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Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 16, 2006

Behold a make-believe world

The work of Tokyo-born filmmaker Junichi Okuyama, widely known by his nickname of "Mr. Experimental Film," will be marked at the weeklong "Anarchy Film Festival," from June 16.
CULTURE / Music
Jun 16, 2006

Dirty Three

Instrumental post-rock comes in two distinct forms: pseudo-jazz that flirts with odd time signatures and knotty arrangements (Tortoise and the Thrill Jockey crew), and guitar bands who play two chords over and over while messing with dynamics (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai). Then there's Dirty...
CULTURE / Music
Jun 16, 2006

The Chalets "Check In"

The Chalets are a gang. Like bands ought to be. Their playful, irreverent Irish humor is sharp and sweet, like an ice-lolly with a rusty blade for a stick, as they sing of sex-crazed sentient computers, crap bands and drunken seaside holidays.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 16, 2006

Having a laugh with Ryuichi Hiroki

A veteran director of "pink" movies, Ryuichi Hiroki won critical acclaim for the 1994 youth drama "800 (800 -- Two Lap Runner)," his breakthrough into straight films. He first collaborated with Shinobu Terajima -- star of his new movie "Yawarakai Seikatsu -- in "Vibrator," a romantic road movie that...
CULTURE / Music
Jun 16, 2006

Gnarls Barkley "St. Elsewhere"

"But it wasn't because I didn't know enough. I just knew too much," croons Cee-Lo on "Crazy," the lead single from "St. Elsewhere." The statement speaks volumes about Gnarls Barkley's canny debut. Vocalist Cee-Lo, formerly of Goodie Mob, has penned hits for the likes of P. Diddy. DJ/Producer Dangermouse...
BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2006

Regional WEF meeting opens

About 300 global leaders from business, government and academia gathered Thursday in Tokyo to kick off a two-day meeting of the World Economic Forum on East Asia to discuss development and the environment as well as regional economic integration.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 16, 2006

Popularizing music

Fete de la Musique au Japon 2006, now in its fifth year, takes place in the Kansai area June 17-18 and June 21 in Osaka, Kobe, Miho, Suita, Takatsuki, Ibaraki and Otsu.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 16, 2006

Ducasse brings young talent to Japan

As one of the world's top chefs, Alain Ducasse needs little introduction. Over the past two decades, few people have done more to develop and spread the gospel of French haute cuisine.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 16, 2006

Wanted: Contestants for kids' cooking competition

Hattori Nutrition College in Tokyo is currently recruiting elementary school-age children -- and their parents -- to contest its "12th Hattori Kids' Cooking Contest" to be held July 28. The theme for the competition is primarily breakfast, and in particular, "breakfast made from tomato with miso soup."...
SUMO
Jun 15, 2006

With Wailing Walls and Dead Sea dips, who needs the World Cup?

Sumo, unlike football -- (the proper one as opposed to the pads and helmet version) -- never stops.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 15, 2006

Marines' Aono slams BayStars

Marines' Aono slams BayStars
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 15, 2006

Kovac brothers give Japan warning

BERLIN -- The Brothers Kovac refused to be downbeat after Croatia's 1-0 loss to Brazil on Wednesday and warned that Japan could face the backlash in their meeting on June 18.
EDITORIALS
Jun 15, 2006

One step forward in Iraq

Last week's killing in Iraq of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an al-Qaida leader, must have come as good news for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who had formed a "national unity" government a little more than two weeks earlier. The death of the Jordanian-born insurgency leader will aid the government's...
COMMENTARY
Jun 15, 2006

Soccer, flags and nationalism

LONDON -- All over England, on houses, cars and vans, you will see the cross of St. George waving in the wind. Prime Minister Tony Blair has been persuaded that the English flag should be flown at his residence on days when the English team are playing in the World Cup.
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2006

Invoice to buy Dynacity stake, bonds from Livedoor

Communications firm Invoice Inc. said Wednesday it will buy Livedoor Co.'s stake in condominium developer Dynacity Corp. in a deal that will help the struggling Internet services group eliminate noncore businesses.
COMMENTARY
Jun 15, 2006

Reformers edge ahead in Chinese debate

HONG KONG -- Since Deng Xiaoping began the process of reform and opening up almost 28 years ago, China has repeatedly had internal debates, often heated, as to whether changes had gone too far.
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2006

Livedoor execs meet with shareholders

CHIBA -- Livedoor Co. investors finally had their say Wednesday as the scandal-tainted firm held its first shareholders' meeting since its top executives were arrested in January.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 15, 2006

"Ivo Sans: How could I say 'Set'?"

Kitai Kikaku, NingyachoCloses in 8 days
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2006

No autopsies for Hansen's fetuses

The health ministry will not ask for autopsies on the preserved remains of decades-old fetuses and newborns discovered in government sanitariums for people with Hansen's disease, ministry officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 15, 2006

"Paolo Roversi: Studio"

Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse Closes in 10 days
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2006

LDP finance chief tells BOJ to think twice about hiking rates in summer

The chairman of a Liberal Democratic Party panel on monetary policy said Wednesday the economy was not ready for higher interest rates and called on the Bank of Japan to delay any move to push them higher.
SPORTS / E-LIST
Jun 15, 2006

Can CL train keep a rollin'?

As if by clockwork, the Central League standings have emerged from a humdrum one-star show featuring the Yomiuri Giants to a three-dog race with Chunichi and Hanshin poking their heads in -- and Yakult not out of it either. The E-List loves competition, parity, stories without predetermined endings,...
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2006

Panel asks for student-teacher screening rules

A government advisory panel has drawn up a report urging universities to send only students with a genuine desire to teach to elementary, junior high and high schools for training, because unmotivated students cause problems for school staff, panel members said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2006

Diet enacts strengthened construction safety laws

The Diet enacted four construction-related laws Wednesday in response to the building scandal involving fake earthquake-safety data that has rocked the nation since November.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 15, 2006

Fuji Rocking 10 years on

Fuji Rock Festival is the biggest event on the calendar for many Japanese and foreign residents alike. Sure, it costs a stack of cash to go, but the festival is not your typical commercial venture. Word on the street is that it has been anything but a money spinner for concert promoter Smash Japan. Instead,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 15, 2006

Nihonga painter captured Taiwanese beauty

The scene was tranquil in 1927 at the newly established "Taiten" annual fine arts exhibition in the Japanese colony of Taiwan, which had been ceded by China in 1895 as a result of the First Sino-Japanese War. None of the artists practicing in the Qing Period (1644-1911) styles of Chinese painting were...
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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