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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 1, 2008
Art festival returns to Echigo-Tsumari
More than 160 modern artworks will grace some 760 sq. km of rural Niigata Prefecture during August at the Echigo-Tsumari Daichi no Matsuri (Festival of the Earth) in the agricultural region of Echigo-Tsumari.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 25, 2008
Photographer finds affection in the Arctic
Love's warmth can be found in the coldest of places — and among the wildest of creatures.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Jul 20, 2008
What's that smell?
No one in Japan can avoid the sweat and smells of hot humid summer, regardless of sex, age or ethnicity. But a recent survey on body odor reeked of bad news for men.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 11, 2008
Some South Asian food for thought
Aline of banana leaves topped with plastic rice and vegetables of the sort found outside Japanese restaurants trails across the room. Painted footprints rest in front of each one.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 8, 2008
How green are Japan's urbanites?
The Group of Eight summit began Monday at the Windsor Hotel Toya, an exquisite, maximum- security resort in Hokkaido. There, the world's top leaders are holed up in conference rooms, trying to strike last-minute deals on various global issues, the most disputed of all being climate change.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 4, 2008
Sky monsters rule at Miraikan exhibition
Can your curiosity overcome your fear of the monsters of the skies that inhabited the Earth 150 million years ago?
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 4, 2008
Camp all about art, nature
Kids Art Camp, which aims to develop children's sense of themselves and the environment through art and nature, will be held at a campsite in Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture, from July 19 to 21.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jun 29, 2008
Odile Lundy: Learning the sublime ikebana lessons of nature
Nature and humanity are brought together in ikebana, the Japanese art of arranging cut flowers.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 20, 2008
Pianist Gekic on tour
Flamboyant, daring, provocative, exciting and sensitive: These are among the words used to describe Kemal Gekic, a world-renowned pianist set to tour Japan from June 21 to July 3.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 13, 2008
Lady virtuoso 'sings' like a bird
Her music is as lovely as a song sung by a pretty bird. Of course, birds don't actually "sing," and neither does Kimiko Wakiyama. Like a bird, she whistles. In fact she's a champion whistler, who won the women's crown at the 2007 International Whistlers Convention (IWC 2007) in North Carolina.
Japan Times
LIFE
Jun 8, 2008
Viva matsuri!
To commemorate 100 years of Japanese emigration to Brazil, and the countries' continuing close links, taiko drummers from both cultures will be powering a huge festival set for Sao Paulo on June 21
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 23, 2008
Russell Watson
Britain's Russell Watson, the "people's tenor," is coming back to Japan. Renowned for his golden voice, he will be accompanied by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and up-and-coming violinist Emiri Miyamoto.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 23, 2008
Shinbashi fetes its geisha culture
Indulge yourself in the art of geisha at the 84th annual Azuma Odori dance gala in Tokyo's Shinbashi district from May 29 to June 1.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / WEEK 3
May 18, 2008
The beauty of the afterworld
At a funeral, if your loved one in the coffin appears as if they are simply sleeping peacefully, it may alleviate your grief.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 16, 2008
Long-running 'Muscle Musical' embarks on enigmatic voyage
Japan's top athletes and a renowned American director have teamed up to renew the nation's most energetic theater show.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 9, 2008
Festival to serve up tastes, sounds of Thailand
Spicy tom yam kung (spicy shrimp soup) blende with Singha beer, beautiful Thai silk and traditional dancing.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 2, 2008
Voice of angels from Vienna
Get ready, Japan. The sopranos are coming. And they're bringing 10 altos as muscle. No, not "The Sopranos" from the U.S. TV drama series, but the Vienna Boys' Choir. Their angelic voices will grace concerts across Japan from May 3 until mid-June.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 30, 2008
Japan ignores power-line warning
Electromagnetic fields are everywhere, but to what extent are these EMFs harming our health?
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 25, 2008
'Drawing Book' series exhibit to delight kids
This is one of the best times of the year to be a child in Tokyo, especially as the fascinating world of popular American picture books is coming to Ebisu Garden Place from April 26 to May 6 with an event for children and parents titled "It's Easy! It's Fun! The World of Ed Emberley's Drawing."
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Apr 20, 2008
Dining out with a box of fine fare
Tasty, healthy and wasting nothing; traditional Japanese cuisine served on a hakozen table distills many of the country's dying cultures.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Man suspected of using smart glasses to cheat on Waseda University exams
The Waseda University campus in Tokyo. An 18-year-old male test-taker is suspected of using smart glasses to cheat during the university's entrance exam.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.

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