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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 7, 2010

A Kyushu tale of two cities in one

Fukuoka, the biggest city in Kyushu and a key gateway linking Japan to the rest of Asia, has the air of a modern metropolis. But the city is also rich in traditional culture and its residents' long-standing hospitality toward visitors is well known.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 6, 2010

Town growing, serving up cactus

The city of Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan's largest producer of cactus grown from seed, is promoting a full-fledged campaign to get people to eat prickly pear.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 5, 2010

Blackwell making smooth transition to management

Ryan Blackwell has successfully guided the Osaka Evessa during his first month as the team's new head coach.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 5, 2010

'Genpin'/'Umareru (To Be Born)'

The pain of childbirth, Genesis says, is God's punishment for the original sin of womankind — if only Eve hadn't given Adam that apple! But in Japan, traditionalists contend, it's to be embraced, not lamented, since the deeper the agony, the deeper the motherly love. So hold the epidurals, please,...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 5, 2010

Canadian director examines 'home' from an expat view

Though best known as a director of Quebec-based circus Cirque du Soleil, 52-year-old Robert Lepage is also one of Canada's most distinguished dramatists.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2010

Softbank lets 3-D steal iPhone show

Softbank Corp. unveiled a winter-spring handset collection Thursday featuring a wider lineup of non-Apple smart phones, including models that allow three-dimensional images to be viewed without special glasses.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Nov 3, 2010

Video games burst through borders with collaborations between companies

At a press conference last month, Fukuoka-based game studio Level-5 dropped an unexpected bombshell. Its upcoming "Professor Layton" puzzle game would have a very different feature from its previous games: the appearance of Capcom's lawyer sleuth, Phoenix Wright. Fans of the series were reeling.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 2, 2010

Toilets: Japan power behind throne

Japan, the state-of-the-art high-tech powerhouse that gave the world manga and sushi, has also achieved prowess in a more fundamental feature of daily life: the toilet.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 30, 2010

Flour millers cooking up 'kishimen' revival

A flour miller association in the Chubu region is promoting a plan to market overseas "kishimen," a flat noodle that is a specialty of Nagoya.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 29, 2010

'All God's Children Can Dance'

Someone I knew in college said that the success of Haruki Murakami's fiction lay in the fact that everyone in his stories got laid. Someone else said the only Japanese to have love and sex on a regular basis were Murakami's characters. As for my friend Greg, he came to Japan after reading his fill of...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 29, 2010

Real Estate and Woods

Real Estate and Woods are two of the most exciting prospects to come out of the United States recently, and if tapes were sold on indie-cred alone they would no doubt be permanent fixtures on the top-sellers lists. Both bands have been awarded the "Best New Music" seal of approval by indie tastemakers...
COMMENTARY
Oct 26, 2010

Asia needs to make wiser use of its water

SINGAPORE — Photographed from satellites in space, Asia and the other great continents are a spectacular sight. One of the most unique features of the panoramic view is water, in both liquid and frozen forms, which covers about 75 percent of Earth's surface.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 23, 2010

Nagoya garden hoping for visitors from COP10

Shirotori Garden in Atsuta Ward, Nagoya, is providing guided tours in Japanese, English and Chinese, as well as tea ceremonies with translation services during the ongoing COP10 biodiversity conference being held in the city through Oct. 29.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LIVING IN LUXURY
Oct 22, 2010

Diplomat's House a Victorian original on Yamate bluff

Just a five-minute walk from JR Ishikawacho Station on the Keihin-Tohoku Line, an old Victorian-style building known as the Diplomat's House stands on a bluff overlooking Yokohama.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Oct 22, 2010

Mao starts bid for third world title at NHK Trophy

NAGOYA — Mao Asada begins her quest for a third world title when she takes the ice at the Grand Prix season-opening NHK Trophy on Friday night in her native Nagoya.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 22, 2010

Is Tokyo staging the next major theater festival?

Festival/Tokyo, which launched last year with two sets of events in spring and autumn, is in a bid to join the ranks of the world's top-flight theater festivals — such as Edinburgh's annual spectacular in Scotland, Avignon's in the South of France and Adelaide's in South Australia. The question is,...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 22, 2010

Kyoto experiments with its cultural image

The inaugural Kyoto Experiment aims to present a taste of modernity in Japan's old capital, rather than the traditional stuff everyone already knows.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 22, 2010

Wear a kimono at a special concert

As a sponsor of Tokyo Kimono Week 2010, the hotel Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo will jointly host a concert with the Tokyo Kimono Club on Oct. 31.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 22, 2010

A feast for the eyes

Florence Roca, a Tokyo-based porcelain painter, is collaborating with fellow French expat Olivier Oddos of Chez Olivier in presenting a special November menu at the popular French bistro in Ichigaya, Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 22, 2010

80Kidz "Weekend Warrior"

Ali and Jun, aka 80Kidz, might be Japan's very own blogosphere darlings, but time hasn't been kind on their peers in the West. Indie-dance favorites such as The Shoes and Autokratz, both of whom featured as guests on the band's debut full-length, "This Is My Shit," have fallen into irrelevance — victims...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Q&A
Oct 20, 2010

The advantages of travel via Haneda

The opening of Tokyo's Haneda airport to more international flights, starting Thursday, makes a lot of sense for travelers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Oct 20, 2010

Japanese cell-phone users don't just talk about weather — they vote on it

A surprising number of Japanese purchase their weather information from cell phones, services that don't just tell you if it's raining — they let you vote on it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 16, 2010

Nagoya's fish market buttoning up for COP10

The Nagoya Central Wholesale Market in Atsuta Ward is closing its doors to tourists while the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, better known as COP10, is held at the neighboring Nagoya Congress Center through Oct. 29.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2010

Secret to work-life balance vital for Japan

While the phrase "work-life balance" has gained some currency in Japan recently, there is still a long way to go before people here can find the right mix between careers and personal life, due in part to cultural stereotypes about gender roles, participants at an international symposium in Tokyo said...
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 15, 2010

Tohoku Derby highlights tipoff of sixth season

Finally, after weeks of anticipation, the bj-league's sixth season will tip off on Saturday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 15, 2010

Ling tosite sigure seek virgin fans on the road

Preparing to hit the road to showcase their fourth long-player, "still a Sigure virgin?," Ling tosite sigure have only one thing on their minds: arousing new fans.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 15, 2010

'The Vintner's Luck'/'Bitch Slap'

New Zealand director Niki Caro made a name for herself with 2002's "Whale Rider," a canny mix of Maori myths and naturalistic performances, driven by a gifted young actress, Keisha Castle-Hughes, who was only 12 years old at the time. After going Hollywood with the sexual-harassment lawsuit drama "North...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 15, 2010

Lite

The music industry is like high school in a way: You become cooler and life becomes more advantageous after you make some well-connected, older pals.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
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.”

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