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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Dec 7, 2007

"Avril"

Director: Gerald Hustache-Mathieu
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Dec 7, 2007

"The Go Master" Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang

Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 7, 2007

Rizing Fukuoka finds wings

The Rizing Fukuoka have quietly put together a solid stretch of games and now find themselves in the thick of things in the bj-league's Western Conference.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2007

Dai-ichi Mutual Life to go public in 2010

Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co., one of Japan's leading life insurers, is planning to go public in early fiscal 2010, the company said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2007

Blood diamonds maintain their cover

MADRAS — Living in India, I grew up with diamonds. The most precious of stones are still an integral part of the Indian lifestyle. They are used every day, including for ceremonial purposes.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 7, 2007

He's in the realm of the senses

Francois Ozon is a filmmaker renowned for adopting a different style with every film — he has made scathing, pseudo-pornographic short features ("Sitcom," "See the Sea"), a rich, velvety musical ("8 Femmes"), and a restrained but sensual tale of bereavement ("Under the Sand"). His latest, "Angel,"...
CULTURE / Music
Dec 7, 2007

Youssou N'Dour "Rokku Mi Rokka"

Since escaping from Sony's fusion fixation around the turn of the millennium, Senegal's most vital musical export has rebooted his career by exploring styles he only touched on in the past. "Nothing's in Vain" (2003) appropriated chanson and "Egypt" (2005) was a full-throated tribute to the Middle Eastern...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 7, 2007

Galactic keep it in their own backyard

In a business where some people will do anything to thrust themselves into the spotlight, for their latest release the New Orleans-based funk quintet Galactic did all they could to step out of it. Not even Hurricane Katrina could stop them.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 7, 2007

Ex-Underworld DJ celebrates ageHa's fifth year

While Underworld has stayed in the limelight since Darren Emerson left the band in 2000, the Britain-based DJ's success has been a little more underground. Emerson spends his time running his record label, Underwater, and hosting events at "superclubs" such as Pacha in Ibiza and The End in London. On...
CULTURE / Music
Dec 7, 2007

Daphne "Carmin"

Though branded the French Bjork, 33-year-old Daphne's claim to fame in Japan comes from singing the theme song in a commercial for Kanebo hair products. But "La Cle," a bonus track on the Japanese release of her second album, "Carmin," reveals a sultry, sexy sound a million miles away from Iceland's...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 7, 2007

'Tsubaki Sanjuro'

The films of Akira Kurosawa have generated far more remakes than those of any other Japanese director, beginning with the John Sturges 1960 Western "The Magnificent Seven," a reworking of Kurosawa's "Shichinin no Samurai (Seven Samurai)."
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 7, 2007

Smile and say cheese at Esperia

Enough already with the hype and chatter about Michelin stars. Many of Food File's favorite chefs are those who fly below the radar of that most self-promoting of gourmet guides, shunning the limelight and just getting on with the business of putting fine food on tables — exactly the way chef Katsuki...
SOCCER
Dec 6, 2007

Reds looking for Ono to step up

Urawa Reds coach Holger Osieck is hoping Shinji Ono can play a key role in the absence of injured star Robson Ponte as the Saitama giants look to finish the season on a high at the FIFA Club World Cup.
Reader Mail
Dec 6, 2007

Activists neglect own backyard

Regarding the Nov. 3 article "Activists comfort dying dolphins": With all due respect to a wannabe starlet like (American TV actress) Hayden Panettiere, what was the point of this?
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2007

Fukuda apologizes to war-displaced

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda issued an apology Wednesday for the ordeal endured by Japanese who as children were left behind in China in 1945.
Reader Mail
Dec 6, 2007

Australian intelligence impugned

Regarding Robyn Lim's Nov. 23 article, "Australia facing tough nuclear issues": This is a pro-nuclear screed in which Lim makes an incredible allegation: that the "antinuclear allergies" of the left wing of the Labor Party and the Greens "reflect in large part the success in Australia of Soviet antinuclear...
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.
Tokyo stocks hit by a perfect storm of tariffs, politics and budget worries
Tokyo stocks are underperforming shares in other large markets globally.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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
By Megha Wadhwa

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