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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 22, 2010

Wear a kimono at a special concert

As a sponsor of Tokyo Kimono Week 2010, the hotel Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo will jointly host a concert with the Tokyo Kimono Club on Oct. 31.
CULTURE / Art / ART BRIEF
Oct 22, 2010

'2011 s/s Collection "L'Etranger"'

Glass-Space
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CULTURE / Film
Oct 22, 2010

'Wakiyaku Monogatari (Cast Me if You Can)'

When I hear rants from foreigners about the badness of Japanese acting, I don't rise to the defense of the hammy emoting or smarmy mugging I've seen on the screen here, of which there's been plenty. But I do run through the long list in my head of the Japanese actors, from stars to supporting players,...
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Oct 21, 2010

Enzyme cocktails for better health?

The enzyme diet is the latest in a long parade of get-slim-fast regimes.
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JAPAN
Oct 21, 2010

Susan Roos champion of balance

Susan Roos wears many hats. A mother of two and the wife of U.S. Ambassador John Roos, she is also a partner at Cook Roos Wilbur LLP in San Francisco, where she practices as a labor law attorney.
JAPAN / HANEDA COMEBACK
Oct 20, 2010

Haneda new old kid on the block

This month, Tokyo's Haneda airport returns to scheduled international flight operations for the first time in 32 years as part of the government's goal to turn the offshore facility into a 24-hour hub to compete with global competition and boost the economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2010

The paradox of blinking

SINGAPORE — The world has recently witnessed two major diplomatic blinks. Japan, facing mounting pressure from China, unconditionally released a Chinese trawler captain whose ship had rammed a Japanese Coast Guard patrol boat. And U.S. President Barack Obama did nothing when Israel refused to extend...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2010

A frugal superpower's rules

WASHINGTON — American foreign policy stands on the brink of substantial belt-tightening. The mounting expenses of servicing the growing national debt, combined with the skyrocketing costs of Social Security and Medicare as the 78-million-strong baby-boom generation retires, will leave less money for...
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Oct 20, 2010

Japanese cell-phone users don't just talk about weather — they vote on it

A surprising number of Japanese purchase their weather information from cell phones, services that don't just tell you if it's raining — they let you vote on it.
COMMENTARY
Oct 19, 2010

Justice in mosque destruction takes its time

CHENNAI, India — Much like Charles Dickens' immortal classic "Tale of Two Cities," India's own saga of two religious shrines has been fraught with tragedy. On a cold December morning in 1992, a nearly 500-year-old mosque at Ayodhya, central India, was razed to the ground. Fanatical Hindus owing allegiance...
EDITORIALS
Oct 18, 2010

Measure of a healthy planet

Since their appearance on Earth, humans have developed by using plants and animals for food, clothing, residences, medicines and other purposes. Ecosystems are the basis of human existence. This basic fact does not change no matter how much industrial civilizations may progress. An important measure...
Reader Mail
Oct 17, 2010

Kyoto petition looks like nonstarter

At the risk of isolating myself to a community of one, I would like to comment on how weak and, most likely, ineffectual the efforts are by some in the international community in Kyoto to stop the building of an aquarium. At present, work on the aquarium in Umekoji Park, west of Kyoto Station, has actually...
COMMENTARY
Oct 17, 2010

Time to let the neighbors deal with the North Korean problem

PARIS — North Korea has officially unveiled the youngest son and heir apparent of "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il. Yet again the impoverished dictatorship has captured the world's attention. But the United States should leave the problem of dealing with Pyongyang to the North's neighbors. The so-called Democratic...
EDITORIALS
Oct 17, 2010

Economic package on deck

The Kan Cabinet has adopted a ¥5.05 trillion spending package to help the economy overcome persistent deflation and the yen's recent rise in value against the U.S. dollar. It will submit a supplementary budget consisting of the package to the Diet by the end of this month, with the hope of getting it...
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LIFE / WEEK 3
Oct 17, 2010

Homegrown swordplay hits the mark

With the sizzling summer heat replaced by cool breezes and mild temperatures recently, it's a great time to contemplate adding a new exercise to your weekly routine. If you are interested in a homegrown sport that is recreational and relieves stress, sports chanbara lets you kill two birds with one stone...

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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight