The death toll from a blizzard that hit Hokkaido and the Tohoku region over the weekend has risen to nine, local police said Monday. The latest fatality as of Monday was Kuniko Jingi, 76, who was found collapsed under the snow on a road ...
Sleeping in. Breakfast in bed. Sunny brunches. Strolls in the park. Laid-back afternoon tea. Cocktails at sunset. Decadent late nights. Saturday — the word brings to mind a flurry of images associated with the first day of the weekend and the chances are, they ...
For the past year, Tokyo sixth-grader Manami has had dinner at home an average of four times a week. The rest of the time she has had to make do with a juku-ben, a boxed dinner prepared by her mother and consumed between classes ...
SELLING WOMEN: Prostitution, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan, by Amy Stanley. University of California Press, 2012, 282 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) In the vast cultural landscape, Japan fascinates the mainstream with manga and anime, the martial arts, Zen and kimono. Of course, ...
Cuba overpowers China, winning 12-0 and advancing to the second round of the World Baseball Classic.
You might be forgiven for thinking the primary instrument for flamenco is guitar. David Pena Dorantes, however, creates the music with a piano. Dorantes Piano Solo Conert will be held in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward on Jan. 15. Music lovers will get the chance to ...
While winter is an off-season for traditional Japanese festivals, Tokyo Dome will be alive with matsuri madness from Jan. 8-11. At Furusato Matsuri Tokyo 2010, people from all over Japan will showcase their region’s matsuri (festivals). One of the featured festivals is the Akita ...
Traditional New Year celebrations for families will be held at a museum in Osaka’s Kita Ward from Jan. 3-11. The museum, Kids Plaza Osaka, teaches various traditions such as a cooking class on how to make ozoni, a soup containing rice cakes and vegetables. ...
Sipping on hot wine and nibbling on gingerbread, the German Christmas Market in Osaka gives you a taste of how holidays are traditionally spent in Germany. The Deutscher Weihnachtsmarkt Osaka 2009 (German Christmas Market Osaka 2009) is being held at Wonder Square in Shin ...
Kobe is set to host a rare clavichord concert titled “Patterns of Plants; Fragile Sound Tapestries Played on the Clavichord”on Dec. 13. The clavichord is a stringed instrument with a keyboard. It was used across Eurpope mainly in the 17th and 18th centuries. Historically, ...
Psychiatrist Rika Kayama is an outspoken doctor specializing in mental illness, a best-selling writer and a popular social commentator. Her latest book, “Shigamitsukanai Ikikata” (“A Way of Life in Which You Don’t Cling to Anything”), has sold 422,000 copies since it was published in ...
Bacteria extracted from the feces of giant pandas can be used to reduce food waste to less than 10 percent of its original mass. For making this stunning — and potentially invaluable — scientific discovery, Fumiaki Taguchi, Professor Emeritus of Kitasato University in Kanagawa ...
One of the biggest festivals for dogs in Japan will be held at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Nov. 14-15. Super Dogs Carnival 2009 will feature events involving dogs, dog owners and dog lovers. Last year the annual fair attracted 70,000 people ...
The China National Peking Opera Company (CNPOC) is performing “The Water Margin — The Vows of Song Jiang and the Heroes of Mount Liang Shan Po” across Japan until Dec. 10. The style of Peking opera, which is also known as Beijing opera, has ...
Halloween events are taking place in many cities in Japan. Tokyo’s Omotesando will hold a parade titled “Hello Halloween Pumpkin Parade 2009.” In the parade, 1,000 children in various costumes will march and show off their fancy outfits. Passes for joining the parade have ...
