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LIFE
Nov 28, 2010

The Rita Taketsuru Fan Club

In January 2001, I was riding a single-car train through Hokkaido ski-country when a blizzard swept in without warning and stopped us dead on our tracks. It was 11 a.m. but the snow clotted the windows dark and the wind rocked us so hard it felt as if we would tip over.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Nov 28, 2010

Veering off the path of mutually assured destruction

As individuals, we usually recognize when we're heading off in the wrong direction and then have the good sense to get ourselves back on the right track.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 28, 2010

NPB looks to trim deficit by having third All-Star Game

You no doubt saw the news item whereby the Nippon Professional Baseball authorities are asking the Japanese players union to have a third All-Star game in 2011, in order to blot a portion of its reported ¥60 million of red ink. Two All-Star games are scheduled so far next season: at Nagoya Dome July...
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Nov 28, 2010

Eats, shoots and leaves in Hakusan

It's hunting season in Tokyo. I kit up and trek out to the Hakusan area of Bunkyo Ward, hoping to shoot (with camera) the wild shades of autumn.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2010

Stimulus budget wins Diet passage

The Diet late Friday enacted the supplementary budget to fund a ¥5.1 trillion stimulus package even though the opposition rejected the package in the Upper House.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 27, 2010

Nagoya business chief angling for cruise lines

Less than a month since his appointment Nov. 2 as president of the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Jiro Takahashi will be traveling to the United States, Mexico and the Bahamas to lead a delegation promoting the port of Nagoya.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 26, 2010

AZZXSSS "Deepsketch"

Few people are more aware of the potential of high-quality dubstep collaborations than the guys behind Hydra Records. The Japanese label, still in its infancy, scored a massive coup in September when they secured Japanese distribution of the latest album by dubstep pioneer Skream (who also experienced...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 26, 2010

Yokohama festival aims to revive the spirit of butoh legend Ohno

BankArt 1929 commemorates butoh dance legend Kazuo Ohno at a festival that continues through Dec. 12. Ohno passed away in June at the age of 103.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 26, 2010

'The Killers (Kiss & Kill)'

Mark Bittman of the New York Times once wrote that real cooks don't need big kitchens or the latest culinary gadgetry — cooks just cook, in pretty much any circumstances, and they are mostly fueled by the will to produce something delectable.
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CULTURE / Art / ART BRIEF
Nov 26, 2010

'Global Ends: Towards the beginning'

TOTO Gallery Ma
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 26, 2010

Valentine: Nishioka could be MLB shortstop

There's at least one MLB team that thought highly enough of Tsuyoshi Nishioka to put in a bid on him. If his former manager is right, it might turn out to be a worthwhile investment.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 26, 2010

Vincent Gallo / Tom Verlaine

The end of November brings gray skies and chilly air to Tokyo — and rare performances by two famous New Yorkers.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Nov 26, 2010

Highhanded prosecutors get judicial pat on the back

The arrogance and self-complacence of public prosecutors have been exposed with the acquittal of a high-ranking former welfare ministry official who had been indicted on a charge of forgery, and the subsequent arrest and indictment of two prosecutors accused of hiding evidence of data tampering. The...
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 26, 2010

Reel in the catch of the season

The long, record-breaking hot summer hasn't been good for sanma, or Pacific saury. Catches of this normally inexpensive fixture of the fall dinner table in Japanese homes have been so poor that its prices have skyrocketed — if you can find any to buy at all. Another popular fish that is in peak season...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / ART BRIEF
Nov 26, 2010

'Catalysis for Life: New Language of Dutch Art and Design'

Museum of Contemporary
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 25, 2010

Tourist spots averse to foreign exchange

If Japan really wants to say 'Yososo' at tourist destinations, it's going to have to work on its acceptance of credit cards and foreign exchange.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2010

China and India exposed

BERKELEY, Calif. — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's forthcoming trip to India, following hard on the heels of President Barack Obama's recent visit, will provide another opportunity for the media to gush about the growing global economic clout of China and India. We can be sure that the soft underbellies...
Reader Mail
Nov 25, 2010

Ask JETs for English-teaching tips

Regarding the Sept. 7 article "Don't blame JET for Japan's poor English": Participants in the Japan Exchange and Teaching program, as a a group, probably have the single broadest picture of English education in Japan. I say this because JETs talk to one another about their very different situations regardless...
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 25, 2010

Ready, set, EAT all you can in 15 minutes

All-you-can-eat deals aren't too hard to fine in izakaya, but what about tabehodai for a mere u00a5375? How much can you eat in 15 minutes?

Longform

Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell