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Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“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, ...
Guitarist Dustin Wong hesitates for a split second. It’s a pause that would go unnoticed during most other sets, but Wong has spent the last 40 minutes seemingly in a trance while playing guitar and looping the notes via an array of pedals in ...
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Megu HiranoStylist26Momiji manju is not as famous as some Hiroshima dishes but I’d recommend trying it. It’s really good. Waka OkazakiHair salon owner23You should go out to eat okonomiyaki. It’s made differently in Hiroshima and is famous across the country. Pat PalmerRetired78(British)They should visit ...
Budding DJs always harbor dreams of performing to packed stadiums or at major venues on the Spanish island of Ibiza, but maintaining a residency for 11 years and playing in front of up to 1,800 people each week is not too shabby either. Terry ...
SATURDAY:Lloyd MarsdenMusician, 27(Australian)Broken Bells were incredible. They had an awesome vibe and the sound was mixed perfectly. I don’t think I’ve been to a better festival. SATURDAY:Kaoru ItayagoshiGraphic designer, 29(Japanese)!!! were the best thing yesterday. I saw them for the first time in 2004 ...
Technology has done strange things to dance music. It seems anybody these days can DJ (no matter how bad) because new equipment makes it easy. All a person really has to do now is change songs. Some DJs are exploring new territory with the ...
Brian GillilandTeacher, 27(American)It’s all about the G-string. When you feel like your bottom is naked, that makes you feel cool. Sayuri ShiratoriOffice worker, 31(Japanese)When you sleep, use tatami mats rather than a futon and you will get a good night’s sleep. On a futon, ...
The foreign-run Eggworm has pulled off a real coup in Tokyo by organizing the first all-day/all-night dance-music festival in the capital. In a city notorious for its closed entertainment companies, Audio Tokyo will hopefully be the first of many independent events that allow the ...
Tim StroudRecruiter, 29 (British)They still exist and can be found in ¥300 bars across the city and reading the Metropolis singles ads every Friday. Also, look out for predatory teachers in eikaiwa classrooms. I sit next to one at work, too. Corrine BanksTeacher, 25 ...
If you had told Glaswegian band Mogwai when they formed in the mid-1990s that they would end up headlining a dance music festival, they would have laughed in your face. But over the years Metamorphose has evolved from a festival representing electronic music that ...
Charlotte Warren, 32Translator (British)The politicians all seem faceless and interchangeable. The project started by Junichiro Koizumi to reform the nation needs to go further. Politicians like Yuriko Koike need to take a more active role. Masashi Fujiwara, 27Truck driver (Japanese)I think that it is ...
In the dock, Katsuyuki Okuno cut a strange figure as he listened baby-faced, chubby, graying, frightened and seemingly unable to understand what he had done. “I still love him,” the thirty-something told the judge at Tokyo District Court after he was asked about his ...
In the months preceding the Lower House election last year, an ambitious Ichiro Ozawa, destined to become Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) secretary general, headed to Britain to study the “Westminster system.” His aim was to bring Japan’s politics closer to that of Britain, ...
Stratos Hermes Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos, better (and more easily) known as Polaroidfades, arrived in Japan in 2006 to a very different nightlife scene than exists today. Back then, vinyl was still popular, and his DJ equipment, Ableton Live, set him apart. “When I first arrived ...