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Tokyo Skytree will celebrate its first anniversary Wednesday but has not yet completed its prime mission of reliably broadcasting to households in the capital and its suburbs. Since December, the world’s tallest free-standing tower, at 634 meters high, has been making test broadcasts to ...
If you work in an office, you probably spend a fair part of your time sitting at a desk, which, of course, isn’t very healthy. To combat that the Pomodoro technique recommends that you work in intervals with regular breaks — for example, 25 ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
"Outsider art" is relatively new in Japan and, as a genre, works made by self-taught Japanese artists are still not very well known on the category-delineating, label-loving international art scene.
After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the two tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from start to finish to win 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title. “Rafa was just ...
LONDON — The criminal justice systems in Britain and Japan have flaws, but there are worse systems. The British criminal justice system is based on common law. Despite attempts by governments over the years to undermine the basic rights of British citizens the judicial ...
LONDON — If you go to the British government’s Department of the Environment Web site, you can learn how to calculate your “carbon footprint” and will be given a personalized action plan with recommendations about how you, as an individual, can help tackle climate ...
LONDON — “A woman president, a black president or the oldest president — which would you prefer?” That was the question put by an audience member to a recent panel of politicians and journalists on the BBC’s “Question Time” TV program. The politicians on ...
LONDON — U.S. President George W. Bush has at times seemed to regard “democracy” as a panacea for all the problems of government throughout the world. It’s far from clear, though, what exactly he means by “democracy.” If a government is duly chosen by ...
LONDON — The indigenous population of Western Europe is aging and declining. Some countries such as Italy have net reproduction rates similar to that of Japan. Others such as Sweden have rates nearer equilibrium. Some countries such as Britain expect a significant increase in ...
LONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s decision to boycott the EU-African Summit held recently in Lisbon won general approval in Britain. He did not attend because Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, was going to be at the meeting. Mugabe has devastated the economy ...
LONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown continues to have a difficult time. His problem arises from the need for funds to run the Labour Party. Tony Blair, his predecessor, was interviewed by the police over accusations that honors (a seat in the House of ...
LONDON — In Japan the apparent loss of millions of payment records has jeopardized full pensions for many who must now “prove” what they have paid into the scheme. The debacle was a major factor in the Liberal Democratic Party losing its majority in ...
Hirohito: The Showa Emperor in War and Peace, by Ikuhiko Hata, edited by Marius B. Jansen. Global Oriental, 2007, 272 pp., £55 (cloth) So much has been written about the Showa Emperor that some readers may ask whether there is anything more to be ...
LONDON — The imposition by the United States of sanctions against Iranian banks and the revolutionary guards, combined with discussion about the “big blue” bomb, has led to an increase in tension in the Middle East, a rise in the oil price and fears ...
LONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently had a long, bad week, but he has only himself to blame. In September, while riding high in the polls after a successful Labour Party conference, he seemed to be considering the idea that he should ...
LONDON — On Thursday, at the Japanese Embassy in London, the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and the Nippon Foundation announced a series of new grants designed to further the development of Japanese studies in Britain. These grants will provide valuable support for Japanese studies ...