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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 25, 2008

'I'm Not There'

A bio-pic is difficult to get right, but a bio-pic of a living musical legend — in this case Bob Dylan — seems too daunting to contemplate.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2008

EU envoy sounds climate warning

Climate change is "a threat multiplier" that could cause various crises, including forcing some of the weakest states to break apart, a key European Union diplomat warned Thursday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 25, 2008

'There Will Be Blood'

It's 1898, somewhere in Southern California. A grit-encrusted silver miner works in his pit, scrabbling for a find. In wordless scenes, in the middle of nowhere — set to a queasy sweep of strings — we see this man fight with nature to get at her resources, sinews bulging as he hacks away with a pick,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 25, 2008

Kaikoo Meets Revolution

Some of Japan's more potent strains of hip-hop, dub, rock and taiko (Japanese drum) punk will be on show in Yokohama this weekend for the two-day Kaikoo Meets Revolution festival. The event is the brainchild of DJ Baku, scenester and turntablist extraordinaire, whose Kaikoo parties (the word translates...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 25, 2008

'Park and Love Hotel'

A movie set in a love hotel, but without a single sex scene? A 59-year-old woman as the heroine? It's hard to imagine that particular pitch loosening purse strings at major Japanese media companies. A fatally ill teenager? That's more like it.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 25, 2008

La Folle Journee au Japon 2008

Musical zing is coming to Tokyo International Forum and the city's Marunouchi district next week when the La Folle Journee (Days of Enthusiasm) festival presents its fourth annual classical-music spectacular, here titled La Folle Journee au Japon.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 25, 2008

It's hands-on in Kyoto

The standard visit to Kyoto is a test of endurance: you stay until you are sick of temples. This comes as a shock to first-time visitors, for while the city is rich in beautiful tourist spots, a true understanding of the nation's cultural heartland remains as elusive as a maiko (apprentice geisha) scurrying...
CULTURE / Music
Apr 25, 2008

Portishead "Third"

Portishead's "Dummy" was one of the defining albums of the 1990s — and one of its most ubiquitous. The band's producer, Geoff Barrow, made little attempt to conceal his disgust when the record was reduced to providing a soundtrack to fashionable dinner parties and coffee shops throughout the Western...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 25, 2008

Fancy French restaurant L'auberge De L'ill comes to Tokyo

Saying it with flowers The La Tour D'Argent French restaurant at the Hotel New Otani Tokyo will mark the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and France with a special lunch course and afternoon tea from April 29 to May 6.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2008

Watanabe pushes U.S. to fix credit crisis

Likening the U.S. credit crisis to a broken bathtub leaking water, financial services minister Yoshimi Watanabe is urging Washington to inject public money to fix the problem before it gets worse.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 25, 2008

Sky Deck: Take in all of Tokyo

Tokyo's Roppongi Hills is taking the concept of the observation deck to a new level: the roof. As of Saturday, the open-air Sky Deck will be inaugurated atop the 52-story Roppongi Hills Mori Tower. At 238 meters above ground level, and 270 meters above sea level, it will be the highest open-air facility...
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2008

Canon to cut profit, sales forecasts

Canon Inc. said Thursday that it will reduce its full-year profit and sales predictions because a stronger yen has eroded the value of its exports.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2008

NGOs rip Japan for lack of G8 leadership

KYOTO — NGO representatives clashed with officials from the Group of Eight countries at a meeting here Thursday, charging that this year's summit could be a major step backward for climate change, development and aid to Africa due to poor leadership on the part of Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Apr 25, 2008

"Next"

Director: Lee Tamahori
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2008

Japan to call on WTO to outlaw food-export curbs

As the world's biggest net food importer, Japan will ask the World Trade Organization as early as next week to introduce rules to prevent countries from restricting exports of wheat, rice and other grains, according to the agriculture ministry.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 24, 2008

Kitajima eager for challenge

Kosuke Kitajima prepares for this summer's Beijing Olympics as the reigning Olympic champion in the men's 100- and 200-meter breaststroke races. But instead of considering himself the king of the hill, he will stand on the starting block with the mind-set of a challenger.
Reader Mail
Apr 24, 2008

Cutting U.S. service-member crime

Your April 9 editorial "Murder in Yokosuka" is very appropriate and timely. Criminal cases involving American soldiers are becoming far too numerous for comfort and there is a need to work out new arrangements so that such criminals are treated as such, and are not given any special privileges by virtue...
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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