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LIFE / Food & Drink / SWEET INSPIRATIONS
Oct 5, 2012

Tasty twists on tradition at Tokyo Station

Great fanfare accompanied the reopening of Tokyo Station's redbrick building in Marunouchi this week. And, just like any major new (or in this case 98-year-old) landmark, it's a bonanza for tie-in marketing, including plenty of sweets — all limited-edition items that can only be bought inside the station...
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 4, 2012

"The Heart of the Chef's Hospitality: Tankumakita's Cuisine and Serving Ware"

Japan is well known for its hospitality to foreign visitors, a custom known as omotenashi. This practice has its roots in the Japanese belief of placing harmony with others above that of personal ego. One aspect of this is the way Japanese chefs strive to perfect their dishes for their guests, and Kyoto...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 30, 2012

"Forgotten and Neglected Brides"; Interviews with tourists in Japan; CM of the week: Tokyo Disney Resort

"Kyoko Kikoku: Wasuresarareta Yometachi" ("Forced Repatriation: Forgotten and Neglected Brides"; TBS, Monday, 9 p.m.), a Cultural Agency-sanctioned program commemorating the 40th anniversary of normalized relations between Japan and China, dramatizes a 1993 incident when a group of women from China staged...
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 27, 2012

Bicqlo – Bic Camera meets Uniqlo – is here!

Uniqlo and Bic Camera cross-pollinate and make a baby.
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CULTURE / Art
Sep 27, 2012

Singapore's bid to become Asia's newest art hub

Three Tokyo-based Japanese contemporary art galleries — Tomio Koyama Gallery, Mizuma Gallery and Ota Fine Arts — inaugurated new spaces at Singapore's Gillman Barracks at an opening party on Sept. 14, joining 10 other galleries from the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Korea, China, Germany, Italy,...
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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Sep 25, 2012

15.0% keeps ice cream cool

15.0%'s ice-cream spoons have already been featured in this column, and now they're being complemented by Naoki Terada's new Ice-Cream Cup.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Sep 25, 2012

Fears over Hashimoto, beefs with Berlitz story

A recipe for 'Hashism'? Re: "How did we end up here, in 'Hashimotopia,' 2022?" by Christopher Robinson and Ben Stubbings (Light Gist, Aug. 28):
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Sep 19, 2012

Yahoo! Japan's 'explosive speed' changes Web biz

This spring, Japanese Web titan Yahoo! Japan appointed a new CEO and new board members — the first big change to its board since the company was founded 16 years ago.
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Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Sep 18, 2012

Kaohame

Dear Alice,
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 16, 2012

Single vs. married TV personalities; "The Apply Yourself Cookbook"; CM of the week: Lixil

On Friday, TV Asahi devotes almost three full hours to the variety special "Kekkon Dekinai Shikaisha to Nijusan-nin Yomeiru Geinintachi" (7 p.m.), whose entire premise is described in the title: "Presenters Who Can't Get Married and 23 Comedians With Brides."
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LIFE / Travel
Sep 16, 2012

People-watching on a ferry in the fog

Rust streaked down from the anchor hole in the ferry's bow. The only noticeable color in the harbor — a bright-red sun rising out of the gray water — was painted on the side of the white ship. There was no sound except the soft clanging of tools from the crew preparing to cast off.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 16, 2012

Getting food on tables is increasingly difficult

The cover of Nikkei Business of Aug. 27 carried a photograph of a sirloin steak atop a sizzling platter. The meat was artfully trimmed to form the shape of the Japanese archipelago.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 14, 2012

Recipes and more from the farmer's kitchen

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CULTURE / Stage
Sep 13, 2012

The woman who could bring Beppu back to life

In Japan's performing arts scene, it's widely believed that 32-year-old Akane Nakamura is one of the country's most famous globally known theater producers. As executive director of the theater production company Precog and the performing arts nonprofit Drifters International — which she founded in...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 7, 2012

Beard: Foodies will grow to love this brilliant brunch

Beard. What sort of name is that for a restaurant, least of all one serving French-inflected food?
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CULTURE / Film
Sep 7, 2012

'The Dictator'

Sacha Baron Cohen is back, and after skewering white-boy hip-hop poseurs (Ali G), unwittingly offensive "foreigners" (Borat) and ridiculously camp gay fashionistas (Bruno), his newest target is a timely one: pompous, pampered, preening Middle Eastern tyrants.
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CULTURE / Art
Sep 6, 2012

"James Ensor in Context"

As a young artist, the Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker James Ensor (1860-1949) developed a strong interest in the effects of light, which he illustrated in many of his early works.
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 6, 2012

Organic market cafe from Britain; Tokyo Dome Hotel Hokkaido fair; new Four Seasons chef

British organic cafe reopens in Tokyo As the idea of organic products continue to gain popularity in Japan, various organic goods from food to cosmetics can be found on sale throughout the country.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 4, 2012

With Berlitz beaten but not bowed, union fights on

Before instructors became embroiled in a fierce legal battle with Berlitz Japan, there was a time when the English language school chain's robust image made it a top choice among foreign job-seekers.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 1, 2012

Welcome to ramen land

COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2012

Have refrigerators really made our lives better?

My refrigerator died on a Saturday. I ignored the early signs of trouble with it — a Kenmore unit just four years old, yet suddenly unable to keep milk from spoiling or ice cream from melting into sugary soup.
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 27, 2012

Today's J-blip: Seiyu social TV commercial

Seiyu lets the Internet call the shots for its next TV commercial.
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ENVIRONMENT / BACKSTREET STORIES
Aug 26, 2012

All the fun of the fair — and that's just the temples

Inspired by this summer's Olympic quest for gold medals, I opt to go for the gold myself. Toshimaen amusement park in Tokyo's northwestern Nerima Ward is home to Carousel El Dorado, one of the world's oldest hand-carved wooden merry-go-rounds. Named for an imaginary city of gold sought by 16th-century...
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2012

56-day base age pushed for puppy, kitten sales

Sales of puppies and kittens would be prohibited until they are at least 56 days old under a planned revision of the Animal Protection Law expected to passed by the Diet this session.
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CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Aug 22, 2012

Take the kids back in time this summer

Japanese people are rediscovering the charms of a simpler life, if only for a weekend.
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CULTURE / Art
Aug 17, 2012

The art of making monsters

Good news for monster fans: Not one, not two, but three separate tokusatsu exhibitions are stomping their way through downtown Tokyo as you read these words.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 17, 2012

Light meals for Tokyo's long, sticky summer

Summertime, and the living is far from easy in the city. Stuck in the middle of the heat island, appetites fray and taste buds wilt like yesterday's lettuce. Simple snacks are called for, not major meals, with copious quantities of liquid sustenance too.
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CULTURE / Film
Aug 17, 2012

'Shokuzai (Penance)'

How much will they miss you when you're gone? Directors typically keep putting off the answer to that question as long as possible, working until they drop. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, whose 2008 dysfunctional family drama "Tokyo Sonata" won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival,...
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Aug 15, 2012

Despite flaws, Rakuten is 1-0 against Amazon in Japan's e-book wars

Rakuten, Japan's largest online shopping mall — and a head-to-head rival of Amazon Japan that also hopes to expand its business globally — launched its first e-book reader, the Rakuten Kobo Touch, on July 19, getting the jump on the long anticipated Japanese release of Amazon's Kindle.

Longform

Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear