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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 9, 2008

Silverado Tokyo and Chinese beauty food

Beauty from the inside out To help women "become beautiful from the inside," the Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel is offering a new Ladies Lunch course at its Cantonese restaurant Toukashun.
JAPAN
May 8, 2008

Radio broadcast of hanging earns listeners' kudos

The radio broadcast of an execution recorded in 1955, including the vivid sound of a creaking rope as the prisoner was hanged, met with a generally positive reaction from listeners, Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Inc. said Wednesday.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 2, 2008

Blue Man Group wants you

It's been nearly five months since the blue-painted, robotic Blue Man Group first landed in Japan from planet America. During that two-month run, thousands of audience members experienced a close encounter of the cobalt kind.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2008

LDP gets drivers' ire for gas hikes

Angry motorists swiftly slammed the government's decision Wednesday to reinstate provisional extra tax rates on gasoline, with some calling the imminent price hike a "terrible act" and others criticizing Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda for his strong-arm political tactics.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 25, 2008

La Folle Journee au Japon 2008

Musical zing is coming to Tokyo International Forum and the city's Marunouchi district next week when the La Folle Journee (Days of Enthusiasm) festival presents its fourth annual classical-music spectacular, here titled La Folle Journee au Japon.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 12, 2008

Bid to link Japan meets with growing reception

When Ken Ohno's Japanese mother-in-law asked him to keep an eye on the family business in Nagano Prefecture in the late 1990s, he had little idea where it might lead.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 11, 2008

YIWC: classical music and tea for a good cause

A charity concert with afternoon tea will be held by Yokohama International Women's Club on April 17 at the Yokohama Grand InterContinental Hotel in the Minatomirai waterfront area.
EDITORIALS
Apr 11, 2008

What lies behind murderous intent?

It is always difficult to determine why anyone would develop an urge to kill. However, the behavior and the background of the suspects in two murders in late March indicates that along with other cautionary measures, better social and familial help might have prevented the tragedies.
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2008

Police arrest U.S. sailor in cabby slaying

A U.S. Navy seaman was handed over to the Kanagawa Prefectural Police and subsequently arrested Thursday in connection with the robbery-murder of a taxi driver last month in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 28, 2008

Mayakovsky play sets future in our hands

The great Russian playwright and futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930) wrote the 60-role play "Mystery Bouffe" 90 years ago.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 28, 2008

The revolutionary tale of Mikami's enka blues

Kan Mikami once beat the crap out of David Bowie.
Japan Times
LIFE
Mar 23, 2008

What the world has to say . . .

"In Japan's short history of contact with Western fashion, we have lacked a 'bourgeois vs. high society' tension to portray in this showmanship world of fashion. Instead, most of the grandeur has come from the street." — Naoko Hasegawa, VP of Chang Co., Ltd. Apparel Company
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 21, 2008

Then there were ghosts

Uraga Station, on the Keikyu Line, deposits passengers at the end of a narrow valley. The road ahead bifurcates.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 21, 2008

Anime universe shifts to Tokyo

Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008, one of the world's largest animation conventions, will be held at Tokyo Big Sight from March 27 to 30.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Mar 16, 2008

Seeing is disbelieving

One, two, skip. Three, four, jump. Five, six, do a back flip. Seven, eight, now break dance.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 7, 2008

Spain Iberico Bar Mon-Naka: Iberico comes to Monzen-Nakacho

It took a puzzlingly long time for Japan to catch on to the pleasures of the taperia. It should be a perfect fit since, after all, the exquisite Iberian custom of slowly whiling away the evening with tapas and drinks, one dish and one glass at a time, is so close in spirit to the izakaya tradition.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2008

U.S. anticrime steps little comfort in Okinawa

OSAKA — With an unprecedented curfew on U.S. military personnel in Okinawa tentatively due to expire Monday, central government and prefectural officials are rushing to assure those living near U.S. bases that anticrime measures are being taken in the wake of the alleged Feb. 10 rape of a 14-year-old...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2008

Building a stronger alliance

Japanese and U.S. military professionals are building upon their partnership to collaboratively respond to unpredictable security challenges that can lead to instability in Asia and the world. U.S. forces remain deeply committed to the Japan-U.S. Security Alliance and being sincere, credible partners...
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.
Stage set for action-packed New Year Basho with yokozuna promotion battle
Kotozakura is in position to fight his way to a promotion to yokozuna going into the New Year Basho.
Race circuit and resort among post-event proposals for Osaka Expo site
A portion of the Grand Ring at the site of the Osaka Expo during a media tour late last month
Japan's health ministry reports record-high flu cases
A busy street in Tokyo on Dec. 30. The number of influenza patients per clinic, on average, in the final week of December was the highest since health ministry records began in 1999.
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.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.
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