Search - mail

 
 
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 21, 2010

Enjoy the company of Ryoichi Yamazaki's reluctant 'hoodies'

The typical white cube gallery is not unlike a sumo ring. Both are bare, sanctified spaces, where we can stare intently at the participants' strenous efforts to impress. While the dohyo is purified by salt, the antiseptic agents in the case of the white cube gallery are white paint, light and an attitude...
BUSINESS
May 19, 2010

Softbank debuts handsets with Twitter applications

Softbank Mobile Corp. unveiled new cell phones Tuesday boasting applications for the micro-blogging service Twitter.
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
May 18, 2010

Language no problem for gallery pair

Hitoshi Ohashi, 48, and Robert Tobin, 63, have been in a relationship for 20 years. When they first met at a bar in the Shinjuku district in Tokyo, Ohashi, a makeup artist, barely spoke English, and Tobin, an American professor in the business department at Keio University, didn't know much Japanese....
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
May 16, 2010

Three-time CL batting king Powell relishing chance to coach Mariners

Congratulations are in order to Alonzo Powell on being named batting coach with the Seattle Mariners last week. As one who played seven years with the Chunichi Dragons and Hanshin Tigers, Powell is well remembered in Japan by fans and friends, and it would not be surprising to see him become a major...
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2010

A dangerous deficit of democracy in Britain

HONG KONG — In spite of the United Kingdom's robust and rumbustious election campaign, once the votes were counted and the winning members of Parliament (MPs) were declared, it was clear that the U.K. is suffering a dangerous and growing democratic deficit.
BASKETBALL
May 10, 2010

Evessa clinch West; Phoenix nab 41st win

The Osaka Evessa defeated the Rizing Fukuoka 81-79 and wrapped up the bj-league's regular-season Western Conference title on Sunday.
JAPAN
May 7, 2010

Removing SIM lock not so simple

While the government has been raising expectations that removing the SIM lock on cell phones will enable consumers to switch carriers but keep the same handsets, it will give virtually no immediate benefits to users under the current network environment, according to people in the industry.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 7, 2010

'Whip It (Roller Girls Diary)'

Having been a star player in Hollywood her entire life, Drew Barrymore views the set from the other side of the camera, in "Whip It" (released in Japan as "Roller Girls Diary") — a wobbly but adorable, whip-smart feature debut. Barrymore, whose own screen presence is always wildly ingratiating, made...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 5, 2010

Local governments try to make it a little easier for you to pay them

Sign up to have your local government tax paid by bank withdrawal and qualify to win seaweed or rice!
LIFE
May 2, 2010

Between Japan and America: time, space and remembrance

About a century ago, my grandfather departed economically depressed Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu for Hawaii, followed by my grandmother. Then came the birth of two sons, the younger my father, on the island of Maui.
JAPAN
May 1, 2010

Documentary shines spotlight on U.S. Marines

At a time when the fate of a U.S. Marines' Futenma base in Okinawa is dominating headlines, a documentary is shedding light on the troops and the training they undertake before living on foreign soil.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 1, 2010

An artist's love affair with ceramics

Ceramic artist Swanica Ligtenberg returned from her native Holland in early January with a new sense of purpose. She no longer felt an outsider in a family of goldsmiths and silversmiths, because in speaking with her uncle — still creatively active at age 91 — she realized that the roots of his and...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 29, 2010

Why cook food when it is better for you raw?

Sixteen years ago, the Boutenkos were a family in crisis. Mother Victoria was overweight and depressed. Her husband, Sergei, had arthritis. Their teenage son was battling diabetes, while their daughter suffered from asthma.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 27, 2010

Should smoking be banned in public places?

JAPAN
Apr 23, 2010

Ex-Hatoyama fund manager found guilty

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday handed a suspended two-year prison term to a former government-paid secretary to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama for falsely reporting the sources of political donations made to the prime minister's fundraising body.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 20, 2010

Who would you like to see start a new political party?

Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Apr 18, 2010

U.K. chef hails sake as 'sexy'

London-based chef and TV presenter Silvena Rowe is best-known in Britain as an expert on eastern Mediterranean cuisine. But in Japan last month, she had her compass set entirely elsewhere — promoting the "sex appeal" of sake to Japan's younger generations.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 14, 2010

Win 'Princess Mao'

In recognition of Mao Asada's second world title, The Japan Times is offering several readers the chance to win a copy of the recently released Japanese book "Princess Mao" about the skating prodigy's life story.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 11, 2010

Death of Giants coach Kimura shocks NPB

He seemed fine two weeks ago, but, on Wednesday Yomiuri Giants infield and running coach Takuya Kimura died at a hospital in Hiroshima of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 37. He was pronounced dead five days after collapsing on the field at Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium as he was about to fulfill his pre-game...
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2010

Importance of diversity explored at trans-Pacific forum

LOS ANGELES — About 200 people representing a wide range of fields in the United States and Japan got together recently in Los Angeles to discuss the importance of diversity and inclusion programs in today's difficult economic times.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 9, 2010

Tomato founder gives live drawing show

All of a sudden live drawing/painting performances are the hip thing in Japan's creative circles. One of the most recent was by artist Ichiro Endo, who scrawled the word "now" on the April Fool's Day edition of The Japan Times for Art Fair Free last week.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Apr 8, 2010

New hobbies for swinging into spring

With the start of the financial/academic year, April is a time for a fresh start and taking up a new hobby.
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Apr 7, 2010

Japan's sweep of world singles titles sends message

Mao Asada's triumph at the world championships in Turin, Italy, last month capped off what was nothing short of an amazing season for Japanese skaters.
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Apr 7, 2010

Softbank's brings a smartphone named Desire to Japan's shores

Object of desire: Not content with having the famous Apple iPhone in its stable of smartphones, Softbank is now bringing the HTC Desire and its Android 2.1 operating system to the local market. Also known in Japan as the X06HT, the new phone has already created waves overseas. It seeks to live up to...

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji