. The point is, this is a fricking CNN video and they're interviewing people from MY school in Japan. I suppose it makes sense since it's an American school, but still... I guess that's a bigger deal than I had still even now realized.