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JAPAN
Feb 23, 2008

Offbeat exploits attract foreign visitors

Dressed entirely in black with his head wrapped in cloth, Michael Studte throws darts, turns somersaults and twirls lassos in a ninja class for foreign tourists in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Feb 23, 2008

Ballot for permanent residents

A move is gaining momentum among Diet members to give permanent foreign residents the right to vote in local elections. Korean residents have especially been vocal in calling for such rights. Both the ruling and opposition parties should hold thorough discussions aimed at enabling permanent residents...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Feb 23, 2008

Of manju, fish burgers and pachinko in the town of Obama

The more I live in Japan (quite a few years now) the more I realize the only difference between the Italians and the Japanese is the way we eat raw fish.
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2008

TCI confident of green light to up stake in J-Power

Children's Investment Fund Management Ltd. is confident that Japan will allow it to double its stake in Electric Power Development Co., said John Ho, Asia chief of the U.K.-based activist fund.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2008

Horie's appeal starts at Tokyo High Court

The counsel for Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie pleaded not guilty to charges of accounting fraud Friday as Horie's Tokyo High Court appeal trial began.
EDITORIALS
Feb 23, 2008

Breaking the northern ice jam

The Japanese government appears to have renewed an attempt to move stalled negotiations with Russia over the Northern Territories. At a recent Tokyo rally, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said that in order to raise Japan-Russia relations to a higher stage, it is indispensable that both countries sign a...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Feb 23, 2008

Hope at times comes in the form of cows

Lowell Sheppard, director Asia-Pacific of the Canada-based NGO HOPE International Development Agency is on his way back to Nagoya from Shinagawa.
COMMENTARY
Feb 22, 2008

'Asian Arc' doomed without Australia

HONG KONG — Kevin Rudd, the non-Chinese world's first Chinese-speaking prime minister, has dealt a lethal blow to a budding "Asian Arc of Democracy" that was actively pushed by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a notion that appeared designed to isolate Beijing.
COMMENTARY
Feb 22, 2008

Beware Kosovo's offspring

Last Sunday, Kosovo formally declared independence to the accompaniment of festive celebrations by the good citizens of the world's newest country. We can but wish them well as they chart a new course inside a new Europe free of the distracting conflicts that had ravaged the continent until the middle...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 22, 2008

Smith's play helping Albirex contend after departure of Davis

It was only natural to wonder how the Niigata Albirex BB would fare this season after the departure of free agent Nick Davis, one of the team's cornerstone players when it made the jump from the JBL to the bj-league.
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CULTURE / Film
Feb 22, 2008

He's a family (and ladies') man

Lajos Koltai has worked as a cinematographer with some of cinema's foremost directors, including Istvan Szabo ("Being Julia") and Luis Mandoki ("White Palace"). He was behind the camera when Jodie Foster directed "Home For the Holidays," but it wasn't until 2005 when Koltai debuted as director with "Fateless,"...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / HOME COMFORTS
Feb 22, 2008

Pursuing the flavor of the American South

For many North Americans in Japan, a case of gastronomic homesickness can easily be remedied at the nearest burger or pizza joint. But for someone craving the cuisine of the American South, the local Kentucky Fried Chicken will never, ever do.
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CULTURE / Film
Feb 22, 2008

'Elizabeth: The Golden Age'

Our challenge this week is thus: Is it possible for a director to make a historical film and not have it wind up either: A) totally boring like "The Sun," Aleksandr Sokurov's film about Emperor Hirohito, or B) completely over-the-top and ludicrous like "300"?
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CULTURE / Music
Feb 22, 2008

Tomonao Hara

Amusician of many stripes, 41-year-old trumpeter Tomonao Hara, a recent collaborator with New York-based trumpeter Brian Lynch, revisits an old haunt this weekend to show three different sides of his personality.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 22, 2008

Get cultured in 'Little Edo'

Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture invites you to its unique cultural events on Feb. 28 in conjunction with the famous monthly antique market held at Naritasan Betsuin temple in the city.
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CULTURE / Film
Feb 22, 2008

'Evening'

Lest we forget what it is to be a woman, there's always the chick flick to remind us exactly what this may imply. In the case of "Evening," the implying rather has the effect of a tidal wave. There they are, all the usual suspects: love (unrequited and otherwise), weddings, marriages, careers, motherhood,...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 22, 2008

German Noize hits Japan

I f two sold-out shows at Makuhari Messe in Chiba featuring Daft Punk in December followed by a sellout live tour of Japan by Justice were not evidence enough that French electronica had risen to the ascendancy, Break on Through, a special event by tech-rock crossover promoter Gan-Ban Night, will be...
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CULTURE / Music
Feb 22, 2008

Takagi taps the color of sound

Is Masakatsu Takagi a musician that makes video art or a video artist that makes music?

Longform

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