A SLAB O’ LIFE WITH BON JOVI

Japan. Land of the Rising Sun, transistors and raw squid as a dietary staple. Birthplace of the Atomic Age. Elephants’ graveyard for stadium bands that have outstayed their welcome in the rest of the world. You know the place. It’s 8 p.m., and all over the country kids in Walkmans are clustered in the glow of 24-inch Trinitrons, their tricolored shadows dancing on the walls behind them.