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NATIONAL 2

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 26, 2015
There's no need to squint at the work of Guercino
History has not been kind to Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, the Italian Baroque painter who is better known by his artistic nickname, Guercino — "the Squinter."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 25, 2015
Noda's 'Egg' scrambles understanding
After his acclaimed French debut last year with "The Bee," news of Hideki Noda's return to the Theatre National de Chaillot in central Paris with his pop-war-and-Olympian extravaganza "Egg" created quite a buzz of anticipation.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 21, 2015
Tunisian in museum attack showed no signs of hard-line Islamist ideology
Shortly before he and a friend gunned down 20 foreign tourists — including three Japanese — on Wednesday at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, Yassine al-Abidi sat down to a breakfast of olive oil and dates with his family and left for work at his travel agency as usual.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 20, 2015
Japan's tax agency, Hong Kong join FBI in scrutinizing casino developer
Japan's tax authorities have begun a review of how slot machine maker and casino developer Universal Entertainment accounted for $40 million in payments made in 2010 to an associate of the Philippines' top gambling regulator at that time, sources told Reuters.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 19, 2015
Impressions of spiritual intimacy
There are two theories about post-impressionist art. One is that it was a continuation of the modernist spirit of the impressionists, with the application of ever-more scientific principles of color and light to the depiction of objects. The other is that post-impressionism was a re-assertion of an artistic...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 19, 2015
'Rene Magritte'
March 25-June 29
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 14, 2015
When nature evolves to be awesome
A few years ago, an anthropologist told me an amazing story about a wild chimpanzee she had observed in Senegal. A bushfire had ignited in the summer heat, and she saw a chimp stand upright on its hind legs, face the fire and perform "a really exaggerated slow-motion display."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 12, 2015
'Indian Buddhist Art from Indian Museum, Kolkata'
March 17-May 17
EDITORIALS
Mar 11, 2015
China's daunting challenges
Beijing has yet to realize that China will not achieve long-term stability if its economic reforms are not accompanied by political reforms.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 5, 2015
Imagery that sings the praises of the musical
"They're Wooin' and Doin' the Things Boys and Girls Like to Do . . . ." This is the message of many of the posters made for Hollywood musicals currently being exhibited at the National Film Center in Tokyo. Liza Minnelli, Mitzi Gaynor and Gwen Verdon, among others, titillate with unfeasibly thin waists,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 26, 2015
'Guercino'
March 3-May 31

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’