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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 16, 2010

Hilton Nagoya's new rarefied space

The Hilton Nagoya will open a multipurpose venue named One O Five on its top floor on April 23.
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Apr 14, 2010

Sony brings the world's radio into your room

FM flight: In the old days, listening to the radio meant turning a dial and hunting out a few signals amid waves of static. FM stations in particular have moved beyond such primitiveness, but it is on the Internet that radio has made its greatest strides. Internet radio is one of the less obvious features...
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LIFE / Digital
Apr 7, 2010

Game director Mikami ups speed, action in 'Vanquish'

Fifty-two floors above the ground in Tokyo's Roppongi district, one man is reaping all the applause. As he soaks it up, the look on his face is difficult to read. It has been over four years since he last received such attention, and he has yet to impart the information he came to relay; has yet to experience...
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2010

Hatoyama puts 'life' on line for relocation issue

Saying he is ready to "risk his life" to achieve an acceptable outcome, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama expressed confidence Wednesday that the issue of relocating U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma will be resolved by the end of May as promised.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2010

Nago protests hit-and-run to U.S. ambassador

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. (Kyodo) The Nago Municipal Assembly unanimously adopted Friday a resolution protesting a recent hit-and-run incident involving a U.S. military vehicle, which allegedly struck a car carrying a man and his two sons in the Okinawa city.
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 19, 2010

Shangri-La's first anniversary

In celebration of the first anniversary of its opening on March 2, Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo is offering two commemorative accommodation packages.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Feb 6, 2010

My views of Japan after a trip home

On a quick trip to the United States last winter, I had my sister pull over as we sped down a country road. This road provides a convenient link to the local interstate and my family members use it almost every day. I did too, back in my distant youth.
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2010

Okada offers 'proactive leadership' plug

Japan needs to take "proactive leadership" on global issues like nuclear nonproliferation and climate change and play a larger role in United Nations peacekeeping missions, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Jan 27, 2010

Nago voters speak on Futenma

Residents of the city of Nago, Okinawa, on Sunday elected as their new mayor a candidate who opposes the 2006 Japan-U.S. accord to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps air station at Futenma, in Ginowan city on the central part of the island, further north to Henoko, which is part of Nago. The victory of Mr....
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Jan 26, 2010

Artist perseveres to embrace life in Japan, keep tapped to Iran roots

Award-winning Iranian artist Mansour Kordbacheh has lived in Japan for 21 years and feels the weight of it on his shoulders.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 22, 2010

Theater star brings new tricks to the stage

In the summer of 2008, a shockwave hit the world of Japanese theater when Keishi Nagatsuka announced he was taking a yearlong break from the stage to take a government-sponsored sabbatical in London.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 20, 2010

Imperial Palace resides in otherworldly expanse

Like a nature reserve surrounded by Tokyo's concrete jungle, the Imperial Palace, or Kokyo, home to the Emperor and Empress, is a moated, otherworldly forested expanse where once stood a castle.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2010

Airport wars roil Kansai region

OSAKA — Two years into his term, Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto continues to enjoy high popularity among voters, with some local media polls showing his approval rating at almost 70 percent, due largely to his personality and cost-cutting steps.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2010

Pentagon prods Japan on Futenma deadline

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) The U.S. does not accept the May deadline Japan has set for deciding on the relocation of a U.S. military base in Okinawa and called on Tokyo to promptly resolve the issue, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said Wednesday.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 8, 2010

Other soba houses to discover in Kamakura

Kamakura has no shortage of good soba restaurants. Like Matsubara-an, many occupy freestanding traditional buildings. Here are three more worth tracking down on a visit to the ancient capital.

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan