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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 3, 2011

Have a hideously good time in Tono's past and present

The professor's snoring had kept me up until the wee hours of the morning. When I awoke, the reading light in the hostel's upper bunk was still on and a copy of "The Legends of Tono" lay open at the page where I had dozed off. With that book being full of hobgoblins, ravaging wolf packs and rural satyrs,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 1, 2011

"White: Tadaaki Kuwayama: Osaka Project"

Tadaaki Kuwayama (b. 1932) moved to New York in 1960 and has been based there since. He explores minimalist expressions through his art and his early paintings are known for their monochrome colors and hard, inorganic appearance. Since the 1990s, however, Kuwayama has garnered much attention for his...
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2011

¥350 billion crisis loan eyed for Chubu Electric

Chubu Electric Power Co., operator of the suspended Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, may receive emergency loans worth ¥350 billion from government and private lenders.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / BACKSTREET STORIES
Jun 26, 2011

Morishita: treats in place of the trees

Sometimes it's hard to see the forest for the trees. According to Akinori Saito, a historian in Tokyo's Koto Ward Office, the area known as Morishita (lit. "forest below") was most likely named for woods that surrounded the yashiki (residence) of a feudal lord named Saemon Sakai (1564-1619), a retainer...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 24, 2011

"Kansai Chairs Now: Have a Seat in Oyamazaki Villa"

The chair, being both functional and open to artistic design, has always been an interesting subject for craftsmen and designers. While those created by famous overseas designers such as Charles Eames, Jr. (1907-78) and Charles Mackintosh (1868-1928) are popular in Japan, some Japanese artists are now...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2011

Fukushima crisis opens door for foreign companies

The video screen at the Marunouchi subway entrance in Tokyo Station asks passersby to "Please Help Us Save Energy," a plea repeated throughout the nation in television advertisements warning of summer power shortages.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 19, 2011

Seibu Dome still a nice place to take in a game

Been out to a game at Seibu Dome recently?
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 18, 2011

Chubu Electric urges power-saving after Kepco snub

When Kansai Electric Power Co. announced it would ask its customers to cut back on electricity usage this summer, fearing supply shortages, it also dashed Chubu Electric Power Co.'s hopes of receiving electricity from the that utility.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 17, 2011

"Asakawa Noritaka & Takumi Brothers: Their Souls and Their Visions"

Noritaka (1884-1964) and Takumi Asakawa (1891-1931) played leading roles in publicizing Korean ceramics and crafts from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897) when they started to gain attention here in the 1920s.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 17, 2011

"Kyuyo Ishikawa: Calligraphy, Sake Drinking Ware and The Tale of Genji"

Fukui Prefecture native Kyuyo Ishikawa (b. 1945) is a chirographer and a leading expert in calligraphy and its history. His "Sakazuki Senjimon" series comprises 1,000 sake drinking cups, on which he wrote each of the 1,000 characters of "The Senjimon," a poem also known as "The Thousand-Character Classic."...
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Jun 10, 2011

Smartphone support just got smarter

The smartphone population growing by the day, as are the stores and services following the smart money.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 10, 2011

Fussa river is abuzz with light

While many have cursed the early arrival of rainy season this year, the moisture-loving insects such as the firefly are likely to be in heaven.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 5, 2011

Horyuji: Buddhism's cradle in Japan

When UNESCO cast its beady, critical eye on Japan 18 years ago to assess the country's cultural and natural merits with a view — in the agency's ponderous prose — to "inscription on the World Heritage List," it settled on four places that became the nation's first entries to those ranks so adored...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Jun 5, 2011

Beauty and the noble beech

The first time that Japan's nature really made me stop, stand, stare and listen, totally lost in wonder, was — I clearly remember — in the early summer of 1963. I'm not so sure where in Japan that wondrous occurence took place, but I know just where I was.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 27, 2011

"Prism Lag: Aiko Tezuka With Monet & Signac"

With "iridescence" as its keyword, this exhibition presents Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist art alongside the bright works of contemporary artist Aiko Tezuka (b. 1976).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 27, 2011

"The Face Is The Universe"

Taro Okamoto's avant-garde works have recently received a lot of attention. There have been a number of exhibitions celebrating the centenary of the artist's birth, and just after the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, his famous mural "Myth of Tomorrow," displayed at Shibuya Station, received an addition...
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 24, 2011

