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CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Nov 13, 2005

On the edge and out of our seats

UNSPEAKABLE ACTS: The Avant-garde Theatre of Terayama Shuji and Postwar Japan, by Carol Fischer Sorgenfrei. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005, 340 pp. with illustrations, $45.00 (cloth). Shuji Terayama (1936-1983) remains one of Japan's most intriguing modern writers. Playwright, novelist,...
MORE SPORTS
Nov 12, 2005

Satoya apologizes for incident

Nagano Olympic moguls gold-medalist Tae Satoya apologized to Japanese skiing officials Friday for her role in a nightclub brawl and pledged to focus more on her career as an active athlete. Satoya, who also won bronze at the Salt Lake City Olympics four years later, visited the Ski Association of Japan...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 12, 2005

Antique and vintage jewelry link Japan, Sweden

When a blonde woman wearing with great nonchalance a marvelous 200-year-old necklace walks up my drive with a friend, I can hardly believe my eyes. I have heard of but not met Daphne Fukushima for 15 years. Now it turns out that she is renting a tiny house in Koshigoe, near Enoshima, and dividing her...
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2005

For a more efficient criminal trial

A new criminal-trial system started in Japan on Nov. 1 when the revised Criminal Procedure Law went into effect. The key point of revision is the introduction of a "pretrial clarification procedure," whereby prosecutors and attorneys outline their respective evidence and arguments before trial begins....
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Nov 11, 2005

Psychedelic radar 11.11

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BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2005

TSE to cut execs' pay over computer crash

The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Thursday it will slash the pay of its nine operating officers for the massive computer system breakdown that hit the world's second-largest equity market on Nov. 1.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 11, 2005

Tokyo FILMeX hits the spot

Thirty-four films selected for their originality and creativity will be showcased in the sixth annual Tokyo FILMeX running Nov. 19-27.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 11, 2005

From sour to sweet

Danny Boyle, the auteur who brought us "Shallow Grave," who amazed us with "Trainspotting," and who started a new trend in the zombie/horror genre with "28 Days Later," has come out with his latest: a movie called "Millions," starring two little brothers, aged 8 and 10. You read that right: children...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 11, 2005

Fashion show puts carp on catwalk

If the connection between carp streamers, environmental awareness, catwalk strutting and the national pastime of spending ridiculous amounts of cash on extravagant clothing is hazy, be enlightened at the Dengen Fashion Show, taking place at The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures, Tokyo National Museum, Nov....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2005

North Americans to get 'manga' in Sunday comics

Charlie Brown, Garfield and other longtime favorite cartoon stars will soon be sharing space in North American newspapers with doe-eyed women in frilly outfits, effeminate long-haired heroes and cute fuzzy animals.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2005

Fighters scrambled record 30 times to intercept Chinese planes

Japanese fighter jets have been scrambled 30 times to turn away Chinese planes approaching Japan's airspace in the last seven months, more than twice the 13 times in the same period last year, officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2005

Artists decry museum merger plan

Painter Ikuo Hirayama and other prominent figures in the Japanese art world on Wednesday protested a proposal to integrate two national museums and a research institute on cultural assets because of financial difficulties.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / U.S. THINK TANK SYMPOSIUM
Nov 10, 2005

Japan must defuse wartime issues with neighbors

Despite post-9/11 changes in American strategic thinking, the U.S. alliance with Japan today is more important and healthier than ever, but Japan's troubled relations with its Asian neighbors can prove to be a serious problem for the alliance, said Eric Heginbotham, a political scientist with the RAND...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2005

Toyota woos figure skater

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that figure skater Miki Ando will join the automaker next April after graduating from high school.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2005

Cultural diversity strengthens nations

During UNESCO's recent biannual conference at its Paris headquarters, the United States remained adamant in its opposition to the conclusion of an international convention on cultural diversity. On the surface it appears that the U.S. position is mainly motivated by trade interests. The U.S. seems to...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 10, 2005

The man in the photo

"Over 4,000 pictures!" the press officer shouts with enthusiasm over the phone the day after the opening of the most comprehensive exhibition of 65-year-old Nobuyoshi Araki's photographs to date.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2005

Takeuchi exits race for OECD chief

Japan's candidate for new chief of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development withdrew her candidacy Tuesday, according to the Foreign Ministry.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 9, 2005

Zico assembles strong squad

Japan coach Zico on Tuesday named Bolton Wanderers star Hidetoshi Nakata to a near full-strength squad for next week's home friendly with Angola.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2005

Foreign reserves down $1.77 billion

Japan's foreign-exchange reserves stood at $841.79 billion at the end of October, down $1.77 billion from the month before for the second straight monthly fall, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Nov 9, 2005

Study finds broccoli combats gastritis

As futurists get excited by the prospect of engineering ourselves to have longer lives, it's easy to forget that, as well as the high-tech ways, there are very simple ways to live longer.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2005

Japan Tobacco to challenge planned antismoking measures

In rare move, Japan Tobacco Inc. will challenge on Tuesday a government plan to introduce smoking restrictions.
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2005

Ending the zero-rate policy

In March 2001, the Bank of Japan set short-term interest rates at near zero, declaring that the nation's economy had entered a period of deflation. That extra-loose monetary policy, which is said to have had few parallels in the world, is likely to change next spring, because an upturn in consumer prices...

Longform

Wealthier women in the prewar era had been the targets of various media-related health campaigns that mistakenly encouraged them to avoid everything from riding bicycles to reading novels when their monthly cycles came around.
Menstruation in Japan: Breaking the silence, slowly