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BASKETBALL
Mar 13, 2021
Wheelchair basketball star aims to lift Tohoku with gold at Tokyo Paralympics
When wheelchair basketball Paralympian Akira Toyoshima takes the court at the Tokyo Games, he hopes to encourage residents of his native Tohoku region.
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 15, 2019
So much to say — so many ways to show it
Same-sex relationships, American bases in Okinawa, globalization, the Olympics, the atomic bomb, national identity, the exploitation of natural resources — 'Image Narratives: Literature in Japanese Contemporary Art' at The National Art Center, Tokyo, does not lack for hot button topics.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 16, 2016
Aichi man arrested after sticking finger into Circle K 'oden'
An Aichi man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of repeatedly dipping his finger into a stew server at a convenience store and posting a video of the act on the internet, police said.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 29, 2016
'Kidnap Tour'; 'Takeshi's How to Look at Japan'; Y! Mobile
Now that school is out summer is officially here, and NHK celebrates with a dramatization of Mitsuyo Tsunoda's novel, "Kidnap Tour" (NHK-G, Tues., 7:30 p.m.).
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CULTURE / Film
Jul 6, 2016
'Moriyamachu Driving School': Two teens behind the wheel of life
Learning to drive is a rite of passage that more Japanese men appear to be avoiding: The number of male drivers has been falling every year since 2009. The number of women drivers, by contrast, has been rising. Reasons for the drop include the decline of the car as a male status symbol. Back in the day, young bucks would dream of picking up girls with their snazzy new sportster; now they're more inclined to see owning a car as a hassle that begins with the lengthy, expensive process of getting a license.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 20, 2016
Hyogo man with apparent noise gripe held in deadly attack on neighbor, visiting daughter
A man was arrested in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Thursday on suspicion of fatally attacking a mother and daughter over noise issues in their apartment building.
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CULTURE / Film
May 4, 2016
'Hero Mania': Japanese heroes are keeping it real
Why don't Japanese audiences turn up in big numbers for Hollywood superhero movies? The rare success in Japan of the Spider-Man series suggests one answer: Japanese like superheroes just fine, as long as they're flawed humans as well as heroic fighters for justice.
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CULTURE / Film
Jul 9, 2015
Akiko Kikuchi thinks you can go home again in nostalgic new flick
In a restless country where it's common to work overtime, a bit of the slow life is needed now and then, even if it's via the silver screen.
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CULTURE / Film
Jul 8, 2015
Rural migration, shaved ice and no easy endings in 'Umi no Futa'
Why not abandon your stressed urban existence, move to a picturesque part of the world and live the simple life? An old dream, but still powerful, as shown by the recent spate of Japanese movies about women getting back their grooves by relocating to a beautiful middle-of-nowhere. Usually their dream has something to do with food or drink and not a lot to do with men. They blend and sell gourmet coffee, like Hiromi Nagasaku in "Saihate nite: Yasashii Kaori to Machinagara" ("The Furthest End Awaits"), or grow organic crops, like Ai Hashimoto in the two-part "Little Forest," in a sort of splendid isolation.

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