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Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
May 23, 2015

Change trays

Dear Alice,
CULTURE / Music
May 22, 2015

Budamunk's 'The Corner' makes a play for local hip-hop heads

Back in 2008, a beat-making competition called Goldfinger's Kitchen was held in Tokyo's Shibuya district. In each round, contestants had 15 minutes to chop and flip a given sample on an MPC sampler as the crowd watched. When the 15 minutes were up, the contestants played back what they had created to...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
May 20, 2015

YouTuber Ken Tanaka tweaks the nose of our obsession with identity

The best way to talk to (and about) the entertainer and artist Ken Tanaka is to discuss his YouTube videos, of which there are many, and which vary wildly in terms of popularity, production and themes. But first, some biography:
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 20, 2015

Judge: Clinton's State Department emails must be released on rolling basis

Hillary Rodham Clinton's State Department emails must be made public on a rolling basis instead of waiting for a mass release in January, a federal judge ruled, rejecting a government proposal for releasing about 55,000 pages of the correspondence early next year.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 18, 2015

Disillusionment with Japan

Inevitably observers of Japan are disappointed and disillusioned when they see that Japanese leaders in politics and business are failing to confront the demographic threat and promote the changes needed to achieve a positive future for Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 18, 2015

Cut-out enthusiast fills niche face first

Are you the type to put your face in a goofy head-in-a-hole board for a photo at a tourist spot, or do you think such antics are child's play and give them a miss?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 15, 2015

J-pop singer-songwriter miwa absorbs the right elements of Western pop

miwa "Oneness" (Sony Records)
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 15, 2015

Parupunte's 'Primitive' surprises with complicated twists

Parupunte "Primitive" (Tanukineiri Records)
JAPAN
May 14, 2015

Tepco could improve handling of radioactive waste at wrecked Fukushima plant, IAEA says

The United Nations nuclear watchdog said Thursday the management of radioactive waste and contaminated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant could be improved despite "good progress" in cleaning up the site.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 14, 2015

Prince Park Tower anniversary plans; Cerulean celebrates with champagne; tropical afternoon tea at The Strings

Prince Park Tower anniversary plans
JAPAN
May 13, 2015

Japan zoo body polls members on use of Taiji dolphins

The Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums is asking zoos and aquariums across the country to vote on the continued procurement of dolphins from the town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, whose dolphin hunts and annual culls have riled activists worldwide.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 12, 2015

The Louvre's spin on art history

The futuristic-looking National Art Center Tokyo (NACT) seems like a rather unusual venue for an exhibition of mainly 17th- and 18th-century European art sourced from Paris's famous Louvre Museum. But while the Louvre's collections are very much rooted in the past, the French institution has also had...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 12, 2015

'A General Collection: Green'

May 13-July 12
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 11, 2015

Has the U.S. learned the Vietnam War's lessons?

The Vietnamese still long for U.S. acknowledgment of the wrongs it committed when it waged the Vietnam War.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 9, 2015

Sound waves: the music of Okinawa

How is it possible that a people who have experienced poverty, famine and discrimination, outlasted efforts at cultural annihilation and suffered the indignities of occupation can manage to celebrate life in song and dance with a passion and joy that belies everyday reality?
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
May 9, 2015

If the kids get bored, let them bake cake

The oven is pre-heating, the flour mix is being stirred, the cupcake holders are laid out and a team of diminutive chefs, in white hats and flowered smocks, are running amok.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 5, 2015

The Renaissance banked on art

All exhibitions that deal with the distant past inevitably fall into the trap of anachronism to some degree. This is especially true when they try to present a strong storyline that appeals to modern audiences, as the present exhibition at Bunkamura The Museum does with "Money and Beauty: Botticelli...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 5, 2015

Korin: the late bloomer with innovative in style

One of the joys of visiting Tokyo's Nezu Museum in early May, is to catch the annual showing of one of the museum's most famous works, Ogata Korin's "Irises," before stepping outside to appreciate the real irises blooming in its garden.
CULTURE / Art
May 5, 2015

'Feast of Beauty: 300 Years of Western Painting'

April 29-June 21
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
May 3, 2015

Japan-U.S. effort to tell suicide pilots' stories dodges controversy, wins praise

JBC sits down for an interview with Dr. M.G. Sheftall of Shizuoka University about the kamikaze phenomenon and what makes this exhibition unique.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / EXPO MILANO 2015
May 3, 2015

Take advantage of the opportunity to step out of Milan and enjoy all that Italy has to offer

Ancient caves housed people 9,000 years ago
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 2, 2015

Felix Guattari analyses '80s Japan, micromedia and mayonnaise in 'Machinic Eros'

"Machinic Eros" is a collection of texts about Japan written by French philosopher and psychoanalyst Felix Guattari during the bubbly 1980s. In his many trips to Japan, Guattari saw, like others, a mixture of the archaic and hypermodern, and a way out of Western binary thought. He even imagined, overly...
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2015

Cartoon poop-logging apps aim to guard against cancer

Cutesy, busty female characters in miniskirts and maid costumes are regular fixtures of Japanese anime and manga, but a doctor in Tokyo is trying to use their universal appeal to educate people on what they rarely talk about in public: poop.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 30, 2015

Versace makes return to Tokyo

It is a fashion house that has long been the sartorial antithesis of subtle — as reflected in its bold designs, sexy silhouettes, splashes of hot colors and abundance of gold.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 27, 2015

Drone mistake underscores difficulty of tracking where hostages are being held

The U.S. drone strike that accidentally killed two hostages in Pakistan exposes intelligence shortfalls that former and current U.S. officials say appear to be growing more frequent as militants expand their safe havens and as Washington gathers less on-the-ground human intelligence.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Apr 22, 2015

The Zushi Beach Film Festival resists the ban on loud music and tattoos

Zushi Beach — a popular getaway for people seeking to escape Tokyo's stifling summer heat — may have banned "loud" music, tattoos and barbecues, but hey, at least it still has a film festival.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2015

'Simple Forms: Contemplating Beauty'

April 25-July 5
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 21, 2015

The expensive antics of China's gaudiest billionaire

President Xi Jinping's austerity drive has sent China's high rollers running for cover, emptying casinos and golf courses as vin ordinaire becomes the new Chateau Lafite. Billionaire art collector Liu Yiqian doesn't seem to have gotten the memo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 18, 2015

Excavating Japan's buried baseball history with Masanori Murakami

Sometimes historical analysis can't compete with a good personal story, as Robert K. Fitts — a baseball expert and former archaeologist — proves with his newest book, "Mashi: The Unfulfilled Baseball Dreams of Masanori Murakami, the First Japanese Major Leaguer."
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Apr 18, 2015

Mastering the art of partaking in a tea ceremony

"Cold, withered, shrunken."
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan must correct Trump’s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Jetstar Japan fined for failing to provide adequate cabin crew breaks
The logo of Jetstar Airways on an aircraft parked outside a maintenance hangar in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 27.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
By Tomoko Otake

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