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Ryan is a researcher of Japanese literature currently investigating the influence, for better or worse, that the importation of Western realism had on modern Japanese literary history. He keeps a blog -- www.beholdmyswarthyface.com -- that is in both Japanese and English. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Ryan currently resides in Tokyo. He has been a U.S. foreign policy "otaku" since September 12, 2001.
