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Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Feb 19, 2012
From Aboriginal land to Japan's nuclear reactors
Peter Watts, co-chair of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance, was recently in Japan as one of some 100 speakers at the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World held in Yokohama on Jan. 14 and 15. During an interview with The Japan Times, Watts — who is a member of the Arabunna people, one...
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Jan 15, 2012
Graffiti brightens Tohoku housing units
Almost all the temporary public housing units in the disaster-hit Tohoku region of northeast Japan look the same — like little, soulless boxes, in fact.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 13, 2012
Antinuclear event open to general public
As public interest in nuclear-power issues soared following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, there has been a push to get more people involved in discussing alternate energy solutions.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Jan 1, 2012
Mayumi Kagita: A fusion of cultures revealed in dance
On Nov. 19, the Pit hall of the New National Theatre, Tokyo, in Shibuya, was filled with hundreds of eager theater-goers. They had come to see a performance of "Onna Goroshi Abura no Jigoku" ("The Women-Killer and the Hell of Oil"), a play written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1724) — Japan's greatest...
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Dec 18, 2011
Film promotes Japan energy revolution
The known world has already been through three pivotal epochs: the agricultural, industrial and information-technology revolutions. Now, a fourth is taking place: the renewable-energy revolution.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Nov 20, 2011
Smiles return to Tohoku as the circus comes to town
At Nakamura Daiichi Elementary School in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, a theater company named La Tatan Sha recently staged a musical for the students that featured live painting.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 18, 2011
Gainsbourg's muse to stop by Japan on her way to North America
Jane Birkin is a British-born singer and actress based in France, however one of her most famous roles was as the muse for French artist Serge Gainsbourg (1928-91). Birkin will be paying tribute to Gainsbourg in song next week when she comes to Tokyo for a concert.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 17, 2011
Songwriter's album touches on quake
It might still be too early to understand the effect of March 11's Great East Japan Earthquake on musicians living in the stricken Tohoku region, but as lives get back to normal artists will no doubt find ways to express themselves.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 11, 2011
Flamenco dancer Kagita tells a kabuki tale
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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Oct 2, 2011
Satoshi Kamata: Rebel spirit writ large
Monday, Sept. 19, was Respect for the Aged Day in Japan. But on that sweltering national holiday, it wasn't the heat that that drew tens of thousands of people to Meiji Park in central Tokyo, but their concerns for all the nation's citizens, and others, who may face a threat from nuclear power.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Sep 18, 2011
Get your kicks in Japan
Walk the streets of Tokyo's trendy Harajuku and Shibuya shopping districts and the sheer variety of fashion worn by people passing by can be, to the uninitiated, simply mind boggling. But, look at their feet and more often than not they are wearing shoes that are more familiar — sneakers. Even if at...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Sep 4, 2011
Alfons Deeken: Priest-philosopher makes death his life's work
On Friday, July 22, as the stifling heat and humidity of summer relented for just a fleeting few days, hundreds of people filled a hall at Enkakuji Temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, to listen to a lecture by philosophy scholar Alfons Deeken.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 2, 2011
Brazilian party brings Blitz
Yoyogi Park in central Tokyo hosts a number of internationally themed events, and this week the area will hoist the yellow, green and blue of the Brazilian flag overhead.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Aug 21, 2011
Emergency escape routes: Publisher maps the best way home
The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11 brought death and destruction on an horrific scale to a vast area of the northeastern Tohoku region.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 21, 2011
From the favelas of Brazil come street-style dancers supreme
In a weeklong festival of street-dance performances and competitions being held at Kanagawa Arts Theatre (KAAT) in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, starting from July 30, one dance group perhaps stands out in particular for its emotionally charged performances.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WEEK 3
Jul 17, 2011
Films focus on Japan's nuclear flashpoints
The crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 has revealed the danger posed by the storing of spent nuclear fuel in pools at the plant, because after the pools drained partly or wholly the fuel heated up and discharged radiation.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Jun 19, 2011
Temblor brings hope and tears to zoo
The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake on March 11 affected the animals in Ueno Zoo in Tokyo in both negative and positive ways.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 10, 2011
Miyamoto piece to open up Yokohama to Broadway gem
The first Broadway musical directed by a Japanese person will be performed in Yokohama from June 17 to July 3.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 9, 2011
New York Metropolitan Opera's tales of lost love and madness arrive in Tokyo
Singers from the New York-based Metropolitan Opera greeted the press in Tokyo on Monday and showed that the setback of two singers pulling out after the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake has not dampened the spirits of their current tour. Four replacement singers — Marina Poplavskaya, Marcelo Alvarez,...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 3, 2011
The Met tours Nagoya, Tokyo
After cancellations by two of its singers, the Metropolitan Opera has found replacements, so that it can carry out performances in Nagoya and Tokyo from June 4 to 19.
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.

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