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Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, ...
Tonkatsu is comfort food, gourmand grub — not a gourmet delicacy. So what are those hearty, unpretentious deep-fried breaded pork cutlets doing in an elegant little bar-style restaurant above one of Ginza’s temples to high-end consumption? Katsuzen has come a long way from its ...
Life in Japan just seems tailor-made for certain foreign residents, who slip into the fabric of this society as smoothly as a hand slides into a glove. American Curtis Patterson, a professional koto player and music teacher, is a case in point. Not only ...
It is a tricky deal being an authorized biographer. Charles Moore’s big advantage over those who have previously tackled Margaret Thatcher is that he has been provided with material denied to them. Of the arrangement that he was offered by his subject, he writes: ...
Unbelievable energy. Splendid self confidence. Never-wavering faith in his abilities or his teammates. Those are ingredients to success for Draelon Burns, the Yokohama B-Corsairs’ super substitute. Burns buried a remarkable three buzzer-beating shots to close out the three final quarters, and his team needed ...
On the evening of May 16, various kinds of traditional Cambodian dance were performed at the open-air Citizens’ Plaza of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Buildings in Shinjuku Ward. Commemorating the 60th anniversary of Japan-Cambodia diplomatic relations, the performance took place as part of a ...
On April 10 in Tokyo during his official working visit to Japan, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle to three Japanese figures: former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata; Hirofumi Nakasone, chairman of the Japan-Mexico Parliamentarians’ ...
On March 12, the Embassy of Saudi Arabia’s Cultural Office hosted a job fair in Tokyo in conjunction with this year’s graduation ceremony for Saudi Arabian students studying in Japan supported by the country’s scholarship program. The King Abdullah Scholarship Program was launched in ...
The government of South Africa has awarded the Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo to Toshio Akiniwa, the president of the Japan Asia Africa Latin America Solidarity Committee (JAALA), for his unconditional support for the African National Congress (ANC) during the apartheid era. ...
The Cote d’Ivoire of today is being presented during the Month of Cote d’Ivoire event at the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s Global Plaza in Tokyo through Feb. 10. Organized by the Embassy of Cote d’Ivoire, the exhibition introduces the country’s history, culture and its ...
The government of the Republic of Serbia awarded the Order of the Serbian Flag, Third Class to Shigeo Kurihara, a professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, for his contributions to developing closer and deeper ties between Japan and Serbia, at a decoration ceremony ...
An exhibition of Arabic calligraphy was held from Dec. 10 to 23 at the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Tokyo. Arabic calligraphy is the artistic handwriting practice used in lands sharing a common Islamic cultural heritage. Calligraphy is especially revered among Islamic arts ...
The Japanese government awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to Abdelmalek Benhabyles, 91, the first Algerian ambassador to Japan, for his contributions in developing closer and deeper ties between the two countries. The order was established in 1875 and ...
The inaugural publication ceremony of a manga comic book titled “Secrets of India” was held at the auditorium of the Indian Embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 14. Sponsored by the embassy, the Institute of Sathya Sai Education, Japan (ISSE), the Indian Merchants Association of ...
The best of Philippine culture will be showcased in Yokohama during the Philippine Festival Barrio Fiesta, which is free and open to all and will be held Sept. 1 and 2 at Yamashita Park. With a rich and enduring Spanish heritage, many towns or ...