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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.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 5, 2010

'Nowhere Boy'

It's not a song you'll find on many of The Beatles' best-of compilations, but if you wade deep into the "White Album" of 1968, there at the end of side 2, you'll find a soft, beautifully pensive acoustic number sung by John Lennon entitled "Julia."
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2010

Angry wave breaks against House

Republican candidates rode a wave of voter discontent to reclaim control of the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterm elections, but that anger also produced a backlash that enabled Democrats to keep control of the Senate. Divided government will assure those who believe that "he who governs...
CULTURE / Film
Nov 5, 2010

'Amelia'

"Adequate" is the name of the game in Mira Nair's ("Monsoon Wedding" "The Namesake") biopic of the iconic American pilot Amelia Earhart. With other subjects, adequate may have been fine — but for this particular woman and vehicle, "adequate" just doesn't pack enough firepower to get the film off the...
Reader Mail
Nov 4, 2010

Wishing Japan still had chutzpah

Regarding the Oct. 28 article "Ministries mixed on merits of joining Pacific FTA": Times have changed. I can remember coming to Japan over 20 years ago and hearing the Japanese defend the rice farmer as essential to "our culture." Now he is about to be sacrificed to the interests of global corporations...
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Nov 3, 2010

Japan by the numbers (11.3.10)

As the temperature drops, we look at the numbers behind warm winter drinks, stay-at-home activities and fiery women.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2010

Dieting moms' babies underweight

As soon as Keiko Ozaki found out she was pregnant with her second baby, she went on a diet.
EDITORIALS
Nov 3, 2010

Lay judges opt for life

The prosecution had demanded a death sentence — the first such demand since lay judge trials started in August 2009 — in a lay judge trial of a 42-year-old man charged with murdering a 21-year-old female worker at a Tokyo ear-cleaning shop, which he frequented, and her 78-year-old grandmother. Six...
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Nov 2, 2010

Recipe found for cross-cultural love

Cristiano Pozzi, 37, born and raised in the Lake Como area in northern Italy, and Akiko Kobayashi, 36, from Tokyo, first met in 2003. Cristiano, a chef at an Italian restaurant, and Akiko, owner of a nail salon in Akasaka, were introduced to each other in Tokyo by a mutual Italian friend.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2010

Volatility shows faith in G20 vows flagging

Traders are losing confidence in the Group of 20 finance officials' pledge to avoid foreign-exchange manipulation less than a week after the leaders vowed to stop devaluing currencies in order to prop up their economies.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Oct 31, 2010

Deal called biggest since '97 Kyoto pact

NAGOYA — Nearly two decades after its creation, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity has finally realized one of its main goals.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2010

COP10 signs off on protocol

NAGOYA — Delegates to the COP10 biodiversity conference concluded agreements early Saturday on access to genetic resources, preserving biodiversity over the next decade, and strategies to mobilize financial resources to meet these goals.
EDITORIALS
Oct 31, 2010

France confronts economic reality

French President Nicholas Sarkozy's plans to reform the pension system have triggered widespread public protests. Yet even the prospect of fierce protests has not changed Mr. Sarkozy's mind. Many French citizens consider retirement at age 60 a birthright, but France, like many other developed economies,...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Oct 31, 2010

Veasley eager to make impact for Albirex

The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. Willie Veasley of the Niigata Albirex BB is the subject of this week's profile.
Japan Times
LIFE
Oct 31, 2010

Tipping a hat to Japan creations

I was feeling an itch to don a bonnet.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Oct 31, 2010

A rice farmer's crusade; Japanese-American drama by `Oshin' scriptwriter; CM of the week: Yahoo!/Kirin Fire

The subject of this week's "The Professional" (NHK-G, Mon., 10 p.m.) is rice farmer Minoru Ishii, who is leading the crusade for a more open-minded approach to Japanese agriculture.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Oct 31, 2010

Okinawan garden majesty

The world's first gardens may well have been made of coral, natural clusters of underwater beauty that could be glimpsed through the transparent water. Perfectly tone-coordinated, balanced and formed, they were refined by nature to a degree that may have suggested the divine.
EDITORIALS
Oct 30, 2010

Mr. Cameron's new 'Big Society'

British Prime Minister David Cameron calls his vision for his country "the Big Society." Doubts about what that vision entails have been put to rest in his government's first budget. "The Big Society" consists of small government and a private-nongovernment organization partnership that fills in the...
COMMENTARY
Oct 30, 2010

A diet for Britain's defense

One of the first acts of the British coalition government was the establishment of a National Security Council. Its primary task was to prepare a new strategic defense and security review. This was published on the day before the government announced its austerity program.
Truck cabin found in sewer pipe in Saitama sinkhole rescue operation
The sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Wednesday. It has expanded since the initial collapse on Jan 28.
Trump targets U.S. trade deficit in first meeting with Ishiba
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Friday.
Cabinet approves bill to fund Rapidus semiconductor production
Rapidus, which is expected to begin pilot production of chips in April and achieve mass production in 2027, is the cornerstone of the government’s effort to revive its domestic semiconductor industry.
Ohtani's ex-interpreter Mizuhara sentenced to nearly five years in prison
Ippei Mizuhara, former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, leaves the courthouse in Santa Ana, California, on Thursday.
Concern over crime grows in Japan as cases rise for third straight year
Investigators pursue a criminal case in the town of Oshima in Tokyo in January.
Making sense of Nintendo’s tight-lipped Switch 2 reveal
The bestselling Switch has a confirmed successor, but what little we know about the Switch 2 console so far raises some concerns about its longterm viability in a crowded gaming market.
Naomi Osaka on tennis, motherhood and being Japanese
Naomi Osaka celebrates winning her second round match at the Australian Open over the Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova on Jan. 15.
Philippines all in to get its own midrange missile system
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro says Manila's moves to beef up deterrence — including continuing to have a powerful U.S. missile system deployed on its territory — “are for the protection of our territorial integrity and sovereignty."
No Paris Syndrome for Japan’s national sport
Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (left) describes a detail of a mawashi presented as a gift to French President Jacques Chirac at the Elysee Palace in 1999.
Excitement for the Osaka Expo is low. Can organizers build hype?
The Osaka Expo site on Yumeshima island in December. A survey of 3,000 people from across Japan conducted in October by the Mitsubishi Research Institute showed that just 24% of respondents expressed an interest in attending the Osaka Expo.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Eme-Ima Kitchen is one of over 10,000 kodomo shokudō in Japan. A term first used in 2012 to describe makeshift eateries offering free or cheap meals to disadvantaged kids, it now refers to a diverse range of individuals, groups and organizations working to provide not only food but a sense of belonging to both children and adults.
Japan’s ‘children’s cafeterias’ are booming — but is that a good thing?
By Alex K.T. Martin

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