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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 29, 2009
What do you think of the new guideline linking visa renewal to health insurance enrollment?
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 16, 2009
How to write a speech for a wedding in Japan
If you are nonnative and have decided to marry a Japanese, congratulations are in order. But prepare for a world of worry if you plan to have the kekkonshiki (結婚式, wedding) in Japan.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 1, 2009
Do you have a message for the next prime minister of Japan?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Aug 11, 2009
Who would you like to see triumph in the upcoming election?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 5, 2009
Big Beach Festival
We've come a long way since every record Fatboy Slim touched would turn to platinum. Despite experiencing less chart success, though, the star — also known as Norman Cook — can still fill the biggest venues anywhere in the world. On June 6, he will headline Big Beach Festival at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 1, 2009
Watch out, Beedle's about
One big difference between dance music and rock is the way enthusiasts select what to listen to: While rock fans tend to listen to full albums, dance-music types generally listen to a single song by an anonymous artist or compilations put together in a continuous mix by superstar DJs.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 17, 2009
Defected celebrates a decade on the dance floor
In the decade since Defected Records released its first single, Soulsearcher's "Can't Get Enough," the label has become a byword for soulful house in Britain and has grown to be one of the biggest independent record labels on the international dance scene. On April 28, the label will bring some of its...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 27, 2009
House legend Farley can't shake the habit
When the house scene exploded in Britain in the late 1980s, Terry Farley could surely not have predicted that he would one day play a four-hour set in Tokyo at the age of 50.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 19, 2008
Shock therapy from London Elektricity
Hospital Records head honcho Tony Colman, AKA London Elektricity, is the guest at the final Drum and Bass Sessions of 2008. Few people have influenced Drum and Bass as much as Colman in the last few years. He has signed to his label arguably the genre's best producer of the last decade, High Contrast,...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 17, 2008
Gan-Ban electro at Makuhari
In the void left by the demise of one of Tokyo's big three dance venues — the club Yellow — promoters have scrambled to find a space big enough for top acts to play in. Makuhari Messe is likely a temporary solution. After last week's Diesel XXX event — featuring Soulwax, Gus Gus and Junkie XL —...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 22, 2008
Wire08
No large-scale dance event in the Kanto region has survived longer than Wire, Japanese legend Takkyu Ishino's celebration of hard underground techno. Wire08, like all Wire events over the last 10 years, brings together the top DJs from the global techno scene and thousands of punters for an all-night...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 18, 2008
India's pioneering DJ Pearl goes global
Since the worldwide dance-music explosion hit its peak in the late 1990s, the market for clubbing has been saturated. From Tokyo to New York to Ibiza, the "superclubs" are established, the fan base for the music is pretty much stagnant and everyone is looking for the next place that will experience a...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 6, 2008
Simian Mobile Disco
An 18-year-old with a passion for dance music these days was not much more than a toddler when Underworld released "Rez" and started to establish themselves as part of a new generation of dance acts that could hold their own on the festival circuit. Very few acts in the years since then have managed...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 6, 2008
World-famous Yellow to close
On the morning of June 22, Tokyo will lose a modern cultural asset when Club Yellow, also known as Space Lab Yellow, closes its doors for the final time before its premises are sold to land developers. Since 1991, this event space has hosted world-class DJs, gained a reputation as one of the best clubs...
CULTURE / Music
May 23, 2008
Gan-Ban "Hooligans on E"
Gan-Ban started life as a record shop in Shibuya, expanded into event promotion and now will release its first compilation CD on May 28.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 16, 2008
Celebrity DJ Goldie returns to drum and bass
After a stint in the acting business that saw roles as a gangster in British soap opera Eastenders and a villain in a James Bond movie, Goldie has returned to DJing and will be in Japan on May 16 and 17.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 18, 2008
Manchester's Elektrons to drop 'Una-bomb' on Japan club scene
Over the next two weeks, club events in Japan will see British underground legends The Unabombers and dubstep's newest prince, Benga, touring Japan.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 11, 2008
DJ Tiësto to entrance ageHa
For those still in the mood for dancing after the Nagisa Music Festival closes its gates Saturday in Odaiba, the massive nightclub ageHa in Shinkiba, Koto Ward, will sport the biggest ticket in Tokyo clubland just a short train ride away.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 29, 2008
Salmon Sound back at Shinjuku Wire
There will be fishy goings on at Salmon Sound, which returns to club Wire in Shinjuku on March 1. The concept for the event is simple: a night of Norwegian music spun by Norwegian DJs.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 22, 2008
German Noize hits Japan
I f two sold-out shows at Makuhari Messe in Chiba featuring Daft Punk in December followed by a sellout live tour of Japan by Justice were not evidence enough that French electronica had risen to the ascendancy, Break on Through, a special event by tech-rock crossover promoter Gan-Ban Night, will be...
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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