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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 5, 2010

'The Blind Side'

Sandra Bullock locates the finest groove of her career in "The Blind Side," a true-to-life story (based on a best seller of the same title) about a wealthy, saintly family in Memphis, Tennessee, who take in a homeless black 17 year old. Under their care the boy — Michael Oher — flourishes. He plays...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 5, 2010

Echire Maison du Beurre: Butter boutique continues to draw in the crowds at the Marunouchi Brick Square

With two dozen restaurants, bars and cafes over three floors, Marunouchi Brick Square was a hit right from its opening last October. But the biggest buzz and the longest lines have been at one of the smallest shops in the complex: Echire Maison de Beurre, the first specialist butter boutique in the city....
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Mar 3, 2010

Foodex Japan 2010: trends

In Part 1 of our Foodex foray, we sample imported 'snow ice' and local soy doughnuts, and take note of products cashing in on Ryoma-mania.
COMMENTARY
Mar 3, 2010

Zero tolerance for bullying

The British media have given prominence recently to allegations that Prime Minister Gordon Brown is a bully who intimidates those who work for him. It has also been alleged that some of his staff have briefed against Cabinet ministers with whom Brown disagrees. The government has dismissed these charges...
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2010

'Toyota defense' might free inmate

LINO LAKES, Minn. — Ever since his 1996 Toyota Camry shot up an interstate ramp, plowing into the back of an Oldsmobile in a horrific crash that killed three people, Koua Fong Lee insisted he had done all he could to stop the car.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Mar 2, 2010

What will you remember about the Vancouver Olympics?

BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Mar 1, 2010

Message for Hatoyama from his patron saint

Saint Thomas More is the patron saint of politicians. As a Catholic myself I should have known this before, but the information actually came to me quite recently via the Mainichi Shimbun. So many thanks to the newspaper for this piece of religious education.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2010

Panasonic, Hitachi TV ads win prizes

The Japan Chapter of the International Advertising Association has conferred the grand prize of this year's TV advertising award on Panasonic Corp.'s commercial featuring its large-screen flat display television Viera, according to the association.
EDITORIALS
Feb 27, 2010

Shifting plans for Japan Post

The government plans to modify the process of privatizing Japan Post group, meaning people must continue to wait to find out how the services they rely on will be affected.
COMMUNITY
Feb 27, 2010

Something to be said for Japan's gray zone

It was an a-ha moment, an epiphany light-bolting across her face. It flickered with incredulous certainty and ended with awareness in her eyes.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2010

Lay judges off to solid start

It's been roughly a half year since the first lay judge trial, and many in the legal profession agree the new criminal trial system has gotten off to a smooth start, and the public is taking its new civic duty very seriously.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 26, 2010

This acting lark is elementary for Downey Jr.

HOLLYWOOD — When one beholds the billboards touting the first movie in the new "Sherlock Holmes" franchise, one sees the slim, natty, Anglo-looking Jude Law and imagines he is Holmes and that the less buff, older and somewhat rumpled Robert Downey Jr. is his Dr. Watson. Wrong, of course, and despite...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 26, 2010

One of a kind

Theater programs the world over list the writer, director, cast members, designers, lighting specialists and such in their credits. Lately in Japan, though, a new role has begun to appear in among those credits — that of "dramaturge."
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Feb 24, 2010

Retro-looking dongle ups the sound; Sony slims down new Vaio

Back to the past: The word "retro" is inadequate to describe the appearance of the X-Tube AS301DTS. The USB dongle looks like a refugee from a museum. The gadget is intended to provide a decent impression of DTS surround sound on laptop computers. Using a VIA VT1610 chip set, the dongle plugs into a...
EDITORIALS
Feb 22, 2010

Call for debate on smoking

Recently Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) and the state were successful in their defense against a damages suit in which three people had sought ¥10 million each for health problems — cancer and pulmonary emphysema — allegedly caused by smoking. Still, the Jan. 20 Yokohama District Court ruling, which the...

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb