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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 4, 2015

Begin Again: 'Rekindling platonic love'

You know when a boy and girl meet, hit it off, but keep the relationship platonic — and it's sweet and memorable forever? This practically never happens in the movies. The last time it did (as far I can recall) was in "Once" back in 2006, directed by Ireland's John Carney.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 4, 2015

Welcome to New York: 'Abel Ferrara ignores a rich vein of intrigue and rushes to judgement'

The career of Abel Ferrara is a bit of an enigma. As a director who started with gnarly exploitation flicks before moving into more philosophical tales of sin and redemption, Ferrara is barely a presence in the U.S. outside his native New York City, and he hasn't had a hit with either critics or the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 4, 2015

'The Face of Love': Falling for a doppelganger

Back in the 20th century, there was an unwritten consensus of sorts that actors and actresses over a certain age should not be involved in heavyweight love scenes. But over the last decade, veteran performers have been cast in romantic comedies of all kinds, with or without garments. Fifty is the new...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 4, 2015

20,000 Days on Earth: 'Nick Cave beside a fireplace talking about his childhood'

Once upon a time — say, around 1982, when he was strung out on heroin and singing as though a Ridley Scott-style alien had just burst through his chest — it was hard to imagine Nick Cave sitting in front of a fireplace talking quietly about his childhood with a chin-stroking interviewer. Like Iggy...
CULTURE / Film
Feb 4, 2015

Bannou Kanteishi Q: Mona Lisa no Hitomi (All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa)

Director: Shinsuke Sato Language: French, Japanese (subtitled in English)
CULTURE / Film
Feb 4, 2015

The Suspect (Suspect: Kanashiki Yogi-Sha)

Director: Won Shin-yeon Language: Korean (subtitled in English)
CULTURE / Film
Feb 4, 2015

Escape from Tomorrow

Director: Randy Moore Language: English
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2015

Japan Tobacco to quit drinks business after 26 years

Japan Tobacco Inc. will exit the drinks business that it has built over the past 26 years, as an "increasingly challenging" operating environment in Japan makes it difficult for the unit to turn a profit.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Feb 4, 2015

Eyewitness

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 4, 2015

Sending arms to Kiev would be big gamble for U.S.

By considering giving weapons to Ukraine, the United States is contemplating a risky venture that advocates say would help end the conflict in Ukraine but opponents warn might fan the flames of war.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2015

Hacker who framed computer users with cyberthreats jailed for eight years

Yusuke Katayama, a former information technology professional, used his expertise to make online threats 'while dodging arrest himself,' the presiding judge said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2015

Abe condemns Islamic State's slaying of Jordanian pilot

The apparent execution of Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh, a Jordanian air force pilot captured by the Islamic State, is “inhumane” and “despicable,” the prime minister said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 4, 2015

Families hit as inflation outruns wage rises

Increases in the cost of living outpaced annual earnings that rose for the first time in four years in 2014 as the Abe administration sought to reflate the economy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Feb 4, 2015

At age 50, seeing the writing on the wall

At half a century old, I only look forward — to see how much time is left before my clock runs out.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 4, 2015

Multivitamins may help ward off common cold

Vitamin and mineral supplements are big business in Japan, but are they really any use?
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Feb 4, 2015

Readers' letters: bursting bubbles on gaijin life and the Hague child-abduction treaty

A couple of readers' mails in response to recent Just Be Cause columns by Debito Arudou.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 4, 2015

Malakhov brings borscht to ballet

"In my free time when I'm not taking classes or conducting rehearsals, I like to go to theaters and museums — or just go shopping and visit different parts of the city," Vladimir Malakhov, The Tokyo Ballet's new artistic adviser explained during our recent Japan Times interview.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 4, 2015

Ninagawa still exploring in eighth take on 'Hamlet'

Yukio Ninagawa's "cherry-blossom" staging of "Macbeth" at the Edinburgh Festival in 1985, with actors in that famously Scottish play sporting kimono rather than kilts, was a sensation due to its radical reimagining of so revered a work.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 4, 2015

Groundbreaking Bard double bill is set to surprise in more ways than one

Over the past decade, Shintaro Mori has made a name for himself in Japan's theater world as a director with a passion for plays in translation. So, true to form, next month at the ACM Theater in Art Tower Mito he is staging a double bill comprising Shakespeare's comedy "Twelfth Night" (or "What You Will"),...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 4, 2015

At least 16 dead in Taipei plane crash

A TransAsia Airways plane with 58 passengers and crew on board crashed into a river shortly after taking off from a downtown Taipei airport on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people and leaving about a dozen missing, officials said.
EDITORIALS
Feb 4, 2015

The ethics of artificial intelligence

The growing penetration of artificial intellence into our daily lives is raising pressing ethical issues.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 4, 2015

Ending aggression in East Asia

Japan's postwar reconciliation efforts have borne abundant fruit that must be cherished and protected by the Abe government.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2015

What does Vladimir Putin really want in Ukraine?

Sowing confusion is how Russian President Vladimir Putin, increasingly isolated from Western conversations, keeps the world on its toes about the conflict in Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2015

Tehran shouldn't underestimate Obama's abilities

Tehran should be careful not to base its negotiation calculations with Washington on yesteryear's political realities.

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