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.
Paul del Rosario was flabbergasted when he was reprimanded for being too loud at a language school where he was teaching English, and had to confront a Japanese boss there. The boss came to him and said, “Maybe it’s a good idea not to ...
At first glance, it is hard to guess that such a soft-spoken, refined, slim gentleman with a serene smile is an energetic and charismatic leader who has given financial and mental support to more than 2,000 “social entrepreneurs” around the world. But once Bill ...
Can two slices of bread with a filling in between take on a box full of bite-size eats? Benjamin Warner, president of benugo Japan, certainly hopes so. In spite of how fast his British-style sandwich bars are growing, Warner isn’t underestimating the competition: A ...
As cofounder and artistic director of the Asian Youth Orchestra, Richard Pontzious says one of his greatest delights is providing talented youngsters with an experience that might become the most significant musical memory of their lives. Founded by Pontzious and Yehudi Menuhin in 1987, ...
Wherever you go, wherever you look, shelves are stacked with it, vending machines are loaded with it and people are toting it in their burando bags and natty knapsacks. And that’s not to mention all those billboards, magazine ads and TV spots keeping green ...
A full-length model of the skeletal structure of the seismosaurus will make its world debut at “The Greatest Dinosaur Expo 2002″ to be held this summer at Makuhari Messe in Chiba. The 35-meter-long model, carefully constructed in Canada over a period of two years, ...
A visitor to “Sesshu — Master of Ink and Brush” at the Tokyo National Museum, Ueno, stops in front of one of the paintings. She has just been told to do so by the audio guide she’s holding in her hand, which then launches ...
When it comes to the media, children haven’t really been given much scope for expression. There are television programs and magazines designed for kids, but very few in which the target audience is also a part of the creation process. Some people want to ...
You don’t have to wait until you’re grown up to be counted. In fact, if you’re between 10 and 12 years old, you’re the perfect age to take part in the International Children’s Conference on the Environment. And to start thinking of how to ...
What is a Japanese art collection doing in the middle of a farm in California? Looking perfectly at home. More than 700 Japanese artworks — hanging scrolls, sculptures and paintings, from the eighth to the 20th century — are comfortably ensconced at the Ruth ...
