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COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2006

Chinese reoccupying Russia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia -- 2006 is the Year of Russia in China; 2007 will be the Year of China in Russia -- if the current friendly relationship of the leaders of the two countries lasts that long. Friendly relations are not something that the peoples of the two countries support that much.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / WALKING THE WARDS
May 5, 2006

Unlocking the secrets of Kita

To keep Tokyo high and dry, management of local river and water resources has been always been a key concern, and to this key, Kita Ward holds the locks. Sluice-gate locks, that is.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 5, 2006

Man from Wareika returns

During a break in a Tokyo recording session, Rico Rodriguez puts down his trombone to lark around on the roof with the teenage members of Oreskaband, the all-girl ska band he's been working with. That, at 72 years old, he is now old enough to be their grandfather doesn't even faze him.
CULTURE / Music
May 5, 2006

Squadcar "Squadcar"

The axiom has it that you should "write what you know," or else end up with shallow, superficial art, which is why being an expatriate musician living and playing in Tokyo must be difficult. How to pitch yourself? Play on the gimmick of your foreignness and run the risk of coming across like one of those...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 5, 2006

The man in gray

Fatih Akin, at 33, made several good films before "Head On," but it was this more intense concoction that put him on the map, winning the top prize at 2004's Berlin Film Festival.
CULTURE / Music
May 5, 2006

Badawi "Safe"

NYC's Badawi first appeared in the mid-'90s, dropping two albums of Middle-Eastern-tinged dub that effortlessly mixed hand-stroked percussion with pounding programmed rhythms that possessed a distinctly Jamaican skank. Whether he's doing movie soundtracks or staging an original experimental opera, Raz...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 5, 2006

Shakespeare with a smile

The International Theatre Company London (ITCL) returns to Japan this month with its production of Shakespeare's early comedy "The Taming of the Shrew," a politically incorrect ode to the achievement of hierarchical social harmony as portrayed through men's efforts to control the passions of feisty heroine...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 5, 2006

Baroque 'n' roll

Collegiate ensemble the University of Southern California Thornton Chamber Choir performs at Suntory Hall in Tokyo on May 19. Under the leadership of Director William Dehning, the USC Chamber Choir has won seven prizes in international competitions. The USC Chamber Choir's repertoire spans a wide range...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 5, 2006

Roses and gardens from Japan, world

The 8th International Roses & Gardening Show 2006, an event that last year attracted almost 250,000 horticultural enthusiasts, takes place from May 19-May 24 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture. The event will introduce roses and gardens from around the world.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 5, 2006

Ukai Toriyama: Time to head for the hills

Sunlight filters through fresh young foliage, dappling mossy thatched roofs. On the hills above, the wind sighs through stands of pine. In the background, birdsong and the constant trickling of a mountain stream; outside our wood-framed window, blossom floats on the surface of a placid pond. Spring has...
SOCCER / J. League
May 4, 2006

World Cup hopeful Maki helps lift Chiba past Urawa

CHIBA -- Seiichiro Maki is not going to give up on a World Cup place without a fight.
BASKETBALL
May 4, 2006

Tabuse still has eyes on NBA dream

Yuta Tabuse always watches NBA games, even when he's at a dinner table. And the sought-after dream has not changed at all since then.
JAPAN
May 4, 2006

Woman held after kin found dead

A woman was arrested Wednesday in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, for allegedly killing her daughter after five bodies were discovered in an apartment earlier this week.
MORE SPORTS
May 4, 2006

Japan misses place in semis in Thomas, Uber Cup

Japan dropped both of the doubles matches and allowed the Netherlands to come from behind for a 3-2 victory, failing to reach the semifinals of the Uber Cup women's team badminton championship on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
May 4, 2006

Minamata's legacy after 50 years

Fifty years have passed since the first official recognition of Minamata disease, a major symbol of Japan's postwar industrial pollution. Yet relief for those who suffered massive organic mercury poisoning, dating back to the 1950s and '60s, has not been fully delivered. More than 3,700 people have filed...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 4, 2006

Bridgestone museum celebrates 50th anniversary

During the past 130 years or so following the Meiji Restoration, many industrialists are remembered not only for having made huge fortunes, but also for using part of their riches to amass collections of art.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 4, 2006

Bolshoi Ballet: "La Bayadere" and "La Fille du Pharaon"

Japan Performing Arts Foundation Finishes in 10 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 4, 2006

"Jim Lambie -- P.I.L"

Mizuma Art Gallery Closes in 10 days
JAPAN
May 4, 2006

Japanese least willing to have more kids: five-nation survey

Japanese parents are less likely to have more children than parents in other countries because they are expensive to raise and educate, an international survey conducted by the government says.
JAPAN
May 4, 2006

Golden Week peak starts with a rush

Travelers jammed railway stations, airports and highways throughout the nation Wednesday as they headed off to resorts or hometowns as the main part of Golden Week got under way.

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