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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 24, 2008

Master of wine selections at Conrad

The Conrad Tokyo has introduced a Grand Wine List selected by Ron Georgiou, its master of wine — one of the most respected wine qualifications in the world.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 24, 2008

Visit the house that Ando built

'You need courage to make good architecture," says Tadao Ando. He should know. The self-taught architect — arguably Japan's most famous — has a current client list that includes the city of Abu Dhabi (he's building a maritime museum), French businessman Francoise Pinault (he renovated Palazzo Grassi...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2008

It's North Korea's choice to make

NEW YORK — When the Republic of Korea was established in 1948, Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world. GDP per capita was $67 in 1953, immediately following the Korean War, and rose to only $79 in 1960. At that time, North Korea's economy was much stronger than that of the South. Natural...
Reader Mail
Oct 23, 2008

Circumstances of bribe-taking

Regarding the Oct. 15 article "Moriya asks for leniency over bribes": I find it hard to understand why former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya believes he should receive a suspended sentence. He didn't seem to have any problem taking millions of yen in kickbacks from a defense equipment trader in...
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 21, 2008

Confessions of a not so eco-friendly woman

Contrary to the national effort to increase eco-awareness, encourage environmentally friendly behavior and promote domestically grown vegetables; contrary to the general trend to alienate smokers and lovers of nitrite-drenched hot-dogs — here I stand, alone, a veritable black smudge on the environmental...
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Oct 17, 2008

Why is ousted Wakanoho dishing the dirt now?

In recent weeks, sumo has been taking hits left, right and center.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 17, 2008

'Every Little Step'

Cameras go behind the scenes of a Broadway audition for the first time in "Every Little Step" (released in Japan as "Broadway Broadway"), a documentary about dancers auditioning for a part in the revival of "A Chorus Line," itself a musical about dancers auditioning.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 17, 2008

Rakushokushu Maru: Modern kaiseki the Maru way

The simple truth has become a global cliche: It is hard to get a bad meal in Tokyo. Whether you're eating humble noodles or a rarefied kaiseki banquet, it's likely to be more than just satisfactory — there's a good chance it will be prepared with flavor and flair.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2008

Guides help consumers pick 'sustainable sushi'

NEW YORK — Mackerel is in but octopus is out. And bluefin tuna, known as the king of sushi for its fatty belly meat, is a definite no-no.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2008

Moriya asks for leniency over bribes

Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya, on trial for bribery and perjury charges, made a final plea Tuesday for a suspended sentence and offered another apology for his deeds.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Oct 15, 2008

Let them eat whales!

Whales once fueled the industrialized world. First there was wood, then coal fired its steam engines alongside seal oil and whale oil that powered and lit the age of "dark satanic mills."
BUSINESS / THE VIEW FROM EUROPE
Oct 13, 2008

Will Japan emerge from crisis as a real financial center?

The events of the past weeks and days have dominated headlines and are threatening the world economy. Like so many dominoes, share prices and banks, big and small, have fallen in the United States and Europe, wiping out massive amounts of capital — about $21 trillion as of the end of September.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2008

Ace Darvish holds Orix at arm's length

OSAKA — Spot Yu Darvish a run and more times than not he's going to win. Give him a couple more and it's pretty much academic.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 12, 2008

Phillies' Manuel had solid career as player in Japan

Charlie Manuel has a chance to become the second former foreign player in Japanese baseball to manage a major league team to a World Series victory.
CULTURE / Books
Oct 12, 2008

Sexy, dirty surrealism in the heart of Tokyo

LALA PIPO by Hideo Okuda, translated by Marc Adler, New York: Vertical, Inc., 2008, 288 pp., $14.95 (paper) Their recent list of contemporary Japanese fiction, nonfiction and graphic novels is making those Japanophiles at the New York publishing house Vertical Inc. Nihon otaku among Western publishing...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 10, 2008

'Shiawase no Kaori'

Here's an obvious but often neglected rule: Never see foodie movies — films that revolve around the preparation and consumption of scrumptious-looking food — on an empty stomach. Watching Gabriel Axel's Oscar-winning Danish movie "Babette's Feast" (1987) — the "Citizen Kane" of foodie movies —...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 5, 2008

Once proud Yakult, Yokohama clubs now at bottom

It may be difficult to believe, but arguably the two worst franchises in Japanese pro baseball, in terms of both player talent and attractiveness to their respective fan bases, are the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and the Yokohama BayStars.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 4, 2008

Life — it's all in the books

Sometimes it seems I live holiday to holiday. Having just finished Respect for the Aged Day, and the Autumn Equinox (both national holidays) I am now looking forward to Sports Day in October. The problem with national holidays in Japan, however, is that they are rarely a chance to relax. Instead, they...
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.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'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.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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