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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 6, 2010

'The Men Who Stare at Goats'

Reality, wrote Philip K. Dick, is what's still there even after you stop believing in it. Thus an enlightened man in our age of science may well speculate on the notion that our bodies, like the walls of the room we are in, are all made up of atoms. And atoms, for their part, contain a lot of empty space....
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 6, 2010

Diaoyutai re-creates dining elegance

In celebration of its fifth anniversary, the Prince Park Tower Tokyo will hold a gala dining event from Aug. 23 to 29, inviting chefs from the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 6, 2010

Peace Tokyo: Pasta, pizza and riverside peace

Peace is hard to find, they say. Equally elusive in this mighty megalopolis are tranquil riverside dining spots with al fresco tables, sunset views and nary a building in sight or traffic noise to drown out the birdsong.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 5, 2010

Two tales of tobacco sales

Tobacco companies face a pair of problems: how to respond to an upcoming tobacco tax hike as well as the best way to prevent minors from smoking.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2010

U.S. welcomes Iran sanctions, urges further action

Senior U.S. government officials on Wednesday welcomed Tokyo's decision to impose additional sanctions on Iran over its continued pursuit of its nuclear program but urged Japan to take further action in line with other countries.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 3, 2010

Ubiquitous Tokyo subways moving the daily masses

With nearly 300 stations, Tokyo has one of the world's busiest and most sprawling subway networks at work today — not to mention globally notorious rush hours.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 3, 2010

Dying to work: Japan Inc.'s foreign trainees

"The Industrial Trainees and Technical Interns program often fuels demand for exploitative cheap labor under conditions that constitute violations of the right to physical and mental health, physical integrity, freedom of expression and movement of foreign trainees and interns, and that in some cases...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Aug 1, 2010

Historic 'pink' theater hopes to put ladies on seats, not just screens

The Kabuki-za theater in Ginza is not the only notable Tokyo structure dating back to the 1950s that has shut its doors this year.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Aug 1, 2010

A fish that knows not time

Recently, a few days before my 70th birthday, I was visited by the beautiful and vivacious actress Mayu Tsuruta. If you watch Japanese television, I'm sure you will know her from the many films, dramas and documentaries in which she has appeared.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2010

Nomura hires 40 students on triple pay to be global bankers

Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's biggest securities firm, offered jobs to 40 students at triple the normal starting salary under a new plan to strengthen its international business, two sources said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Jul 30, 2010

Keeping track of cashless spending

Japan's not so keen on credit cards but it has embraced paying for purchase with precharged IC cards.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 30, 2010

Bringing samurai spirit and business acumen to kabuki

On July 1, 2009, Kenzaburo Mogi, 72, a former vice chairman of the soy sauce manufacturing giant Kikkoman Corporation, was appointed to direct the Japan Arts Council, which covers all traditional performing arts of Japan, including noh, kabuki and bunraku (puppet theater).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 30, 2010

Charismatic Chan makes 'Karate Kid' role his own

HOLLYWOOD — He's featured in more than 100 movies spanning six decades, holds the Guinness World Record for most stunts by a living actor, and has enjoyed a career as one of China's truly global superstars. And despite all this, Jackie Chan continues to dazzle audiences and critics alike — well,...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 29, 2010

The Diet thinks about cutting some calories

Minna no To threatens to shake up the Diet with legislation that reduces government salaries. Pity the fool that contests it.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 29, 2010

Pulse Rate: ikyu.com

Japan isn't exactly the land of discounts, but the Web is at least helping consumers pinpoint the price drops in certain sectors.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2010

Lebanon's Hezbollah finds itself in a corner

BEIRUT — The future of Hezbollah, Lebanon's powerful Shiite political and paramilitary organization, has never looked more uncertain. Indeed, given rising tension with Israel and possible indictments of its operatives by the international tribunal investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister...
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 27, 2010

The mother-child health log

Boshi Kenko Techo (Maternal and Child Health Handbooks) have been around since shortly after the war as part of government efforts to curb infant mortality and offer basic parental guidance and record-keeping for mothers.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2010

Cabinet seeks to streamline handling of suits against state

The Cabinet convened a special meeting Friday to seek ways to improve how the government deals with major lawsuits against the state that till now have been handled independently by separate ministries.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2010

Stablemaster land deal tied to mob

NAGOYA (Kyodo) Sumo stablemaster Sakaigawa purchased land in Aichi Prefecture in 2008 from a construction company whose board director had past connections with gangsters, sources said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 24, 2010

The art of sweating in Japan

Visit Japan — come join the sweating masses!
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 23, 2010

Westin Tokyo brings out the Best

Acclaimed Australian chef Mark Best will bring a taste of his world-class restaurant Marque — one of the top eateries in the world and winner of the Breakthrough Award in this year's San Pellegrino World's Best Restaurants survey — to The Westin Tokyo from Aug. 1-7.

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan