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CULTURE / Music
Jan 13, 2006

Ai Otsuka "Love Cook"

Good bubblegum pop is a bridge between childhood and teenagerdom. Based in a synthetic, brightly colored pre-teen world of nursery rhymes and cotton candy, it's also a metaphor for its audience's growing sexual maturity. When Ohio Express sang, "Yummy yummy yummy, I've got love in my tummy" we all knew...
CULTURE / Music
Jan 13, 2006

Frank Morgan "Raising the Standard"

In 1955, Frank Morgan was promoted as "the new Bird," and like his idol Charlie Parker, his sax playing had a quickness and brilliant, hard tone that set him apart from other horn players. Unfortunately, also like Bird, he spiraled down into heroin addiction, and disappeared from jazz. Thirty years later,...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2006

Mabuchi slaying duo face new charge

Tokyo police said Thursday they plan to serve fresh arrest warrants Friday on two men already accused of killing three people, on suspicion of murdering a dentist in Tokyo in 2002.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 13, 2006

Director reworks Russian epic with gender twist

Ten years ago, then aged 40, contemporary theater actor/director Hideki Noda was, even by his own standards, bold to write a play based on "Crime and Punishment," the lengthy 19th-century masterpiece by the Russian writer Feodor Dostoevski. His "Gansaku Tsumi to Batsu (Fake Crime and Punishment)" runs...
CULTURE / Music
Jan 13, 2006

The Gamban 5th Anniversary

Shibuya's finest and funnest import record store, Ganban, will celebrate five years of giving pop people exactly what they want with a special all-night party Jan. 13 at the Ageha complex at Studio Coast in Shin Kiba Tokyo. Given the amount of entertainment firepower that will be filling the three venues...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 13, 2006

Collaborating with a whiff of mischief

Leiko Ikemura and installation artist Are You Meaning Company are among the artists taking part in "From East to West," a group show featuring new or previously unseen works from 14 artists on the ShugoArts roster, a gallery housed in the new art center in Kiyosumi, eastern Tokyo. The show runs through...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 13, 2006

Berlin record label showcases computer-assisted sound design

Record label ~scape has been unearthing the latest underground sounds in futuristic dub, jazzy electronica and experimental hiphop since its founding in 1999 by Barbara Presisnger and musician, DJ, remixer and producer, Stefan Betke (otherwise known as Pole). The latter arrives in Japan at the end of...
MORE SPORTS
Jan 12, 2006

Miyazato to wear symbol for luck

Ai Miyazato hopes Japan's national symbol will bring her luck as she bids to retain the World Cup of Golf this month with playing partner Sakura Yokomine.
SUMO
Jan 12, 2006

Asashoryu, Kotooshu still on track after victories

Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu and newly promoted Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu improved their records with comfortable wins at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 12, 2006

Battle-ready Nakata turns down shot to play for Israeli club

Japanese international defender Koji Nakata, who is having an unhappy spell at Marseille, said Wednesday he has decided not to join an Israeli club.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 12, 2006

Lasorda's answers question Japan's best

There's no doubt Tommy Lasorda loves his country.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 12, 2006

Araki ponders WBC spot

Chunichi Dragons infielder Masahiro Araki said Wednesday he has received an offer to join the Japan squad for the World Baseball Classic in March to fill the void left by Tadahito Iguchi, who withdrew last weekend.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2006

Bleak times for bridge builders

This winter is proving to be a bitter one for people across the country battling heavy snows. It is also a dark time for the firms whose decades of rigging bids for bridge construction was exposed.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2006

Ministry defends not telling Koizumi of diplomat's suicide

The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday defended its actions in not informing the Prime Minister's office about the 2004 suicide of a Japanese diplomat in Shanghai.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2006

Insurance may cover new hearts

The health ministry may expand medical insurance coverage to include heart and pancreas transplants, ministry officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2006

Terror fight turns anew to fingerprints

Japan would fingerprint foreigners, expel suspected terrorists and oblige airlines to provide passenger lists under counterterrorism plans proposed by the Justice Ministry, an immigration official said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2006

Man arrested over sex with minor

An employee of Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of having had sex with a 15-year-old junior high school girl after paying her 50,000 yen a year ago, police said.
EDITORIALS
Jan 12, 2006

Turbulent times for Mr. Bush

For U.S. President George W. Bush, 2005 turned out to be an unusually tough year. Having won re-election -- something his father had failed to achieve, Mr. Bush had started out on his second term as a historic second-generation president of the United States. But the initial euphoria proved short-lived....
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2006

'Shunto' pay negotiations under way

The annual spring wage negotiations known as "shunto" were effectively launched Wednesday when senior officials of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Nippon Keidanren) and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) met in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2006

Japan ranked second in M&As in 2005

The number of mergers and acquisitions in Japan hit an all-time high of 2,552 in 2005, moving Japan into second place worldwide from fourth the previous year, according to a U.S. financial research company.
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2006

Sharp to invest 275 billion yen

Sharp plans to invest 275 billion yen next fiscal year to maintain its top spot in the liquid crystal display TV market, President Katsuhiko Machida said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2006

Okamoto debuts spermicide condoms

Top condom maker Okamoto Industries Inc. announced Wednesday it will start selling the country's first spermicide-coated condom Feb. 1, hoping to stimulate the flagging domestic prophylactics market.
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2006

Indicator showed boom in November

A key gauge of the current state of the economy stood above the boom-or-bust threshold of 50 percent in November for the fourth straight month, the government said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2006

Importer of 'illegal' drug faces sanction

The health ministry will file a criminal complaint against a Tokyo-based importer for allegedly selling a chemical whose effect is similar to that of illegal drugs, ministry officials said Wednesday.
Takaichi and Xi reaffirm pledge in first meet to pursue ‘mutually beneficial’ ties
A screenshot from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's X account shows Takaichi exchanging greetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday.　
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Japan to introduce joint child custody system in April 2026
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (center) and other ministers prior to a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday
Woman, 69, arrested over 1999 Nagoya housewife's murder
A police sketch released in 2020 of a woman spotted near the scene of the 1999 murder of a housewife in Nagoya's Nishi Ward
Asia-Pacific leaders call for shared trade benefits as APEC summit wraps up
A South Korean protester holds a placard showing a caricature of U.S. President Donald Trump depicted as a thief during a rally ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
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