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FLY

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 20, 2019
'Fly Me to the Saitama': Tokyo takes on its revolting neighbors
Places considered cool and uncool sometimes exist in uneasy proximity, like New York City and New Jersey — or Tokyo and Saitama. The prefecture adjacent to the Japanese capital has the image of being a land of boring commuter towns with no cultural attractions beyond shopping malls and family restaurants.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 29, 2019
Perennials aside, 2019 promises movie classics in Japan
As a program advisor for the Udine Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, I have spent the last few months scouting Japanese films for the next edition, which will be held April 26 to May 4. This doesn't mean I've seen all the upcoming releases — sales companies are often not ready to screen their Golden Week or summer films so early in the year — but I am building up an idea of what might and might not work for our audience.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 20, 2018
Fly-fishing in the remote reaches of Hokkaido
Akan National Park is renowned for some of the best fly-fishing in all Japan, and anglers can expect plentiful, seasonal catch.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 30, 2017
Triple reissue offers a chance to review Yoko Ono's output from the 1970s
The ongoing project to rerelease Yoko Ono's full catalog of 11 albums, which began in late 2016, has now reached its second stage with the release of a trilogy of early-1970s albums — taking in "Fly" (1971), "Approximately Infinite Universe" and "Feeling the Space" (both 1973) — that embody a series of tensions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2017
Air France widens North Korea no-fly zone after ICBM miss
Air France-KLM has expanded its no-fly zone over North Korea after one of its jets flew past the location where an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) splashed down 10 minutes later, an airline spokesman said on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2015
Government mulls ban on flying drones at night
The envisaged rules would only allow users who take certain safety steps to fly their drones in residential areas or near airports, as well as barring nighttime flights.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 26, 2014
Monica Z: 'Shaky rise of Sweden's best-loved chanteuse'
Swedish jazz singer Monica Zetterlund was her country's best-loved chanteuse, but she wanted more. And the one thing that gave her a chance at global stardom? She could sing in English without a European accent.

Longform

Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on