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Richard Smart
COMMUNITY / ZEIT GIST: UPDATE
Feb 22, 2011
Navy removes captain over sex abuse furor
The United States Navy has taken action against staff involved in the case of former Lt. Cmdr. Anthony L. Velasquez, a doctor accused of sexually abusing a number of women while based in Japan and Kuwait between 2007 and 2009.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 8, 2011
Tokyo: What do you make of the decision to publish the book by Tatsuya Ichihashi, prime suspect in Lindsay Ann Hawker's murder, about his years on the run?
Sri Wahyuni
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 4, 2011
Tokyo and Yamagata: What are your resolutions for the new year?
Kazue Kawaguchi
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 28, 2010
Tokyo: What's your idea of the perfect Christmas?
Mayumi Kaneko, 34Business controller (Japanese)Hanging out with good people here in Tokyo makes for the best time for me. I don't feel Christmas is so important but I would still like to get a present from Santa.
CULTURE / Music
Dec 24, 2010
Counting out 2010 with the best beats across the country
Over drinks with a former Tokyo-based promoter recently, our conversation turned to the state of the city's nightclub scene. In Europe, nightclubs can usually guarantee a certain number of patrons to show up on any given night, which is great for DJs who are scouted to perform at those clubs. In Japan,...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 30, 2010
Justice not served in navy abuse case
This summer, a U.S. Navy doctor, Lt. Cmdr. Anthony L. Velasquez, 48, walked free after serving seven days in the brig at the Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture. He had admitted to two counts each of wrongful sexual contact and conduct unbecoming an officer. He had, however, gotten off lightly, with...
CULTURE / Music
Nov 26, 2010
The 'weird' world of techno's Ishino
"Salarymen are fantastic," says DJ and producer Takkyu Ishino. "If there weren't so many of them doing their thing, then people like me would not be able to exist. If more people acted like me (outside the norm), then I wouldn't have had the life that I've had."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 2, 2010
Small schools offer hope amid eikaiwa slump
The collapse of the Geos eikaiwa (English conversation school) chain earlier this year came as a cruel blow to an industry still struggling to restore its credibility years after Nova's high-profile implosion.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 22, 2010
Brian Eno "Small Craft on a Milk Sea"
Few artists can claim to have had as much impact on popular music as Brian Eno. His solo pieces and work as a record producer have influenced the way pop, punk, rock and dance music are made and listened to. Eno's newest album, "Small Craft on a Milk Sea," does not disappoint.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / IN THE RECORD
Oct 15, 2010
Billion Dollar Boys Club
Billion Dollar Boys Club is the creator of 4 The Love, a Tokyo party featuring everything from house to R&B to hip-hop. The Japan Times asked him about his favorite songs.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 1, 2010
Underworld
There was a point a few years ago when many of the biggest live dance-music acts of the 1990s took the same path that many rock bands go down: They started to sell tickets to their once-seminal concerts because of music from their past albums, not their current work.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 14, 2010
Hiroshima: What's one thing you shouldn't miss if you visit Hiroshima?
Megu HiranoStylist26Momiji manju is not as famous as some Hiroshima dishes but I'd recommend trying it. It's really good.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 10, 2010
Terry Francis
Budding DJs always harbor dreams of performing to packed stadiums or at major venues on the Spanish island of Ibiza, but maintaining a residency for 11 years and playing in front of up to 1,800 people each week is not too shabby either.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Aug 3, 2010
What were your Fuji Rock Festival favorites this year?
SATURDAY:Lloyd MarsdenMusician, 27(Australian)Broken Bells were incredible. They had an awesome vibe and the sound was mixed perfectly. I don't think I've been to a better festival.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 30, 2010
Various Artists "Bamboo Pirate presents Max Essa vs. John Daly"
Technology has done strange things to dance music. It seems anybody these days can DJ (no matter how bad) because new equipment makes it easy. All a person really has to do now is change songs.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 27, 2010
How can you beat that summer heat?
Brian GillilandTeacher, 27(American)It's all about the G-string. When you feel like your bottom is naked, that makes you feel cool.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 16, 2010
Audio Tokyo
The foreign-run Eggworm has pulled off a real coup in Tokyo by organizing the first all-day/all-night dance-music festival in the capital.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 13, 2010
Whatever happened to the Charisma Men?
Tim StroudRecruiter, 29 (British)They still exist and can be found in ¥300 bars across the city and reading the Metropolis singles ads every Friday. Also, look out for predatory teachers in eikaiwa classrooms. I sit next to one at work, too.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / A SCORCHING SUMMER SCHEDULE
Jul 2, 2010
MOGWAI: Metamorphose
If you had told Glaswegian band Mogwai when they formed in the mid-1990s that they would end up headlining a dance music festival, they would have laughed in your face. But over the years Metamorphose has evolved from a festival representing electronic music that avoids hype (it was set up in 2000 to...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 22, 2010
How do you think the Japanese government could improve?
Charlotte Warren, 32Translator (British)The politicians all seem faceless and interchangeable. The project started by Junichiro Koizumi to reform the nation needs to go further. Politicians like Yuriko Koike need to take a more active role.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.

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