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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 21, 2011

Hill, Blackwell poised for All-Star Game clash

Coaches with contrasting careers will lead their respective conferences during the bj-league's 2010-11 All-Star Game on Sunday in Osaka.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2011

Facebook and dark matter

HONG KONG — News that Goldman Sachs has taken a $450 million stake in Facebook in a deal that puts a $50 billion valuation on the fledgling company raises interesting and somewhat troubling questions beyond the immediate gawping and jaw-dropping headlines that a spotty-faced Harvard dropout aged 26...
BASKETBALL
Jan 21, 2011

Rera Kamuy coach Bryant fired

Head coach Joe Bryant of the cash-strapped Rera Kamuy Hokkaido has been fired, a Japan Basketball League official said on Thursday.
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LIFE / Digital
Jan 19, 2011

'Tokyo Control': Sony launches its first 3-D drama into the air

If 2010 was supposed to be 3-D's coming-out party, then in 2011 the party is poised to continue as manufacturers do their best to make this trendy technology truly stick.
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 17, 2011

Unusual souvenirs deliver Japan in a can

Looking for a one-of-a-kind Japanese souvenir? Good chance you might find it in a can.
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LIFE / WEEK 3
Jan 16, 2011

Back to the future of a 'hotel for 2001'

The year was 1979. His Imperial Majesty Emperor Hirohito was in the 54th year of his reign. Japan's prime minister was Masayoshi Ohira. In 1979, people still paid for goods with ¥500 bills. There was no consumption tax or Internet, there were no cell phones and no Japanese were playing in the U.S. major...
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LIFE / Travel
Jan 16, 2011

Osaka: mecca for foodies, and more

A visit to Osaka is all about enjoyment, entertainment and indulgence — particularly in the fine fare to be found everywhere around its historic sites and along the buzzing neon streets of Japan's food-fueled second city.
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COMMUNITY
Jan 8, 2011

Ex-MP revisits Okinawa's Koza Riot

On a mild December night in the city of Okinawa, Bruce Lieber, a 61-year-old Ohio native, found himself surrounded by a cluster of Japanese journalists. Photographers and TV crew jostled for position while reporters asked him how it felt to be back on the island.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 8, 2011

Highly compensated Man City fails to inspire

LONDON — The more you pay for most things, the better they are.
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JAPAN
Jan 8, 2011

Subculture inspires young male cross-dressing trend

He's a 52-year-old medical doctor who goes by the name Ayaka Ogawa when living out his cross-dressing fantasies of being a woman in her mid-40s.
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2011

3-D games may hurt kids: Nintendo

Nintendo Co. says 3-D games on its highly anticipated new hand-held console could harm the eyesight of children aged 6 or younger, warning of possible ill effects from technology on which many companies are betting big.
CULTURE / Film
Dec 31, 2010

'Go' tackles Sengoku years from a female perspective

It's not surprising that NHK senior producer Yotaro Yashiki was pleased when he and his team came across a little-known princess named Go. Born in 1573, Go predates television by a good three centuries, but almost everything about her life suggests she was made for the medium, and, in particular, the...
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LIFE
Dec 26, 2010

The great Meiji bazaar: remodeling Tokyo

Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 24, 2010

Ueno Museum celebrates its new look

The Tokyo National Museum in Ueno Park is ready to show off its new look.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 21, 2010

Low-cost carriers elbowing their way into Japan's skies

2010 was a landmark year for Japan's aviation industry: The government inked an open skies accord with the U.S. in October to further liberalize their civil aviation markets, and during the same month Tokyo's Haneda airport opened a new international terminal.
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BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 20, 2010

Scandal economics: Shochiku rides out Ebizo brawl all the way to the bank

Shochiku could have lost a chunk of change from the Ebizo fall-out, but renowned onnagata Bando Tamasaburo saves the day.
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LIFE / WEEK 3
Dec 19, 2010

At the pinnacle of pole

There was a palpable buzz in the air at Tokyo Dome City on Dec. 9 as some 2,000 people — many dressed in their finery as if for the opera — awaited the first competitor's appearance at the 2010 International Pole Championship.
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CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Dec 17, 2010

Glasses-free 3D bursting into focus soon

More eye-popping 3D products are set to hit the shelves of Japan soon, and look Ma, no silly glasses!
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Dec 15, 2010

Marketers bask in the glow of the year's successes

If you can generate profits during a 不景気 (fukeiki, a business recession), you must be doing something right. If you can generate a ヒット (hitto, hit) and sustain it in the face of deflation, imitators and low-cost imports, then you're to be heartily congratulated for your business acumen.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Dec 9, 2010

Hibiya Matsumotoro owner Tetsuro Kosaka

Tetsuro Kosaka, 78, is the owner of Hibiya Matsumotoro, one of Japan's most historical restaurants. A three-story building resembling a cozy country estate, Matsumotoro was designed to sit in the center of Japan's first Western-style park, Hibiya Koen, and it has been in business since the park opened...
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JAPAN
Dec 8, 2010

Kabuki star apologizes for drunken brawl

Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo, injured during a midnight brawl in a Tokyo bar late last month, apologized Tuesday for disappointing his fans and promised to keep away from alcohol.

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