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Eriko Arita
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Jul 20, 2008
What's that smell?
No one in Japan can avoid the sweat and smells of hot humid summer, regardless of sex, age or ethnicity. But a recent survey on body odor reeked of bad news for men.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 11, 2008
Some South Asian food for thought
Aline of banana leaves topped with plastic rice and vegetables of the sort found outside Japanese restaurants trails across the room. Painted footprints rest in front of each one.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 8, 2008
How green are Japan's urbanites?
The Group of Eight summit began Monday at the Windsor Hotel Toya, an exquisite, maximum- security resort in Hokkaido. There, the world's top leaders are holed up in conference rooms, trying to strike last-minute deals on various global issues, the most disputed of all being climate change.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 4, 2008
Sky monsters rule at Miraikan exhibition
Can your curiosity overcome your fear of the monsters of the skies that inhabited the Earth 150 million years ago?
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 4, 2008
Camp all about art, nature
Kids Art Camp, which aims to develop children's sense of themselves and the environment through art and nature, will be held at a campsite in Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture, from July 19 to 21.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jun 29, 2008
Odile Lundy: Learning the sublime ikebana lessons of nature
Nature and humanity are brought together in ikebana, the Japanese art of arranging cut flowers.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 20, 2008
Pianist Gekic on tour
Flamboyant, daring, provocative, exciting and sensitive: These are among the words used to describe Kemal Gekic, a world-renowned pianist set to tour Japan from June 21 to July 3.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 13, 2008
Lady virtuoso 'sings' like a bird
Her music is as lovely as a song sung by a pretty bird. Of course, birds don't actually "sing," and neither does Kimiko Wakiyama. Like a bird, she whistles. In fact she's a champion whistler, who won the women's crown at the 2007 International Whistlers Convention (IWC 2007) in North Carolina.
Japan Times
LIFE
Jun 8, 2008
Viva matsuri!
To commemorate 100 years of Japanese emigration to Brazil, and the countries' continuing close links, taiko drummers from both cultures will be powering a huge festival set for Sao Paulo on June 21
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 23, 2008
Russell Watson
Britain's Russell Watson, the "people's tenor," is coming back to Japan. Renowned for his golden voice, he will be accompanied by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and up-and-coming violinist Emiri Miyamoto.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 23, 2008
Shinbashi fetes its geisha culture
Indulge yourself in the art of geisha at the 84th annual Azuma Odori dance gala in Tokyo's Shinbashi district from May 29 to June 1.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / WEEK 3
May 18, 2008
The beauty of the afterworld
At a funeral, if your loved one in the coffin appears as if they are simply sleeping peacefully, it may alleviate your grief.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 16, 2008
Long-running 'Muscle Musical' embarks on enigmatic voyage
Japan's top athletes and a renowned American director have teamed up to renew the nation's most energetic theater show.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 9, 2008
Festival to serve up tastes, sounds of Thailand
Spicy tom yam kung (spicy shrimp soup) blende with Singha beer, beautiful Thai silk and traditional dancing.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 2, 2008
Voice of angels from Vienna
Get ready, Japan. The sopranos are coming. And they're bringing 10 altos as muscle. No, not "The Sopranos" from the U.S. TV drama series, but the Vienna Boys' Choir. Their angelic voices will grace concerts across Japan from May 3 until mid-June.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 30, 2008
Japan ignores power-line warning
Electromagnetic fields are everywhere, but to what extent are these EMFs harming our health?
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 25, 2008
'Drawing Book' series exhibit to delight kids
This is one of the best times of the year to be a child in Tokyo, especially as the fascinating world of popular American picture books is coming to Ebisu Garden Place from April 26 to May 6 with an event for children and parents titled "It's Easy! It's Fun! The World of Ed Emberley's Drawing."
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Apr 20, 2008
Dining out with a box of fine fare
Tasty, healthy and wasting nothing; traditional Japanese cuisine served on a hakozen table distills many of the country's dying cultures.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 18, 2008
Photo exhibit illustrates effort behind battle against HIV/AIDS in Kenya
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), a French organization also known as Doctors Without Borders, open a photo exhibition this weekend showing how HIV/AIDS patients in Kenya, and the medical professionals who care for them, cling to hope in desperate circumstances.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 11, 2008
YIWC: classical music and tea for a good cause
A charity concert with afternoon tea will be held by Yokohama International Women's Club on April 17 at the Yokohama Grand InterContinental Hotel in the Minatomirai waterfront area.
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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