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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 1, 2004

Liberate your mind and art

The conductor walks away. The crowd applauds. Beethoven's 5th? A moving rendition by the orchestra? Eric Satie? Closer, but wrong again. The performer is Ben Patterson and he's just completed George Maciunas' "Solo for Conductor." For this, he bent over to face the audience, placed his baton on the floor...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 12, 2004

Where everybody can be a jury member

Who are film festivals for, really? The biggest of all, Cannes, is strictly for industry professionals (or rather, anyone with enough connections to wangle accreditation). But many other festivals have turned in a more populist direction, as indicated by the ubiquity of audience awards, which make anyone...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2004

Hostages 'anti-Japan': lawmaker

A Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Councilors on Monday described the Japanese civilians recently released from captivity by militants in Iraq as "antigovernment, anti-Japan elements."
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2004

Rengo exec to be named member of U.N. agency

An executive of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation will become a member of the executive council of the U.N. labor agency, becoming the seventh person to assume such a post, industry sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2003

LDP to expel arrested Diet member

The Liberal Democratic Party is ready to expel Hiroshi Kondo, one of its members in the House of Representatives, after his arrest for alleged vote-buying in the campaign for the Nov. 9 general election, according to senior party lawmakers.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2003

Imprisoned Falun Gong member returns to Japan

A resident of Japan who had been detained in China for her activities in the Falun Gong spiritual movement thanked those who supported her Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2003

House of Councilors member Kondo accepts offer to head Japan Highway

House of Councilors member Takeshi Kondo on Friday officially accepted Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's request to give up his Diet seat and take the helm of the debt-ridden Japan Highway Public Corp.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2003

Was asylum seeker once a member of Aum cult?

A Japanese woman who is believed to have entered North Korea seeking asylum in August has the same name and date of birth as a former member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, it was learned Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2003

Life sentence for sarin attack upheld for Aum member

The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a senior Aum Shinrikyo member's life sentence for his involvement in the deadly 1994 sarin gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2003

Diet member indicted for fraud

House of Representatives member Takanori Sakai was indicted Thursday on a fresh charge of defrauding the government of some 24 million yen as salary for his policy secretary.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2003

Murder case suspect found hanged

A 28-year-old man wanted as a suspect in the murder of an office worker in Tokyo was found hanged early Saturday inside a restaurant lavatory, and police are treating the case as suicide.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2003

Wanted Red Army member left trail in Philippines

Kunio Bando, a key member of the Japanese Red Army militant group who is on an international wanted list, may have been in the Philippines around summer 2000, according to sources.
JAPAN
May 30, 2001

Upper House member Tomobe loses appeal of fraud case

Upper House member Tatsuo Tomobe, 72, faces 10 years in prison, the heaviest punishment ever imposed on a lawmaker, as the Supreme Court has dismissed his appeal in a fraud case involving the Orange mutual aid society, judicial sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2001

Unconventional methods help get pregnant assembly member re-elected

IBARAKI, Osaka Pref. -- Mutsuko Katsura, the Ibaraki Municipal Assembly member who ran for re-election while 5 months pregnant, emerged victorious in the Jan. 28 poll.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2000

Foot cult member gets suspended term for fraud

A former member of the Honohana Sanpogyo foot-reading cult was sentenced Tuesday to a suspended 18-month prison term for swindling about 4 million yen from two women who consulted the cult about issues related to illness and child-rearing.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1998

BOJ board member opposes monetary policy, urges cuts

One of the nine members of the Bank of Japan Policy Board opposed the central bank's monetary stance and called for further cuts in a short-term interest rate at its meeting July 16, according to minutes released Friday.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1997

LDP member admits profiting from shady Nikko stock deals

An LDP Lower House member became entangled in the scandals enveloping the country's four major brokerages Monday when he admitted to receiving profits from Nikko Securities Co. through dubious equity investments.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 1997

Red Army member could face prison

Prosecutors demanded a 2 1/2-year prison term Wednesday for Japanese Red Army member Kazue Yoshimura, who is charged with trying to use a forged passport in Peru.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 1997

JCP member wins wiretap damages against police

The Tokyo High Court upheld on June 26 a lower court ruling and ordered the national government and Kanagawa Prefecture to pay about 4 million yen in damages to a former Japanese Communist Party official for bugging his home phone in Machida, Tokyo, in 1986.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 1997

Gang member arrested in Tamagotch extortion

OSAKA -- A Yamaguchi-gumi gangster from Settsu, Osaka Prefecture, was arrested Feb. 25 on suspicion of extorting 5 million yen from a trader who failed to make good on a promise to ship him 200 of the best-selling Tamagotch virtual pets, they said.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 1997

LDP member hits sex-slave entries in texts

An Upper House member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party raised doubts Jan. 24 about the government's decision to authorize junior high school textbooks that include descriptions of military "comfort women."During an interpellation to Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, lawmaker Kiyoko Ono said teaching...
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2023

1 in 5 Americans have lost a family member killed with guns, survey says

Gun-related violence — including mass shootings, suicides and accidents — has become so common that 84% of U.S. adults say they have taken precautions.
Former Amagasaki Mayor Kazumi Inamura speaks to her supporters after she lost her bid to become Hyogo governor, on Nov. 17 in Kobe.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 23, 2024

Failed Hyogo governor candidate's team questions X account suspension

According to the group supporting former Amagasaki Mayor Kazumi Inamura, it set up an X account on Nov. 5, but it was suspended the following day.
New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (front center) and other Cabinet ministers pose for a commemorative photo after an appointment and certification ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 1, 2024

New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba unveils Cabinet as LDP divide emerges

His Cabinet, made up of lawmakers largely untainted by an LDP political funds scandal, has appeared to open up a rift in the ruling party.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

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