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JAPAN
Sep 13, 2006

Access to resident info to be limited starting Nov. 1

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a decision to limit access to local governments' resident registry books to organizations and individuals acting in the public interest, ending the current practice of providing such access to anyone.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2006

NPA will offer reward money for info on crimes

The National Police Agency announced a seven-point public safety plan Tuesday for fiscal 2007, highlighted by the offering of rewards for information leading to the arrest of people suspected of committing serious crimes.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 25, 2006

Euripides transported

As one of the three great tragedians of ancient Greece, along with Sophocles and Aischylos, Euripides is well-known to modern theatergoers through masterworks such as "Electra." From Aug. 26-Sept. 10, Theatre Project Tokyo will present one of Euripides' later -- and lesser-known -- works, "Bakxai," at...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 18, 2006

Metamorphose 2006

When & where: Metamorphose 2006 will be held Aug. 26-27 at the Japan Cycle Sports Center in Shizuoka Prefecture. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, music begins at 6 p.m. and goes on until 9 a.m. Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 12, 2006

World Family Club says it's OK to be different

Meet Mark Segerlund, happiness personified. With a house in Tokyo, a retreat on Chiba's Boso Peninsula that offers unparalleled sunsets over the Pacific, a dog that he dotes on and a job he adores with near equal passion, he says he is home, and this is not hard to believe.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 11, 2006

Sax man Pharoah Sanders still hitting the right notes

One of the finest tenor saxophone players of his generation, Pharoah Sanders returns to Japan to play three dates at the Blue Note in Tokyo from Aug. 20-23, before guesting with the Japanese jazz-dance fusion band Sleepwalker as part of Metamorphose, an eclectic one-day dance music/jazz festival taking...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 11, 2006

Classic Broadway musical 'West Side Story' staged

The Joey McNeely-directed Broadway musical "West Side Story" runs at Tokyo's Bunkamura, from Aug. 16-Sept. 3, before touring Osaka, Yokosuka, Nagoya, Matsumoto and Toyama.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 28, 2006

Celebrate jazz, hip-hop near Fuji

Amid the deluge of high-profile rock festivals this summer are some more idiosyncratic events boasting eclectic lineups in unusual settings. So for every "Summer Sonic" featuring big-selling rock acts from abroad in an urban setting, there is a festival like "True People's Celebration 2006," organized...
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2006

Nikkei staffer held for illicit trades

Prosecutors arrested an employee of Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. on Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of insider trading, investigative sources said.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 21, 2006

Dot artist makes his point

Yoshinobu Kato, a 74-year-old abstract painter, has been putting dots onto canvases and other surfaces for the past 30 years. His latest exhibition, "A dot, that is Cosmic," will be held at Gallery Bijutsu Sekai in Ginza Aug. 3-9.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 21, 2006

Another 'jukebox musical'

Musicals based on a popular artist's back catalog have been consistently big box-office performers in London's West End ever since "Mamma Mia," the musical based on the songs of Abba, premiered in 1999. Since then, Queen and Rod Stewart-based musicals have been hits, capitalizing on the audience's familiarity...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Jun 30, 2006

Psychedelic radar 06.30

Solstice Music Festival 2006: July 15-17
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 23, 2006

Brainstorm to save Shimokita

With the hip, culturally vibrant neighborhood of Shimokitazawa in western Tokyo's Setagaya Ward threatened by a major development project, participatory design group Urban Typhoon is organizing a series of workshops to raise awareness on the importance of preserving the culture of the area. The workshops,...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 16, 2006

Behold a make-believe world

The work of Tokyo-born filmmaker Junichi Okuyama, widely known by his nickname of "Mr. Experimental Film," will be marked at the weeklong "Anarchy Film Festival," from June 16.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 9, 2006

World Cup kicks off with live music to boot

Popular Shibuya nightclub Womb will kit itself out in "samurai blue" on June 12 for Japan's opening World Cup game against Australia, and it's inviting football fans of all nationalities to join in. In addition to showing the game live from Germany on a huge 8-meter screen, "Blue Fever 2006" also hosts...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 26, 2006

Making a song and dance about human rights

Amnesty International began over four decades ago, when British lawyer Peter Benenson wrote to The Observer newspaper campaigning for worldwide protests about the rights of forgotten prisoners. Benenson had heard about the case of two Portuguese students sentenced to seven years imprisonment simply for...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 12, 2006

Designing for life

Asia's biggest art event, Design Festa, returns for its spring installment to Tokyo Big Sight on May 20-21 when it hopes to attract 60,000 people to its 2,600 booths. Approximately 6,000 exhibitors from around the world will be participating in Design Festa Vol. 23, showing off everything from flower...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
May 12, 2006

Psychedelic radar 05.12

Saturday, May 13
BUSINESS
May 10, 2006

Murakami asks TSE for railway info

An investment fund led by financier Yoshiaki Murakami said Tuesday it has asked the Tokyo Stock Exchange to instruct Hanshin Electric Railway Co. and Hankyu Holdings Inc. to expedite disclosure of information on their merger talks.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 25, 2006

Temples, air cons and food

To begin, some responses to earlier columns:
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Apr 21, 2006

Psychedelic radar 04.21

Saturday, April 22
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2006

Cops want to quiz Chinese envoy for info on visa scam

Police want to question a Chinese Embassy official about a Chinese businessman who is suspected of helping Chinese nationals obtain Japanese work visas illegally, sources said Friday.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 31, 2006

Majestic entertainment

Subtitled "Adult Frustration!?" Yebisu Cultural Festival returns for its fifth installment to Tokyo nightspot Milk on April 1. As usual, it boasts a diverse lineup of live bands, DJs and special performances.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2006

Suginami Ward can't just put willing residents' info on Juki Net: court

The Tokyo District Court dismissed a demand Friday by Tokyo's Suginami Ward that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government accept partial data on residents for the national resident registry network.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 24, 2006

Bedtime stories

When the small-scale production "Philippine Bedtime Stories," an omnibus of three short plays by Filipino writers about male-female relationships, played in Tokyo in November 2004, word-of-mouth spread quickly, especially to audiences younger than the usual theater crowd in tune with its controversial...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Mar 24, 2006

Psychedelic radar 03.24

Friday, March 24
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Junglia, Japan’s newest theme park, opens in northern Okinawa
In Junglia’s Dinosaur Safari attraction during a media preview on Thursday, a casual drive through a habitat for the prehistoric creatures goes haywire when several Tyrannosaurus rexes break out of containment.
Big unanswered questions follow Japan's big, beautiful deal with the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday in Washington, the day after he agreed to an 11th-hour trade deal with Japan.
Extreme heat grips Japan, including even Hokkaido
The city of Obihiro in Hokkaido amid scorching heat on Thursday
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Behind the scenes: Inside Fuji Rock’s strategy for staying on top
In recent years, Fuji Rock has had fewer blockbuster performers and showcased more top-selling Japanese acts and international musicians' first-time performances in Japan.
Hall of Fame always held deeper meaning for Ichiro
Ichiro presents then-Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with the bat he used to break the single-season hits record in 2004.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.

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