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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jun 15, 2010
A light of hope for abused children
In the dock, Katsuyuki Okuno cut a strange figure as he listened baby-faced, chubby, graying, frightened and seemingly unable to understand what he had done.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
May 25, 2010
Looking East as British system goes south
In the months preceding the Lower House election last year, an ambitious Ichiro Ozawa, destined to become Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) secretary general, headed to Britain to study the "Westminster system." His aim was to bring Japan's politics closer to that of Britain, to weaken the power of the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 23, 2010
Polaroidfades
Stratos Hermes Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos, better (and more easily) known as Polaroidfades, arrived in Japan in 2006 to a very different nightlife scene than exists today. Back then, vinyl was still popular, and his DJ equipment, Ableton Live, set him apart.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 20, 2010
Who would you like to see start a new political party?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 9, 2010
Up from the underground: Womb turns 10
Since opening its doors in April 2000 with a live set from New York house legend Junior Vasquez, Tokyo's club Womb has been credited with doing more than other local venues to bring dance-music culture into the mainstream.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Mar 2, 2010
What will you remember about the Vancouver Olympics?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 19, 2010
Eleven
On Saturday June 21, 2008, a tearful Francois K was joined behind the turntables by Laurent Garnier, Theo Parrish and Danny Krivit for a final set at Club Yellow that went on into the late hours of Sunday. The formidable lineup of DJs and sell-out crowd were there for one reason, to say goodbye to a...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 9, 2010
What do you make of yokozuna Asashoryu's shock announcement that he will retire?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 5, 2010
Brodinski brings French beats to dancefloors
With a big boost from Daft Punk, French producers have shifted the focus of dance music away from house and toward electro, and young DJ Brodinski could surpass his peers in commanding the evolving French scene.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 26, 2010
Should Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa stay or go?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 15, 2010
Dexpistols and Diplo
Over the last few years a new genre has come to dominate dance floors across the globe that combines house music and electro with mash-ups and hip-hop, and on Dec. 22 a global ambassador for the sound, Diplo, will join local DJ duo Dexpistols at Womb. Promoting the party are Dexpistols, who will be celebrating...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 12, 2010
What's the funniest thing on Japanese TV?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 25, 2009
The decade's most influential
Last week, The Japan Times picked Hikaru Utada as the most influential artist of the past decade. This week, our writers ask various figures in Japan's music scene who they thought were the most influential artists of the noughties. We asked them to choose one Japanese artist and one non-Japanese artist,...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 22, 2009
What is the perfect way to spend Christmas?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 18, 2009
New Year's Countdown lineup
The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; the Afghanistan and Iraq wars; the Boxing Day tsunami; the "Lehman Shock" — yes, a look back at the last decade is not so great. It's the kind of downer that could drive you to a night of nihilistic hedonism and luckily this year's New Year's Eve parties can facilitate...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 1, 2009
What should the new government do to improve life for foreign residents?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 27, 2009
A revolution off the record
As the clock struck midnight on Dec. 31, 1999, hundreds of thousands worldwide were reveling in clubs and arenas to the sounds of records played by their favorite DJs. Little were they to know that in the space of 10 years the record was to become an endangered species.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 20, 2009
What do you think of U.S. President Barack Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 16, 2009
Dizzee Rascal "Tongue N' Cheek"
Rascal is back with a new album that sees him move into the mainstream with an effortlessness that nobody would have predicted back in 2003. What we have instead of the old gritty rapper persona is a little, well, surreal. "See me on the telly with Jeremy Paxman on the news" boasts Rascal on "Money Money."...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 9, 2009
Sinden
Keeping true to form, the latest edition of Ganban Night sees the event bring across an overseas DJ who is both genre defying and currently favored by the hipster crowd. London-based Graeme Sinden is a DJ known for sets that fly through genres ranging from house to techno to hip-hop to dubstep and beyond,...
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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