<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Michael Kleindl</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/int-michael_kleindl/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp</link>
	<description>News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and More</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 01:47:53 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	
		<item>
		<title>Expat ambient musician and artist prefers not knowing what he&#8217;s doing</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/20/our-lives/expat-ambient-musician-and-artist-prefers-not-knowing-what-hes-doing/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=expat-ambient-musician-and-artist-prefers-not-knowing-what-hes-doing</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/20/our-lives/expat-ambient-musician-and-artist-prefers-not-knowing-what-hes-doing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kleindl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[keyboardist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Fisher]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=community&#038;p=457825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sitting in his home recording studio in Tokyo, surrounded by dozens of instruments that he has collected over the years, Morgan Fisher is in the center of his universe.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/20/our-lives/expat-ambient-musician-and-artist-prefers-not-knowing-what-hes-doing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Akiko Kuraoka&#8217;s documentaries find fresh relevancy amid Fukushima crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/08/16/our-lives/akiko-kuraokas-documentaries-find-fresh-relevancy-amid-fukushima-crisis/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=akiko-kuraokas-documentaries-find-fresh-relevancy-amid-fukushima-crisis</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/08/16/our-lives/akiko-kuraokas-documentaries-find-fresh-relevancy-amid-fukushima-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 13:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kleindl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Akiko Kuraoka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filmmaker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=community&#038;p=430813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For Akiko Kuraoka, filmmaker, lecturer and freelance French translator, films have always been her passion. Over a span of nearly four decades, Kuraoka has made three documentaries and is now deep into her fourth. Her films have dealt with chromium pollution, nuclear radiation, war, and the displacement and suffering of people living intimately with those [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/08/16/our-lives/akiko-kuraokas-documentaries-find-fresh-relevancy-amid-fukushima-crisis/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Master craftsman carries on sashimono tradition</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/05/04/our-lives/master-craftsman-carries-on-sashimono-tradition/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=master-craftsman-carries-on-sashimono-tradition</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/05/04/our-lives/master-craftsman-carries-on-sashimono-tradition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 15:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kleindl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edo sashimono]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoshio Inoue]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=community&#038;p=357986</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the floor of an eight-tatami workshop sits master craftsman Yoshio Inoue in a spot he has occupied for decades. His atedai, the long, low slab of wood that serves as a workbench, is in front of him, and within easy reach are scores of tools &#8212; chisels, planes, hammers, saws, clamps and other implements [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/05/04/our-lives/master-craftsman-carries-on-sashimono-tradition/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A son of Lyon brings his native conviviality to the heart of Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/30/general/a-son-of-lyon-brings-his-native-conviviality-to-the-heart-of-tokyo/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-son-of-lyon-brings-his-native-conviviality-to-the-heart-of-tokyo</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/30/general/a-son-of-lyon-brings-his-native-conviviality-to-the-heart-of-tokyo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kleindl</dc:creator>
		
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=community&#038;p=334728</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Lyon-born French chef Christophe Paucod arrived in Japan in 1998, he came on a one-way ticket with no job prospects and no idea of what he would do.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/30/general/a-son-of-lyon-brings-his-native-conviviality-to-the-heart-of-tokyo/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Akiko Kuno&#8217;s strength as a woman stretches back through generations</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/02/23/our-lives/akiko-kunos-strength-as-a-woman-stretches-back-through-generations/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=akiko-kunos-strength-as-a-woman-stretches-back-through-generations</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/02/23/our-lives/akiko-kunos-strength-as-a-woman-stretches-back-through-generations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kleindl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Akiko Kuno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sutematsu Oyama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=community&#038;p=171377</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Akiko Kuno, 72, believes her destiny is tied with a red string to the United States. So she says as she speaks of her and her family&#8217;s life at the Foreign Correspondents&#8217; Club of Japan in Tokyo, where as a child she first tasted Coca-Cola and a hamburger. Kuno&#8217;s red string stretches back through her [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/02/23/our-lives/akiko-kunos-strength-as-a-woman-stretches-back-through-generations/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Horsemeat fan vs. the neigh-sayers</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/08/food/horsemeat-fan-vs-the-neigh-sayers/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=horsemeat-fan-vs-the-neigh-sayers</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/08/food/horsemeat-fan-vs-the-neigh-sayers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kleindl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[horsemeat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese cuisine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&#038;p=134542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few dabs of equine DNA found in so-called "beefburgers" caused quite a kerfuffle last month, shocking unsuspecting customers of the British supermarket chain Tesco (and then other stores) into outrage.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/08/food/horsemeat-fan-vs-the-neigh-sayers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>In era of skyscrapers, group lobbies to keep Tokyo&#8217;s traditional buildings</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/12/08/our-lives/in-era-of-skyscrapers-group-lobbies-to-keep-tokyos-traditional-buildings-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=in-era-of-skyscrapers-group-lobbies-to-keep-tokyos-traditional-buildings-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/12/08/our-lives/in-era-of-skyscrapers-group-lobbies-to-keep-tokyos-traditional-buildings-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kleindl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shitamachi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aws.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/12/08/%life_category%/in-era-of-skyscrapers-group-lobbies-to-keep-tokyos-traditional-buildings/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sitting at a wooden table in the glass-enclosed sun room of the miraculously preserved 95-year-old Yasuda House, Sumiko Enbutsu, a very youthful 78, radiates enthusiasm. The house, a superb example of Taisho Era architecture and construction techniques, is now owned by the Japan National Trust. But for over 70 years it was the residence of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/12/08/our-lives/in-era-of-skyscrapers-group-lobbies-to-keep-tokyos-traditional-buildings-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>In era of skyscrapers, group lobbies to keep Tokyo&#8217;s traditional buildings</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/12/08/our-lives/in-era-of-skyscrapers-group-lobbies-to-keep-tokyos-traditional-buildings/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=in-era-of-skyscrapers-group-lobbies-to-keep-tokyos-traditional-buildings</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/12/08/our-lives/in-era-of-skyscrapers-group-lobbies-to-keep-tokyos-traditional-buildings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kleindl</dc:creator>
		
