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THE SECOND ROOM

Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Aug 1, 2003
901 just wants to play; Games in the mist
She has, for nearly all her life, wanted one thing most of all -- to play. Whether it be in the sanctuary of fantasy anime worlds or along a deep spiritual vibe for healing the soul, just let this woman play.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Jun 20, 2003
Solstice Music Festival off the calendar; Shared honors for 2002; new releases
It's like watching the lights go out at the stadium. You know, that low metallic "Klung!" "Klung!" "Klung!" as the off switches are hit in succession.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Apr 19, 2003
2003 party season gets its blessing; Credit where due in 2002
As omens go, the last two Sundays have been righteously encouraging for the Tokyo party scene.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Feb 1, 2003
Crystal Skulls: 'hatsumode' for the groove generation; Yokosuka joins the party
MAKUHARI, Chiba Pref. -- We plowed our way into the mass of humanity packing the Makuhari Messe event hall moments after the cheers rose to ring in the new year.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Dec 20, 2002
The yearend holidays are groovin'; Big news for Empress "D"; party picks
Peace, Love, Unity, Respect. Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Nov 30, 2002
The funkier side of Mike Maguire; new Antidote release; Domino at Fire
Somewhere standing off to the side of all the people who have claimed titles in electronic music -- the various kings, queens, godfathers and godmothers -- is Mike Maguire, marking his own beat, seemingly oblivious to the world.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Nov 1, 2002
Gathering closes summer's curtain
HIWADAKOUGEN, Gifu Pref. -- I was inside my tent changing from damp clothes to dry when the whooshing thuds of a low-flying helicopter took the campsite by surprise. I thought little of it until the commotion started. News travels fast in a village of nylon walls. Clearly something was amiss.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Aug 17, 2002
Juno's 10-year odyssey; Arcadia pulls off a gem; Hotaka: the next way-out party
Perhaps some day in the distant future, at some far away campus, students of turn-of-the-century electronic music will listen as their professor waxes on about the effect that the seminal British trance entity Juno Reactor had on the world.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Aug 3, 2002
Solstice weekend under the fog; Camping with the aliens
I knew it was going to be an interesting weekend the moment my press armband arrived in the mail marked No. 13, though I'm not superstitious enough to turn my back on an event like the Solstice Music Festival.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Jul 19, 2002
S.U.N Project's 'Sexperimental' wonder; Delta captures Ebisu; Fuji calls
As their legend grows, it becomes more and more natural to recite the tale of S.U.N. Project in storybook form, which might go something like this:
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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