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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 27, 2006

Putting art into fashion

"I'm just fed up with all the recycled cliches and the sensationalism," says Samuel Bourdin, son of the celebrated French fashion photographer Guy Bourdin, over the phone from Paris. "The press tries to make my father out to be some kind of depraved monster, but that's just not accurate."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Apr 27, 2006

A permanent-collection show that impresses

The modern city envelops modern man so completely that he inhabits it even in his dreams -- even in his best dreams. That's the message weaving through the current exhibition at the Watari-Um Museum of Art in Tokyo's Aoyama district. "Beautiful Cities in Dreams" is the eighth incarnation in Watari's...
SPORTS / E-LIST
Apr 26, 2006

Giants plowing on; Kiyohara vowing plows

So the Yomiuri Giants are some 49,000 games above .500 less than a month into the season. The E-List figured the Giants would have to be much better than they were last season, when the Giabbit cried so many tears over Yomiuri's crummy season he looked like a strung-out teenager who wore eyeliner in...
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Apr 26, 2006

Media's vilification of Bonds shows lack of objectivity

It's a question that has to be asked.
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2006

More seniors opting for personalized wills

It hardly seems likely a kit called "Let's Write Our Will" would be a best-seller, but since its debut last year it has been a hit with elderly people.
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2006

Funeral entrepreneur champions affordable rites

Reserving one's own funeral is something of a rarity -- if not unheard of.
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2006

MMC cuts last DaimlerChrysler tie

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will dissolve its engine-production venture with DaimlerChrysler AG by selling its entire stake in the equally owned firm to the German-American automaker, according to MMC officials.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2006

Chernobyl survivor on musical mission

me." International reports have shown conflicting views over the effects related to childbirth.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2006

Abe awarded defamation damages

The Tokyo District Court ordered a Tokyo-based publisher Friday to pay 500,000 yen in damages to Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe for defaming him in its monthly magazine, Sentaku.
CULTURE / Music
Apr 21, 2006

Pretty Girls Make Graves "Elan Vital"

Overflowing with fast-paced, addictive post-hardcore anthems, Pretty Girls Make Graves' debut, 2002's "Good Health," had indie rock hipsters frothing at the mouth. The Seattle act followed with 2003's equally impressive "The New Romance." A line-up change saw the band losing a guitarist and adding a...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 20, 2006

"Makoto Ishiwata -- [vacuum packing! : heartbeat]"

Maru Gallery in Kaigan Minato-ku Closes in 15 days
EDITORIALS
Apr 19, 2006

An unhealthy blast from the past

The ruling coalition has agreed to include a clause on patriotism in a bill that will revise the Fundamental Law of Education for the first time, although Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has not decided when to send the bill to the Diet. The 1947 law, although drafted under the leadership of the Occupation...
EDITORIALS
Apr 18, 2006

France refuses to face economic facts

It is hard to find a silver lining in the clouds that hover over France's economic future. Months of sustained political protest by French students forced a humiliating defeat on the Paris government, obliging it to withdraw a package of labor reforms that would have made it easier to fire first-time...
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2006

Top court looks to reject posthumous in vitro paternity

The Supreme Court has recently made a move that suggests it may change a 2004 high court decision acknowledging a woman's dead husband as the father of their son, who was born via in vitro fertilization after the father died, using frozen sperm.
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2006

METI's Asia-Oceania FTA pitch surprises but is predictable

Trade minister Toshihiro Nikai's announcement earlier this month that Japan plans to start talks with 15 other nations in 2008 to create an Asia-Oceania free-trade zone took many by surprise -- not only experts but also those within government -- sparking speculation about the ministry's true intentions....
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Apr 18, 2006

Musical match for Japan Goliath

Tetsuo Tanaka has been protesting his dismissal from an electronics company for a quarter of a century. Now his struggle, one of the longest one-man campaigns in Japanese history, is to be the subject of a documentary
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Apr 16, 2006

Ring trilogy spirals past science fiction

RING, SPIRAL, LOOP, by Koji Suzuki. Vertical Publishing, 2003-2005, each $24.95 (cloth). One cinematic treat that 1998 turned out was "Ringu," which was the rarity of a well-worked, intelligent horror flick that won broad appeal among movie fans who ordinarily look askance at efforts in the horror genre....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 14, 2006

Sigur Ros warm to a wider world

When Sigur Ros proclaimed from their remote, treeless, volcanic island in 2000 that they would "change music forever, and the way people think about music," there was something mythical about their otherworldly sound and the made-up language of their lyrics that had some listeners actually believing...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 14, 2006

Graffiti robot drips technology

"Auto Portrait" is a weekend of "sonic and visual interludes" taking place at Information Gallery in Tokyo from April 14 to 16. The show features automated wall paintings by Hektor, a portable spray paint output device for laptop computers. There will also be a theremin performance by Yuri Suzuki and...
CULTURE / Music
Apr 14, 2006

Josh Rouse "Subtitulo" (Nettwerk)

The beauty of Josh Rouse's music is its simplicity. Replete with catchy hooks and melodies, his straightforward arrangements and soft, soulful vocals combine to make some of the most intelligent, adult pop to come out of the United States in recent years.
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2006

Nonresident stock buys beat 1 trillion yen in March

Nonresident net purchases of Japanese stocks totaled 1.49 trillion yen in March, topping the 1 trillion yen mark for the first time in two months, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2006

Student athletes looking to win job-hunting race

Whether you are a university senior looking for your first "real job" or a company veteran looking for a change, the most important thing to include on your resume is a concise summary of specific skills you can provide, whether that be system engineering, knowledge of corporate law or a flair for foreign...
EDITORIALS
Apr 13, 2006

Testing Japanese democracy

Three judges at the Tokyo District Court have begun their deliberations in a group-action case brought by more than 400 public-school teachers challenging the right of the Tokyo Metropolitan Education Board to force teachers to sing the national anthem and to stand up to show respect for the flag. With...

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