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Berlusconi's raunchy parties detailed in court

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Berlusconi's raunchy parties detailed in court

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, ...

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Immigration reform: Could this be Abe's new growth strategy?

by Jeff Kingston

The politics of immigration in Japan involve anxieties about national identity and worries about crime. Looking at other countries with large numbers of immigrants, the Japanese government has said “no thanks.” There are, however, strong economic reasons for Japan to let down the drawbridges. ...

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Ginza offers <em>tonkatsu</em> that's a cutlet above

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Ginza offers tonkatsu that's a cutlet above

by Robbie Swinnerton

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 ...

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Foreign-born professional strives to reconnect Japanese with koto music

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Foreign-born professional strives to reconnect Japanese with koto music

by Louise George Kittaka

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 ...

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Authorized life of Thatcher is clear-eyed, rich in details

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Authorized life of Thatcher is clear-eyed, rich in details

by Andrew Rawnsley

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: ...

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Burns heroics give B-Corsairs shot at championship

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Burns heroics give B-Corsairs shot at championship

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 ...

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