Super cool biz and signs of a setsuden summer

Signs of energy conservation are in the air but will it be enough to weather the power demands of summer?
CULTURE / Art
May 20, 2011

"Masuda Mitsuo's Bracing Metal Chasing: And Tomimoto Kenkichi"

Chasing is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is shaped by hammering to create low-relief decoration. This exhibition traces the work of metal-chaser and Japanese Living National Treasure Mitsuo Masuda with 60 pieces, including some from Masuda's master, the ceramist Kenkichi Tomimoto....
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 20, 2011

Daylesford Organics: Chow down in faith with organic eats

Another place where you can dine in total confidence that nothing untoward will be on your plate is Daylesford Organics. There was considerable buzz among Tokyo foodies when this chic natural foods emporium opened last November near Omotesando Station, close to the U.N. University on Aoyama-dori.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 20, 2011

Tohoku play finds friends in ghostly places

With the eastern Tohoku region currently undergoing much hardship due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, it might be a good time to revisit the culture of the region in the hopes of motivating people's drive to recover.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 20, 2011

"Le Chat Noir: Entertainment, Art And Culture In Paris 1880-1910"

From the end of the 19th to the early 20th centuries, Paris went through two completely different periods: end-of-century decadence and the apolaustic Belle Epoque. In 1881, "Le Chat Noir" (French for "The Black Cat"), an entertainment house, opened in Montmartre, and it became a base for a group of...
JAPAN
May 13, 2011

Review Futenma: Senators

Three influential U.S. senators called Thursday for a fundamental re-examination of the 2006 agreement between Tokyo and Washington to relocate 8,000 U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam after a replacement facility for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is built in Okinawa.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 13, 2011

"Sharaku"

Toshusai Sharaku's active career lasted a mere 10 months sometime in the years of 1794-95. Despite this brevity, his work has been acclaimed for its minimal and abbreviated but stylistic appearance. The mystery behind Sharaku's true identity — which is still unknown — also continues to fascinate...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 13, 2011

"Kazuyoshi Miyoshi Photo Exhibition: The World Heritage Yakushima"

A Tokushima Prefecture native, Kazuyoshi Miyoshi started taking photos when he was a junior high school student. His first photo collection, "Rakuen" ("Paradise"), a series of images taken on tropical islands such as the Seychelles and Maldives, won him the 11th Kimura Ihei Photography Award. At age...
JAPAN
May 10, 2011

Osaka day laborer duped into reactor cleanup

An Osaka day laborer who responded to an ad for a truck driver in Miyagi Prefecture found himself working beside the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station, it was learned Monday.
U.S. falling behind on aircraft shelters in Asia as China’s missile arsenal grows
Airmen from the U.S. Air Force's 104th Fighter Wing complete post-flight checks on four F-15C fighter jets at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, in October 2023.
Eight students recovering after hammer attack at university in Tokyo
Police investigate the scene after eight people were injured by a hammer-wielding woman on Hosei University's Tama campus in Tokyo on Friday afternoon.
Japan expands its sanctions against Russia
The additional sanctions against Russia "are to contribute to international efforts for peace," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Los Angeles wildfires devour thousands of homes even as fierce winds ease
A water bomber flies over houses burned down by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Thursday.
Apollo weighs $9.5 billion stake in Seven & I management buyout
Apollo Global Management is discussing a commitment of as much as ¥1.5 trillion for an equity stake in a bid by Seven & I’s founding Ito family to take the convenience store operator private.
Japanese space startup readies for second lunar lander launch
Ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada with the countdown clock for the launch of the startup's lunar lander, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Thursday
Emanuel leaves reform legacy amid historic shifts in U.S.-Japan alliance
Rahm Emanuel professes that the biggest thing he has brought to the U.S.-Japan relationship might be a fresh injection of vitality.
‘Unbound’ breaks NHK period drama tradition with a hero of the common folk
NHK’s latest taiga period drama, “Unbound,” centers on Tsutaya Juzaburo (Ryusei Yokohama), a commoner who becomes a successful bookseller and publisher.
Real wages fall for a fourth month, squeezing Japanese households further
Prices continue to outpace wage increases in Japan.
Hair removal for kids — boosting confidence or preying on insecurities?
Beauty salon Dione, which has over 100 branches nationwide, offers hair removal treatments for children as young as 3 years old. It uses hair removal equipment that emits a special light heated to around 38 degrees Celsius, unlike conventional equipment that involves temperatures of 60 to 80 C.

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