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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 9, 2008

Authentic Argentine in Azabu

Nestled in the backstreets of Higashi-Azabu is El Caminito — which means the little path — a bar-cum-restaurant that serves authentic Argentine food.
JAPAN
May 9, 2008

Waseda hears Hu's upbeat spin

China is still a developing country struggling with grave structural problems and needs stable relations with Japan and other nations to ensure its development, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Thursday in a speech at Waseda University in Tokyo.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 9, 2008

'Hamlet' production does not leave the question unanswered

From next week, the International Theatre Company London will be in Japan, conducting its 30th tour of the country with a production of "Hamlet."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 9, 2008

The Breeders: 'What took you so long?'

Despite being the indie buff's band of choice for the best part of two decades, you wouldn't call The Breeders prolific. "Mountain Battles," released this month, will be only the band's fourth album since it formed in Dayton, Ohio, in 1988, and its first since 2002's "Title TK." With a history dogged...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 9, 2008

Silverado Tokyo and Chinese beauty food

Beauty from the inside out To help women "become beautiful from the inside," the Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel is offering a new Ladies Lunch course at its Cantonese restaurant Toukashun.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 9, 2008

Festival to serve up tastes, sounds of Thailand

Spicy tom yam kung (spicy shrimp soup) blende with Singha beer, beautiful Thai silk and traditional dancing.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 9, 2008

'Mr. Brooks'

The serial-killer genre that gave us characters as diversely memorable as Dr. Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) and "Serial Mom" (Kathleen Turner), had been on the wane. Murder-as-entertainment was no longer a novelty — in terms of body count, any franchise horror movie could up the numbers in a fraction of...
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 9, 2008

On death row and a cause celebre

Iwao Hakamada, the longest serving death-row inmate, has insisted for 40 years he is innocent of the four murders he was convicted of. The evidence was suspect, he says, and his confession was coerced.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 9, 2008

Doudou N'Diaye Rose Percussion Orchestra

To look at him, you wouldn't guess that Doudou N'Diaye Rose is pushing 80. The Senegalese master percussionist stomps and dances around the stage with an energy befitting someone a quarter his age as he conducts drum ensembles of up to 100 members.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 9, 2008

Craftsman learns from olden times how to make eco-friendly tatami

Calling Noboru Ueda a committed professional would be an understatement.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 9, 2008

Tour Tokyo's aging marvels

Talk of architecture in Japan tends to head in one of two directions — the very, very new (as in the mind-bending flagship stores for fashion brands in Ginza), or the very, very old (as in temples dating back centuries). So what, exactly, happened in between?
EDITORIALS
May 9, 2008

Smoother path between rivals

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Chinese President Hu Jintao, in their meeting in Tokyo this week, reconfirmed the importance of the Japan-China relationship and showed their determination to put it on a smooth path through dialogue and cooperation by "looking toward the future." Mr. Hu's visit to Japan,...
BUSINESS
May 9, 2008

Toshiba announces plan to double profit

Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it plans to double its group operating profit to ¥500 billion in business 2010 from ¥238 billion it booked in business 2007 by expanding its NAND flash memory and nuclear power plant endeavors.
BUSINESS
May 9, 2008

Forbes: Nintendo's Yamauchi richest in Japan

Hiroshi Yamauchi, former chairman of Nintendo Co., the world's biggest maker of hand-held game machines, overtook property developer Akira Mori to become the richest person in Japan, according to Forbes Asia's May 19 issue.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
May 8, 2008

How firm is the reign of the Mongolians?

If asked to name a favorite to win the May 11-25 Natsu Basho at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, not many sumo fans will be looking beyond the obvious yokozuna duo of Hakuho and Asashoryu.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 8, 2008

Super Aguri announces its departure from Formula One

Super Aguri's brief stint in Formula One ended Tuesday when the Japanese team withdrew from the F1 World Championship due to financial difficulties.
SOCCER
May 8, 2008

Antlers hammer Krung

KASHIMA, Ibaraki Pref. — Kashima Antlers ended their six-match winless streak in emphatic fashion with an 8-1 drubbing of Thailand's Krung Thai Bank in the Asian Champions League on Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 8, 2008

Radio broadcast of hanging earns listeners' kudos

The radio broadcast of an execution recorded in 1955, including the vivid sound of a creaking rope as the prisoner was hanged, met with a generally positive reaction from listeners, Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Inc. said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 8, 2008

Seibu hands Darvish first loss of season

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — The Saitama Seibu Lions have nothing to be afraid of right now — not even the mighty Yu Darvish.
SOCCER / J. League
May 8, 2008

Kuze sacked after just four months at helm of JEF United

JEF United Chiba fired manager Josip Kuze on Wednesday, a day after the Croatian insisted the club wanted him to stay in the job.
BASKETBALL
May 8, 2008

Ex-Grouses player rejoins Duke

Ex-Duke University captain Nate James, who played for the Toyama Grouses during their inaugural season in the bj-league in 2006-07, has returned to the program as a Blue Devils assistant coach, the ACC powerhouse school announced on Tuesday.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Vietnamese technical intern arrested over Saga murder
Saga Prefectural Police officials speak during a news conference held in the city of Imari, Saga Prefecture, early Monday following the arrest of a Vietnamese man a day earlier on suspicion of murder.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Behind the scenes at the Baseball Hall of Fame's new Yakyu/Baseball exhibit
“Yakyu / Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” is set to remain on display in Cooperstown for at least five to 10 years — and possibly indefinitely.
How Japan made techno its own
Rural, a three-day techno festival, was held July 18 to 21 at Nowhere Camp in Fukushima Prefecture.
Boys’ love dramas from Thailand make waves in Japan
Wakana, a Japanese fan of Thai BL, visits a temple in Thon Buri, Bangkok featured in the Thai adaptation of the Japanese series “Cherry Magic.” Her media consumption kindled an interest in Thai culture and language, and ultimately led her to relocate to Thailand. “I fell in love with the whole country,” she says.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.

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