As Zolin said, like much of East Asian culture, it's actually originally from China.

That was probably just a typo, but it's Miles Prower, as in, Miles Per Hour.

If by any chance you're going off the katakana for his name in Japanese (マイルス・パウアー), note that "power" would be パワー(a word that's used in Japanese), not パウアー, which is a product of contracting/shortening パー "Per" and アウア "Hour" to be more…

Like in the West, foxes are seen as exceedingly clever in Japan. They are also believed to have the ability to shape shift and develop multiple tails.

Just, you know, a little passing reference to one of the most horrifying moments in human history and the tension it's left lingering between the United States and Japan. And that's a scene in a new movie based on a franchise that, much like Transformers, has slowly been pulled away from its Japanese roots as American…

Interesting. I went up Misen-san last year, and before that in 1999. I didn't see any either time. Too bad.

Something about Counter-Strike.

The monkeys are in Minoh.