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JAPAN

Nov 20, 2008

U.S. collector donates famous ukiyo-e prints

LONDON — A world-class collection of color woodblock prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, one of the last great masters of the ukiyo-e school, has been donated to the American Friends of the British Museum in London by renowned U.S. legal scholar Arthur R. Miller.

JAPAN

Sep 12, 2008

Pair in running for Dance '08

LONDON (Kyodo) Two London-based Japanese choreographers showcased their talent Wednesday night in Europe's biggest choreography competition, the Place Prize for Dance 2008.

JAPAN

Aug 17, 2008

British gender issues group to visit Japan

A group of seven young people from Bristol, England, will travel to Japan to take part in an inaugural educational exchange program as members of a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth group called Freedom Youth. The Aug. 18 to 31 visit, predominantly to Tokyo with a side trip to Kyoto, is the result of a long-term networking effort between the Bristol City Council's LGBT Young People's Team and Japan's first openly lesbian politician, former Osaka councilor Kanako Otsuji.

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JAPAN

Aug 2, 2008

U.K. students to attend Hiroshima A-bomb memorial

A group of two dozen 17-year-old British students will visit Hiroshima to attend the annual August service marking the anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city, to gain a unique perspective on the issue of conflict.

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JAPAN

Aug 1, 2008

Preserved Gan Ku 'Tiger' scroll ready for British Museum

One of the British Museum's most famous Japanese hanging scrolls, the Gan Ku "Tiger," has undergone an 18-month large-scale and delicate conservation project that has seen the precious painting remounted and preserved for future generations.

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JAPAN

Jul 21, 2008

Europe sees first major Isamu Noguchi exhibit

LONDON (Kyodo) The first major European exhibition of Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi's work is now being held at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in northern England.

JAPAN

Jul 13, 2008

In menu makeover, traditional British resort ditches fish and chips for sushi

A traditional British holiday institution has demoted one of the country's historic national dishes — fish and chips — in favor of adding sushi to its menus in time for the summer influx of guests. Butlins — a group of holiday camps around the British Isles, founded in 1936 and enjoyed for decades largely by Britons seeking a classic holiday at home — opened its first sushi bar at the Bognor Regis resort at the end of June.

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BUSINESS

Jul 12, 2008

London likes Shibuya cater-corner crossings

LONDON (Kyodo) Oxford Circus, one of the busiest traffic junctions in London's central business and shopping zone, looks set to undergo a dramatic remodeling based on the intersections in Tokyo's Shibuya district, council planners announced Thursday at the launch of a nine-week public consultation on the plan.

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JAPAN

Jun 24, 2008

Unseen photos of John Lennon, Yoko Ono auctioned in London

A collection of previously unseen photographs of deceased Beatles star John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, taken in Paris, Amsterdam and London in 1969 by Brazilian photographer Luiz Garrido were auctioned last week but failed to reach the reserve price required for their sale.

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JAPAN

Jun 11, 2008

British Museum showcases the art of three postwar photographers

LONDON — The British Museum in London is expanding the content of its already extensive Japanese Galleries with the showcase of three photo books by leading Japanese photographers from the postwar period — Shomei Tomatsu, Eiko Hosoe and Takashi Homma.

JAPAN

Dec 11, 2007

Capsule hotel opens at Heathrow

The runaway success of a revolutionary "cabin" hotel, inspired by Japanese capsule hotels and luxury airline travel, that opened at London's Gatwick Airport in June has prompted the opening last week of a sister branch at Britain's busiest airport, Heathrow. Named the YOTEL, the "stylish yet affordable" facility was conceived by Simon Woodroffe, founder of the YO! Brand and the entrepreneur commonly credited with bringing conveyor-belt sushi restaurants to the West with his popular YO! Sushi chain.

JAPAN

Dec 6, 2007

Neglected director Uchida gets rare showing in U.K.

The British Film Institute is trying to educate Westerners on the work of director Tomu Uchida (1898-1970) by presenting rare screenings of his major movies in London this month. Incorporating 13 films and spanning much of his career, the program aims to unearth for Britons Uchida's "stylistically intelligent" movies, many of which are still considered avant-garde.

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JAPAN

Nov 28, 2007

U.K. garden fetes Japan chrysanthemum, culture

The "exquisite beauty" of the Japanese chrysanthemum is being commemorated in a monthlong celebration hosted by the Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley Garden in southeastern England.

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JAPAN

Oct 23, 2007

Photog's hummingbirds wildlife contest favorite

Japanese professional photographer Yuichi Takasaka has been highly commended in the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition for his winning shot capturing Rufous hummingbirds sipping at sugar-water feeders.

JAPAN

Sep 5, 2007

Japan said late on organic farming uptake

Consumer demand for organic food is growing dramatically in Japan and other parts of Asia, according to the Soil Association's recently released global Organic Market Report 2007. "The Japanese organic market is a very exciting one for the future because shoppers are increasingly wanting high quality, natural foods in keeping with the traditionally healthy diet in Japan," said Helen Browning, Soil Association food and farming director.

JAPAN

Aug 24, 2007

'Umami' chefs bringing 'fifth taste' to the West

The existence of a fifth taste — referred to as "umami" — has long been acknowledged in Japan, but without any direct English language translation, it is only comparatively recently that the trend for umami-rich food has hit the West. Although the head chef of the highly rated Umu restaurant in London, Ichiro Kubota, has often been cited as having provided Londoners with a guaranteed "umami experience" since opening his restaurant in 2004, it has been somewhat more difficult to find the culinary experience elsewhere in Britain.

JAPAN

Jun 14, 2007

Ono gives Lennon Amnesty fundraiser CD a chance

Yoko Ono has helped make an Amnesty International fundraiser CD featuring work by her late husband, Beatles legend John Lennon, by donating all music publishing royalties to the cause. The album, released Tuesday through iTunes, includes 38 recordings of Lennon songs, including three versions of the renowned "Imagine," performed by an array of international stars, including U2, R.E.M., Christina Aguilera and Jack Johnson.

JAPAN

May 12, 2007

Rare medals fetch big sums at Sotheby's

A collection of 35 sought-after Japanese and Japanese-related medals, orders and decorations far exceeded all official estimates when they were sold at prestigious auction house Sotheby's in central London last month. Highlights of the sale included an extremely rare breast star of the Order of the Golden Kite, awarded to senior officers for exceptional bravery in action and abolished after the war, and a noted breast badge of the Order of the Sacred Crown.

JAPAN

Mar 29, 2007

Climate change puts coastal Japan at great risk: report

Japan's population has been identified as being at great risk from rising sea levels and more intense cyclones linked to climate change, research released Wednesday revealed. In the first global study of its kind, the International Institute for Environment and Development, based in Britain, highlighted Japan as the country with the sixth-largest number of people -- a total of 30,477,000 -- living within 10 meters of the average sea level.

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JAPAN

Mar 7, 2007

U.K. airs files from Japan's 'spy mania' era, postwar acts

Britain compiled considerable documentation on what it believed to be Japanese wartime intelligence organizations along with some postwar concerns in the 1950s about the re-emergence of spying, files released to the public Friday revealed.

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.

[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

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

By Lance Henderstein

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