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Felicity Hughes
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 12, 2010
Molice channel silver screen on new album
"We're really inspired by Stanley Kubrick and we want to create a sound that reflects Kubrick's visual image," says guitarist Yuzuru Takeda of Molice. The band is due to release a new album titled "Catalystrock" later this month, and we're here in a small coffee shop on the band's home turf in Kokubunji,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BY THE GLASS
Mar 12, 2010
Wine importers keep their cool
A few years ago, I enjoyed a chilled glass of wine while sitting on a cobbled street in the medieval French city of Chinon in the heart of Loire Valley; the wine was from the surrounding vineyards of Samur and tasted absolutely divine. When I got the chance to sample a similar wine from the same region...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 10, 2010
The cheapest night out/in
Recession drinking styles now include vending-machine stand bars and Twitter-enhanced boozing. Come here often?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Mar 5, 2010
Foodex Japan 2010: shaking up sake
Drinks that pushed the envelope were also showcased at Foodex Japan. Fancy an awamori coffee or a saketini?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Mar 4, 2010
Foodex Japan 2010: new snacks
Sweet snacks are the next stop on our tour of Foodex Japan 2010. Crepe stick, anybody?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Mar 3, 2010
Foodex Japan 2010: trends
In Part 1 of our Foodex foray, we sample imported 'snow ice' and local soy doughnuts, and take note of products cashing in on Ryoma-mania.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Feb 26, 2010
Connecting six degrees of separation
It's a small world on Hitotsunagi, a new site that mines online data and displays the relationships between famous names.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 22, 2010
A new generation of cosplayers
Cosplay ... fun for the whole family! Even the little ones! Baby henshin!
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 16, 2010
Japan's après ski party scene heats up
The apru00e8s ski scene in Japan is heating up, as more party events bring mixers to the moguls.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Feb 16, 2010
Cell-phone magazine comes out of the closet
Playing to lovers of Tokyo Girls Collection, Model Closet launches a mobile cell-phone magazine promising to provide 'non fiction, real trend.'
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 12, 2010
QR code breaking out of the box
Companies and municipalities are still finding new ways to unlock the potential of QR codes in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BY THE GLASS
Feb 12, 2010
Fine wines from a complex region
According to the philosopher Isaiah Berlin, great thinkers can be separated into two broad categories: hedgehogs and foxes. While hedgehogs view the world through one single defining idea, foxes embrace the multitude of contradictory experiences that life throws up.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 12, 2010
Chicken Head Maker
Many bands dream of combining various musical styles to create a completely new sound, only to discover that it's a bit like trying to make bechamel sauce; if you're not careful the creamy concoction you dreamed of will curdle into an evil-looking slop. Chicken Head Maker, who happily converged on the...
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 9, 2010
Hay fever ad campaign nothing to sneeze at
An ad campaign cleverly promoting a hay-fever medicine gets a free ride on social media.
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Feb 4, 2010
Will Palro be befriended by the public?
Palro is cute as a button and programmable to boot, but will it be the robot everyone wants to invite home?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 2, 2010
Real estate and railways
Got a minute for a coffee on the train platform? And can we interest you in a new place to live as well?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Jan 29, 2010
Which e-reader will conquer Japan?
The time for e-readers has finally arrived, but which one will prevail? Or more importantly, which one will attract manga-readers?
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 27, 2010
Game makers take chances on real-world spin-offs
Japanese game makers are hoping that fans will enjoy real-world representations of their favorite virtual spaces.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 22, 2010
Naive yuru-kyara win hearts across Japan
A mascot can go along way for promotion and merchandising, even if it's a bit odd. Take the yuru kyara of Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 22, 2010
The Aprils "Back To The Future Music"
The Aprils have sold their innocent indie souls to the god of electro pop with their latest album seeing the entire outfit digitized. Even Miho Iguchi's vocals have morphed from sweet and silly to a more sleek synthesized sound. Though part of me was a little wistful for their gentler, some might say...
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
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