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COMMENTARY
Nov 30, 2006

The sleeping dog has woken in Canada

LONDON -- "Michael Ignatieff strode back into Canada bearing gilt-edged promises that he had kept a close watch on our political evolution during his decades on foreign soil and that he would be appropriately sensitive to our sociopolitical nuances. He then, by stating a position on Quebec as a nation,...
EDITORIALS
Nov 30, 2006

LDP's opportunistic move

The Liberal Democratic Party's move to readmit into its fold 11 Lower House members who were kicked out of the party for opposing postal service privatization bills is widely regarded as an act of political expediency. It is designed to use the political resources of these Diet members, who have strong...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 30, 2006

A RETURN TO THE REAL

The dominant image of contemporary architecture in Japan is one of serene simplicity: spaces that are light, bright and weightless, in which structure and materiality are reduced to the minimum.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 30, 2006

Japanese researchers found stunning, unrecorded ukiyo-e at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

When you hear the term ukiyo-e, do images such as Katsushika Hokusai's big wave or his red Mount Fuji immediately come to mind? If so, "The Allure of Edo" exhibition currently at the Edo-Tokyo Musem will completely change your perception of the art form, as there is much more to ukiyo-e than that.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 30, 2006

Moving beyond nonsense

Born Kazumi Kobayashi in Tokyo, 43-year-old Keralino Sandroviich -- or Kera, as he is best known -- started his career with the techno band Uchoten (Rapture) which he formed in 1982 when he was a student at the Japan Academy of the Moving Image. Although he had planned to be a film director, when Uchoten...
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 29, 2006

Red Sox tender 'fair' offer to Matsuzaka

The Red Sox have made an offer to pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka that Boston president Larry Lucchino describes as "fair" and "comprehensive."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2006

It's bureaucracy vs. bid to create security regime

Tokyo's sectionalist bureaucracy is the biggest obstacle to creating a centralized national security apparatus, said Yuriko Koike, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's national security adviser.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Nov 29, 2006

Cell findings point to other animals with 'consciousness'

Elephants looking at themselves in mirrors, a humpback whale washed up on a beach north of New York, and a freak dolphin that was caught off Wakayama Prefecture.

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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