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Peter Sidell
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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 23, 2010
Performance art's expatriate players push the envelope
Exotic dancing. Nonsensical poetry. Harsh electronic noise. Doughnuts. These are just some of the manifold sights and sounds you'll find on the bill at Paint Your Teeth, a bimonthly performance art event in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Mar 16, 2010
Guerrilla comics wage war on the humdrum
If you'd gone down to Shimokitazawa that day — the Saturday before Christmas, around 3 p.m. — you'd have been sure of a big surprise. No, not a teddy bears' picnic, though in Shimokita you never know; instead, among the usual bustling crowds of hipsters, a load of people just stopped moving. For five minutes they stood stock-still, frozen in position, seemingly impervious to the world around them. Then, as abruptly as they had stopped, they started moving again, continuing about their business as if nothing had happened.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 12, 2010
Wannabe comics find their voices in Tokyo
"Everyone likes a laugh now and then, right?"
COMMUNITY
Nov 13, 2007
Beyond Nova
On Saturday, meetings were held across Japan for Nova Corp. instructors and staff, to provide information about the sponsor's plans for the future.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 30, 2007
Nova crash adds to 'eikaiwa' wage woes
It's said that the bigger they come, the harder they fall, and it's difficult to imagine a harder fall than Nova's.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Apr 24, 2007
NGO startups confront major hurdles in Japan
As regular readers of this newspaper will know, reports on the human rights situation in North Korea tend to read more like a litany of inhuman wrongs.
LIFE / Travel
Sep 30, 2005
Embracing traditions
Held Oct. 7-9 each year, Kunchi is as much a celebration of Nagasaki's cosmopolitan history as it is a traditional Japanese festival.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 30, 2005
Cosmopolitan city comes to life
Before Aug. 9, 1945, Nagasaki was best known for its churches, Chinatown and a tasty noodle dish called champon, and but for heavy cloud cover that day over the nearby city of Kokura -- which was slated to be the world's second atom-bombed city -- it would still likely be that way. However, moments after the U.S. bomber "Bock's Car" dropped its payload over its backup target, Nagasaki, this city was branded indelibly by its instant devastation.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
A new study has found that women with long COVID had significantly lower levels of testosterone compared to those who had recovered from their infection.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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