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Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

IGADGET

Dynario helps gadget-users on the move; Kyocera makes phone for kids

By PETER CROOKES

Charging ahead: The promise of fuel-cell technology has conjured visions of cars powered by hydrogen. This promise also offers the ability to "recharge" batteries in your gadgets without a power point. Toshiba is bringing this part of the dream to ...

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

BILINGUAL: KEYES' POINT

Gokai: The more I know Japan, the thicker the fog

By MICHAEL HOFFMAN

What a strange dream! The city was engulfed in a wave of random murders (musabetsu satsujin, 無差別殺人), and when my doorbell rang it was not the murderer (satsujinhan, 殺人犯), as I'd feared, but a high police official come to coax ...

Features

features

Nov. 1, 2009

LIFE IN JAPAN

Symposium hears of new 'pan-Asian' trend

By TOMOKO OTAKE

Nov. 1, 2009

LIFE IN JAPAN

Ministry insider speaks out

By TOMOKO OTAKE

Nov. 1, 2009

CLOSE-UP

Honored U.S. beacon for Japan

By TOMOKO OTAKE

Oct. 29, 2009

ON DESIGN

Now's the time to celebrate design

By JEAN SNOW

Oct. 29, 2009

LIFE & STYLE

Tokyo's rising tide of design

By DANIELLE DEMETRIOU

Community

community

Nov. 3, 2009

VIEWS FROM THE STREET

What are your tips for surviving this winter?

By LOUISA CHAN

Nov. 3, 2009

WHERE IT'S AT

African and Mideast culture in spotlight at biannual Tokyo bazaar

By KAZUAKI NAGATA

Nov. 3, 2009

JUST BE CAUSE

Demography vs. demagoguery: when politics, science collide

By DEBITO ARUDOU

Oct. 31, 2009

WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST

Putting a little bug in your ear

By THOMAS DILLON

Oct. 31, 2009

LIFE IN JAPAN

Dressage instructor knows how to get best out of horses, riders

By BARBARA BAYER

Oct. 27, 2009

THE ZEIT GIST

Immigration showing signs of ninjo

By CHRIS BURGESS

Oct. 27, 2009

VIEWS FROM THE STREET

Tokyoites foot bill for Metro finger-wagging

By MATTHEW CHOZICK

Oct. 27, 2009

WHERE IT'S AT

Halloween parade a fun autumn tradition for kids, parents alike

By KAZUAKI NAGATA

Travel and Food

travel and food

Nov. 1, 2009

BACKSTREET STORIES

The haunting beauty that is Yushima

By KIT NAGAMURA

Oct. 30, 2009

DRINK

There's nothing like a local brew

By MELINDA JOE

Environment and Education

environment and education

Nov. 1, 2009

OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK

Wildlife returns to our well-kept woods

By C.W. NICOL

Oct. 28, 2009

BILINGUAL

Be careful not to bend your gender in Japanese

By KOICHI KO

Media and Technology

media and technology

Nov. 1, 2009

MEDIA

It's big or bust in eyes of Japanese cinema

By MARK SCHILLING


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