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AT&T PARK

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 11, 2014
Greenhouse CoLLabo: A peaceful retreat in Umekoji Park
Umekoji Park, near Kyoto Station, has in recent years been through more makeovers than a beauty queen. The park is already home to the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum and Kyoto Aquarium, and now the builders are working on an enormous playground. Occupying a quiet corner of the park, Greenhouse CoLLabo...
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2014
Repair unraveling Tokyo-Seoul ties
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye should realize that the past year showed nothing positive for bilateral relations, which appear to have entered a blind alley.
LIFE
Jan 11, 2014
Everything you ever wanted to know about Godzilla but were afraid to ask
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Jan 4, 2014
To the Simien and back — 47 years on
By the time you read this I should be in the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia. I have been asked to go back there to tell the nation's current generation what the forests and wildlife were like in 1967, '68 and '69 when I served the government of Haille Selassie as the country's first game warden...
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 30, 2013
Inokashira park to open, Yangtze mine sweeping detailed, Kennedy eulogized, Japan-U.S. visa pact begins
The proposal of providing a large public park at Inokashira for the benefit of the people of Tokyo has been approved by the Municipal Council. The Emperor has graciously offered the use of an extensive lot in that locality for that purpose.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 23, 2013
Rookie trio make for a leadership deficit in East Asia
With three new leaders taking power over the past year — in Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing (and a fourth in Pyongyang two years ago) — 2013 was never likely to be a banner year for regional diplomacy. But I didn't expect it to get quite this bad.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 20, 2013
'Jack the Ripper' strikes again
"I'm a huge Beumrae fan," the woman seated next to me gushed during the intermission, pointing to a glossy photo in my program. "His voice gives me chills."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2013
Exchange student who gave life hailed
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye praised exchange student Lee Su-hyon, who died 12 years ago Thursday attempting to save a Japanese man who had fallen off a Tokyo train platform onto the tracks.
Japan Times
Events / Events In Tokyo
Oct 3, 2013
Hokkaido's best dishes to feature at Tokyo fest
Though typically noted for its natural beauty and some of the country's finest ski slopes, Hokkaido also boasts some of Japan's best cuisine.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 28, 2013
Japan and Korea: Reconciliation and redress for wrongs remain elusive
On the eve of the International Olympic Committee's decision to award the 2020 Summer Games to Tokyo, Seoul's abrupt import ban on all fisheries products from Fukushima and seven other Japanese prefectures was clearly a response to public concerns about radiation spewing into the ocean.
Events / Events In Tokyo
Sep 26, 2013
Indian festival to tout culture and tradition
In today's world, cultural exchange has become increasingly important — and fun.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Sep 17, 2013
Get lost in Inokashira Park and find yourself in Ghibli
Ah, Kichijoji: my favorite Tokyo neighborhood. Less than 30 minutes from the heart of the city, this hip suburb has everything a downtown dweller would want: good restaurants, good shopping, a thriving music scene and one of the coolest parks in the Kanto region. Indeed, most of my friends who live there...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 12, 2013
Bill Murray relishes FDR's 'human' side
Biographical movies can be a daunting task. Their subjects often have larger-than-life stories that are focal points for controversy. Actor Bill Murray says that what attracted him to the role of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) in "Hyde Park on Hudson," was less of the former element and a...

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