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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2007

Laying a retirement lifeline for the poor

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut -- Most people believe that the world of finance has no concern for the little guy -- for all the low- and middle-income people who, after all, contribute little to the bottom line.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 19, 2007

Juggling with the concept of what is art

Juggling is an art. At least it is to Denis Paumier and his performance company, Les Objets Volants. The French troupe has successfully produced juggling events for the stage around the world since 1999. Paumier and crew will bring their mix of juggling, theater, movement and object manipulation to Yokohama...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 19, 2007

Recital reunites teacher with pupil

The contrabassist Isao Fukazawa will perform a bass recital to celebrate 20 years as principal bassist of Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, at Kioi Hall, Tokyo, on Jan. 25. The program, quipped the "ultimate" contrabass concert program, presents masterpieces spanning many musical eras.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Jan 19, 2007

Interview with some vampires

Thwack! Fists are flying. Is Faris "Rotter" Badwan about to take another one on the chin? The Horrors' singer has been punched on a London street by a thuggish chav who took offense at his Victorian dandy look and he's also been attacked on stage at a Halloween gig in New York. And now the eminently...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 19, 2007

Lots of good records

"We don't play any cr*p records," say Bobby Gildea and Richard Colburn of indie-pop group Belle & Sebastian when asked to define their DJ music policy via e-mail from their Glasgow base. The two musicians will take a break from the day job to play an exclusive DJ set at Shibuya Game on Jan. 19.
EDITORIALS
Jan 19, 2007

'Peko-chan' takes a powder

'Peko-chan," the popular life-size mascot for major confectioner Fujiya Co., was born in 1950. But the eternally 6-year-old girl mascot, which has charmed people for decades and was registered as a three-dimensional trademark in 1998, has been withdrawn from many cake shops because of a scandal at her...
CULTURE / Music
Jan 19, 2007

Don Byron "Do the Boomerang"

Multi-reedist Don Byron experiments in the broadest sense. On each new project, whether klezmer, free jazz, or neo-swing, Byron plays with fresh musical elements, puts his stamp on them, and makes them shine. His latest CD joyously celebrates his roots in the 1960s soul he heard at the famed Apollo Theatre...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 19, 2007

'The Departed'

When the Hong Kong thriller "Infernal Affairs" came out in 2002, it was apparent at a glance that the filmmakers had a thing for Michael Mann, and his film "Heat" in particular. All sleek, cool, blue-tinged urban noir imagery and equally cold, controlled performances, "Infernal Affairs" was a tight exercise...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 19, 2007

Yoga, electronica take over Shibuya club

With each year comes the blending and hybridization of different types of music. African tribes team up with electronica DJs, an Asian influence infiltrates Western beats, and Indian or Latin tempos permeate through pop music. If crossover trends of the past few years are anything to go by, 2007 is likely...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 19, 2007

Isis and Boris

In the age of digital downloading, it's still possible to get people to buy CDs and records. You've just got to be smart about it.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2007

Widely awaited BOJ rate hike a no-show

The Bank of Japan held its key short-term interest rate steady Thursday, confounding predictions of a rate hike by market-watchers and avoiding an expected clash with lawmakers.
CULTURE / Music
Jan 19, 2007

Great Adventure "OK Screamer"

"OK Screamer" is a deceptive record. At first, the third album from the Anglophile groove-rockers Great Adventure sounds like unfettered Britpop-worship, with po-faced baggy beats and Stone Roses sensibilities straight out of the early-1990s.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 19, 2007

Ebisu Imaiya So-Honten: Skewered or simmered, rare birds

The evenings are long and dark. Icy winds whip through the streets. Comfort food is called for, and it pays to know where to find it. If we're in Ebisu, as often as not we head straight to Imaiya So-Honten.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 18, 2007

Fukufuji makes nervy first start for Kings in NHL

ATLANTA -- Japanese goaltender Yutaka Fukufuji made his first start in the NHL on Tuesday but conceded three goals and was taken off in the second period of the Los Angeles Kings' 6-2 defeat to the Atlanta Thrashers.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2007

LDP conventioneers sing praise for Abe, visits to Yasukuni

The air was music-filled and festive Wednesday as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took the stage to kick off the Liberal Democratic Party's annual convention to finish off the banner "Utsukushii Kuni Nippon" ("Japan, a Beautiful Country").
EDITORIALS
Jan 18, 2007

Foundation for economic growth

Despite its continuous expansion, Japan's economy remains fragile. Personal consumption is sluggish and a serious gap exists in wages and other working conditions between regularly and irregularly employed workers. Major manufacturing companies may be enjoying strong performances, but that is not necessarily...
COMMENTARY
Jan 18, 2007

So much for Abe's reconciliation policy

Remember all that talk just a few months back about how Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, unlike former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, was embarked on a policy of reconciliation with China?
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2007

MMC, Peugeot sign supply pact

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will receive diesel engines from PSA Peugeot-Citroen under a new supply pact, the automakers announced Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2007

Current account surplus up 21.5% as exports soar

The current account surplus in November rose 21.5 percent from the previous year to 1.756 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday, reflecting brisk demand for Japanese exports.
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 18, 2007

Asa in top form at New Year

Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu forced out compatriot Hakuho on Wednesday to maintain the lead at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
COMMENTARY
Jan 18, 2007

Unhappy state of education

LONDON -- Very few parents in Britain or Japan are happy about the state of education available to their children. The response of politicians in both countries to these concerns is inadequate and sometimes dangerous.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2007

Automakers target emissions as way to stay ahead

The growing gap in profitability among the world's automakers is becoming more apparent, as seen in the contrasting fortunes of Toyota Motor Corp., whose sales have been growing strongly, and ailing U.S. giant General Motors Corp., which is struggling to stem a tide of red ink.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Takaichi leads first ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign residents
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign nationals and immigration on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumps 4%, led by losses in tech sector
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average index briefly tumbled more than 2,000 points on Wednesday morning following a downbeat session on Wall Street fueled by fears of a bubble in the artificial intelligence sector.
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.

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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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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