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NTT DoCoMo Inc., despite being Japan’s biggest mobile phone carrier, has been struggling against tough smartphone competition from KDDI Corp. and Softbank Corp., which is leading in that area. But one edge that the cellphone behemoth — it has more than 60 million subscribers ...
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
If you don’t get into the ring once or twice, then you’re a coward, Geoffrey Ima says as he describes people’s attitudes toward boxing in his hometown in Uganda. Ima has been in the ring hundreds of times and came to love boxing so ...
Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the “best birthday party ever” when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, ...
The 27-year-old defender says he was ready for a change of scenery after helping Sanfrecce Hiroshima win theJ. League title last season.
This exhibition showcases the work of seven contemporary artists, both Japanese and foreign, who focus on representing their surroundings using abstract imagery. The show covers a range of media, including the photography of Anders Edstrom, drawings by Tomoo Gokita and paintings by Shingo Francis. ...
Wishing for safety in 2012, Tokyo Big Sight will be holding their annual dezomeshiki (new year’s fire review) event this weekend. Organized by the Tokyo Fire Department, the event includes an array of fire engines and helicopters, which will be displayed to help promote ...
The Yamatane Museum of Art is celebrating its 45th anniversary with an exhibition showcasing the best works from its vast collection. Founded in 1966 as Japan’s first museum specializing in nihonga (Japanese-style painting), the museum is known for exhibiting not only famous paintings that ...
The Yamatane Museum of Art is celebrating its 45th anniversary with an exhibition showcasing the best works from its vast collection. Founded in 1966 as Japan’s first museum specializing in nihonga (Japanese-style painting), the museum is known for exhibiting not only famous paintings that ...
One of the greatest contributors to ukiyo-e (woodblock prints), that popular art form of the Edo Period (1603-1867), was Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), who was known for his beautiful workmanship, attention to detail and innovative style. Kuniyoshi was also a prolific printmaker and one of ...
The year’s end is traditionally a time to spend with friends and family. It’s also the start of winter, and nothing feels more seasonal than dashing and gliding on ice. The Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse is providing families with a fun activity to do ...
Snow in Osaka is rare this time of year, but the organizers of the Umeda Snowman Festival aren’t going to let that stop them from trying to create a winter wonderland. The event, which takes place in the city’s Umeda district, is ideal for ...
Have you ever heard the one about the samurai and the monk? Chances are if you’ve heard rakugo before, you have. Rakugo is a style of old Japanese comedy and the Rakugo Cafe in Tokyo’s Kanda district will be presenting an English performance by ...
Missa Johnouchi, one of UNESCO’s Artists for Peace, is helping spread the message of harmony in Japan. Along with UNESCO, The World Heritage Torch-Run Concert aims to bring pianist and conductor Johnouchi’s musical talents and message of peace and harmony to an audience in ...
Living in Japan without speaking the native language comes with its challenges. Ashley Thompson is tackling them one at a time, and blogging about her experiences at Surviving in Japan (without much Japanese) . Originally from Seattle, Wash., Thompson moved to Japan as an ...
Nobody does autumn festivals like the Germans. Originally a royal wedding bash in Munich in 1810, Oktoberfest is now considered by some to be the largest people’s fair in the world. Oktoberfest was linked to agriculture shortly after it was established. However, the party ...
Brazil has been on a roll lately. The world’s fifth largest country has been awarded the FIFA World Cup for 2014 and South America’s first Olympics in 2016. Brazilians can’t help but feel jubilant as the world’s gaze turns south. While Festival Cinema Brasil ...