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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 ...
Here is Shukan Josei magazine’s nightmare scenario of a typical Japanese salaryman’s TPP future, if in fact Japan joins the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement currently being negotiated among 12 countries. After a genetically-engineered, chemical-drenched breakfast, he hops into his American-made car, drives to his ...
Trade ministers of the APEC forum discussed free trade and ways to facilitate investment as their two-day gathering kicked off Saturday in Indonesia. The meeting coincided with Japan winning formal approval to participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks from all 11 member states ...
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden renewed Washington’s vow to staunchly defend Japan after weeks of threats and rhetoric from North Korea as he met with Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso at the White House. “The vice president and deputy prime minister agreed that North ...
Japan gets the green light to participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks as the last of the 11 member nations, Canada, grants approval.
As APEC trade ministers meet in Indonesia this week to discuss strengthening regional trade links, Japan will enter another critical phase for joining the talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which involves many members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. During the two-day meeting starting ...
Trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday that a recent deal on car trade between Japan and the United States won’t necessarily leave Japanese companies at a disadvantage to their South Korean rivals. The deal was reached as part of the process to win U.S. ...
Farmers and carmakers fret over the accord reached with the U.S. endorsing Japan's entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, but major business lobbies hail the move.
Tokyo and Washington conclude preparatory negotiations over Japan's entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, allowing the U.S. to keep tariffs on Japanese autos.
The government is planning to announce Friday the results of its preliminary negotiations with the United States on Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, sources said Thursday. With the two sides already in agreement on key issues, including auto tariffs, U.S. President Barack ...
A group of university professors urged the government Wednesday not to take part in negotiations on the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement, saying the country may not be able to protect its national interests. The group submitted to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as well ...
Tokyo and Washington are likely to conclude bilateral preparatory talks this week on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalization deal, clearing the way for Japan to join the talks as early as July, government sources said Tuesday. Tokyo has agreed to allow the United States ...
On a late March afternoon in central Sapporo’s “raccoon trail,” a covered shopping arcade, business is particularly brisk. While Honshu’s main cities celebrate under the cherry blossoms, several meters of snow remain piled up beside icy sidewalks — with more expected. That’s good news, ...