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CULTURE / Music
Aug 24, 2007

Peter Doherty "The Books of Albion"

"When she wakes up in the morning she writes down all her dreams/Reads like the Book of Revelations or the Beano or the unabridged Ulysses." Lyrics from "What a Waster" by The Libertines — the most original and vital British band since The Smiths. "The Books of Albion" is a fascinating joyride through...
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2007

Three more inmates sent to gallows

Three death-row inmates went to the gallows Thursday, bringing to 10 the number of hangings approved by Jinen Nagase during his 11 months as justice minister.
Japan Times
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Aug 24, 2007

'Golden Girl' aims for third straight world title

In a sport of specialists, Carolina Kluft is the undisputed queen of versatility.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 24, 2007

The Caribbean Magic Steel Drum Orchestra

In 19th-century Trinidad, drumming became so synonymous with gang warfare that the British colonial authorities outlawed hand drums altogether. Seeking an alternative, the island's denizens turned first to bamboo before happening upon an ingenious use for discarded oil drums. The resulting instrument,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 24, 2007

Love you and you're green

It seems that when Amami-Oshima, an island in southern Kagoshima Prefecture, was created, there was just one color left on the palette: green.
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2007

Japan, N.Z. may share oil in crises

Japan, Asia's biggest economy, and New Zealand are in talks to share oil stockpiles during natural disasters and emergencies, the two countries said Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Aug 24, 2007

Rush Hour 3

Director: Brett Ratner Language: English
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 24, 2007

'Oyaji'

Action stars in Hollywood tend to have long shelf lives. Jackie Chan, born in 1954, is still making slick kung-fu moves in "Rush Hour 3," while Sylvester Stallone, born in 1946, returned to the ring this year in "Rocky Balboa." And Harrison Ford, born in 1942, is back again for a fourth round as Indiana...
CULTURE / Music
Aug 24, 2007

Kiiiiiii "Al & Bum"

As comfortable playing traditional gig venues as they are art galleries, Tokyo girl duo Kiiiiiii have built their reputation on their live shows, in which vocalist U.T. and drummer Lakin' dash through a technicolor car crash of songs and musical skits performed in the character of 1980s American schoolgirls....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 24, 2007

Out of darkness

The Sept. 18 worldwide release of "Suimou Tsunenimasu (A History of DJ Krush)," DJ Krush's three-DVD retrospective, certainly gives fans quite a bit to chew on. Stretching back to the mid-1990s, when the turntablist/producer Krush (real name Hideaki Ishii) first toured overseas, this documentary sews...
EDITORIALS
Aug 24, 2007

Positive trend in traffic safety

In 2007, Japan may be blessed with the lowest number of traffic-accident deaths in 54 years. In the first half of this year, 2,655 traffic deaths took place, a decrease of about 9 percent from the year before and the lowest figure on record since 1954. Through 2006, the number of annual deaths in traffic...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 24, 2007

'Sicko'

In the space of merely a few years, director Michael Moore has seen his reputation morph from "the guy who made documentary films truly popular" to "the guy who plays fast and loose with the truth." His moment of greatest triumph at the box office — "Fahrenheit 9/11," which raked in some $120 million,...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 24, 2007

Showa cartoons rich in humor

While today Japan is at the forefront of the world's multibillion-dollar anime industry, with directors such as Hayao Miyazaki winning Academy Awards, in the pre-computer age of the early 20th century, Japanese animators were devising their own techniques by studying methods used in imported European...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 24, 2007

The one about the stonemason who finds a princess

Makiko Sakurai, a shomyo (Buddhist chant) vocalist, will present a contemporary noh play at Kyo Ou Ji Temple in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Aug. 25. Titled "Kaguyahime (The Shining Princess)," the play, with a script penned by Sakurai, is an adaptation of "Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter),"...
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Aug 23, 2007

Moses certain Liu will shine in Osaka

Do you want an expert's prediction on the IAAF World Athletics Championships?
EDITORIALS
Aug 23, 2007

Seconds shy of a disaster

A Boeing 737-800 passenger plane of Taiwan's China Airlines exploded and burst into flames after it parked at Okinawa's Naha airport Monday morning. Miraculously all 157 passengers and eight crew members escaped unhurt moments before the airline burst into a fireball.

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