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/12/08/%community_category%/in-era-of-skyscrapers-group-lobbies-to-keep-tokyos-traditional-buildings/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sitting at a wooden table in the glass-enclosed sun room of the miraculously preserved 95-year-old Yasuda House, Sumiko Enbutsu, a very youthful 78, radiates enthusiasm. The house, a superb example of Taisho Era architecture and construction techniques, is now owned by the Japan National Trust. But for over 70 years it was the residence of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/12/08/our-lives/in-era-of-skyscrapers-group-lobbies-to-keep-tokyos-traditional-buildings/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Canadian musician pens piece for &#8216;Tsunami violin&#8217; performances</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/09/29/our-lives/canadian-musician-pens-piece-for-tsunami-violin-performances/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=canadian-musician-pens-piece-for-tsunami-violin-performances</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/09/29/our-lives/canadian-musician-pens-piece-for-tsunami-violin-performances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kleindl</dc:creator>
		
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/09/29/%community_category%/canadian-musician-pens-piece-for-tsunami-violin-performances/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Four months ago, Miguel Sosa, a composer, concert pianist, conductor and teacher was asked by Taizo Oba, organizer of the Bond Made of 1,000 Tones project, to write an original composition for one of the two &#8220;tsunami-debris&#8221; violins. Sosa&#8217;s first thought was &#8220;Me? Really? I never saw myself as someone who would be doing a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/09/29/our-lives/canadian-musician-pens-piece-for-tsunami-violin-performances/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>In wake of 3/11 disasters, successful Italian helps those who helped him</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/07/07/our-lives/in-wake-of-311-disasters-successful-italian-helps-those-who-helped-him/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=in-wake-of-311-disasters-successful-italian-helps-those-who-helped-him</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/07/07/our-lives/in-wake-of-311-disasters-successful-italian-helps-those-who-helped-him/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2012 00:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kleindl</dc:creator>
		
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/07/07/%community_category%/in-wake-of-311-disasters-successful-italian-helps-those-who-helped-him/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After 21 years in Japan and for most of that time working 15 hours a day, Calabrian restaurateur Elio Ermanno Orsara has achieved a certain measure of success. The foyer of his restaurant, Elio Locanda Italiana, in Tokyo&#8217;s Kojimachi district, is a gallery of framed awards, commendations, testimonials, as well as copies of Italian newspaper [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/07/07/our-lives/in-wake-of-311-disasters-successful-italian-helps-those-who-helped-him/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Grateful architect has grand designs in store for disaster-prone Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/05/19/our-lives/grateful-architect-has-grand-designs-in-store-for-disaster-prone-japan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=grateful-architect-has-grand-designs-in-store-for-disaster-prone-japan</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/05/19/our-lives/grateful-architect-has-grand-designs-in-store-for-disaster-prone-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kleindl</dc:creator>
		
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/05/19/%community_category%/grateful-architect-has-grand-designs-in-store-for-disaster-prone-japan/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first thought that tumbled through architect Albert Abut&#8217;s head as he sat in his car watching an intersection in Shibuya undulate last year during the Great East Japan Earthquake was &#8220;Is my family safe?&#8221; A quick call to his wife confirmed she and their 6-year-old daughter were fine. His second concern as he watched [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/05/19/our-lives/grateful-architect-has-grand-designs-in-store-for-disaster-prone-japan/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

<!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

Page Caching using memcached
Database Caching 12/44 queries in 4.143 seconds using memcached
Object Caching 994/1126 objects using memcached
Application Monitoring using New Relic

 Served from: www.japantimes.co.jp @ 2013-10-03 10:48:17 by W3 Total Cache --