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KNIFE

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 8, 2022
A wooden knife sharper than steel? Scientists say so.
Made from the same wood as musical instruments, this experimental, all-natural knife represents a whole new kind of cutting edge.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 30, 2020
Ten Japanese albums Rolling Stone missed on its '500 Greatest' list
Rolling Stone compiled a list of the 500 greatest albums of all time but there were no Japanese entries. So we came up with a few candidates of our own.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 11, 2019
Music historian Kato David Hopkins and a life spent discovering the obscure in Kansai
Music historian Kato David Hopkins is using his Happy Hour event in Kyoto to educate people about some of the lesser-known bands of the Kansai underground scene of years gone by
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 15, 2019
Man arrested over stabbing of two, said to be former colleagues, near Korakuen Station
A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stabbing two people with a knife on a street near Tokyo Metro Co.'s Korakuen Station in the capital's Bunkyo Ward on Thursday night.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 29, 2018
'The Knifenerd Guide to Japanese Knives': Paying tribute to Japan's 'faceless' knife makers
For more than a decade, Kevin Kent and his staff have been selling chefs and home cooks on the array of Japanese knives as well as how to care for them. That knowledge has been distilled into Kent's upcoming book, 'The Knifenerd Guide to Japanese Knives,' a tribute to Japan's 'faceless' blacksmiths.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 8, 2018
Four people seriously hurt in two knife attacks in Vienna but no link established
Four people were seriously wounded in two knife attacks in one district of Vienna on Wednesday evening but any motive or connection between the assaults was unclear, a police spokesman said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 7, 2017
Shizuoka man held in fatal late-night stabbing of total stranger in Mishima
A 27-year-old man was arrested late Thursday in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, on suspicion of fatally stabbing a total stranger with a knife, police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 1, 2017
Knife-wielding man injures three in attack on child care facility in Oita
A knife-wielding man injured a 9-year-old boy and two teachers Friday at a child care facility in Usa, Oita Prefecture, before being subdued, police and firefighters said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 20, 2016
Shonen Knife heads out on a new 'Adventure'
Upon being reminded that this year marks rock band Shonen Knife's 35th anniversary, singer and guitarist Naoko Yamano just smiles and shrugs.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2015
Man held over apparent random stabbing outside Gotanda Station
Police investigating an apparently unprovoked stabbing on a Tokyo street have arrested a man in his 30s.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 21, 2015
Avignon chief sees culture and politics sharing the stage
"The Avignon Festival is not only about shows and theater, but also about thinking, searching and seeking to understand the world and its politics — and offering an opportunity for three weeks' intellectual life experience every year," Olivier Py, the event's artistic director, declared with passion during a recent visit to Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 15, 2014
Man mistakenly arrested after police get knife measurement wrong
Police arrest a man by mistake after incorrectly measuring the size of a folding knife he had with him during a fight with his father.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2014
Man stabs, wounds taxi driver in Yokohama, flees with ¥4,000
A taxi driver was stabbed with a knife and robbed of some ¥4,000 late Thursday night in Yokohama. The suspect is still at large, NHK reported.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2014
Start of trial of Guam rampage suspect pushed back to June
A Guam court hearing the criminal case against a local man who killed three Japanese tourists in a knife and vehicle rampage last year on Wednesday pushed back the start of his trial to June, an official said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 26, 2013
CSS, Makoto Ozone and Shonen Knife get a round of shows in before New Year's
With the year winding down and the holiday season approaching, the concert scene in Japan gets pretty quiet. Although there will be a few international acts headed here in the middle of December, your best shot for a live performance might be checking out local acts before they go into hibernation for New Year's holidays.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Jul 31, 2013
China grapples with understanding spate of random violence
A spate of deadly knife attacks and other apparently random acts of violence in the past few days has rattled the Chinese government.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2013
Attack on first-graders puts kids' safety in spotlight
The knife attack last week by a man on three first-grade boys near an elementary school in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, has once again raised the question of how to keep children safe.
EDITORIALS
Jul 3, 2013
Worst nightmare for parents
The knife attack in Tokyo's Nerima Ward underscores the difficulty in preventing the realization of parents' worst nightmare when they let their kids walk to school.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2013
School security high after attack on kids
Students at Oizumi Daiichi Elementary School are met by police officers as they arrive for classes a day after a terrifying knife attack in Nerima Ward.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 23, 2013
Explore one of Tokyo's most indie neighborhoods at Shimokitazawa Sound Cruising
Tokyo's Shimokitazawa neighborhood is one of the most important places for indie music in the city. A lively suburb at the nexus between the Inokashira and Odakyu train lines, it's just distant enough from the big urban hubs of Shinjuku and Shibuya to avoid being absorbed by them, but close enough that it's relatively easy to access from pretty much anywhere. However, like much of the Tokyo indie scene, knowing where to go and what to see can be perplexing.

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Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on