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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 25, 2006

Temples, air cons and food

To begin, some responses to earlier columns:
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Apr 21, 2006

Psychedelic radar 04.21

Saturday, April 22
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2006

Cops want to quiz Chinese envoy for info on visa scam

Police want to question a Chinese Embassy official about a Chinese businessman who is suspected of helping Chinese nationals obtain Japanese work visas illegally, sources said Friday.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 31, 2006

Majestic entertainment

Subtitled "Adult Frustration!?" Yebisu Cultural Festival returns for its fifth installment to Tokyo nightspot Milk on April 1. As usual, it boasts a diverse lineup of live bands, DJs and special performances.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2006

Suginami Ward can't just put willing residents' info on Juki Net: court

The Tokyo District Court dismissed a demand Friday by Tokyo's Suginami Ward that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government accept partial data on residents for the national resident registry network.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 24, 2006

Bedtime stories

When the small-scale production "Philippine Bedtime Stories," an omnibus of three short plays by Filipino writers about male-female relationships, played in Tokyo in November 2004, word-of-mouth spread quickly, especially to audiences younger than the usual theater crowd in tune with its controversial...
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CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Mar 24, 2006

Psychedelic radar 03.24

Friday, March 24
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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 24, 2006

Lovin' tribute to jug band legend Fritz

"If you believe in magic, don't bother to choose / If it's jug band music, or rhythm and blues / Just go and listen, it'll start with a smile / It won't wipe off your face no matter how hard you try," sang John Sebastian in the mid-'60s hit "Do You Believe in Magic," a song he performed with his folk-pop...
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JAPAN
Mar 23, 2006

Visit Japan, sure, but info centers closing

Ah, the friendly tourist information center -- often the first place travelers visit when trying to acquaint themselves with an unfamiliar city.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Mar 10, 2006

Psychedelic radar 03.10

Saturday, March 11
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Mar 3, 2006

Psychedelic radar 03.03

Saturday, March 4
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 1, 2006

Raptors made Suns GM Colangelo an offer he couldn't refuse

NEW YORK -- Unlike everyone else who leaves Arizona in a hurry, Bryan Colangelo didn't head for the hills south of the border.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2006

Winny strikes again: Clerk's PC leaks court info

Internet file-sharing software Winny wreaked havoc in Japanese authorities' computers for the second straight day Friday, with the Tokyo District Court's internal information on public auctions leaked onto the Internet.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2006

Confidential MSDF info leaked on Internet via Winny

Confidential information from the Maritime Self-Defense Force has been leaked on the Internet via the peer-to-peer file-sharing program Winny, the MSDF said Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Feb 24, 2006

Psychedelic radar 02.24

Saturday, Feb. 25
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Feb 17, 2006

Psychedelic radar 02.17

Friday, Feb. 17
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2006

Convicts' personal info leaked on Net

Personal information on as many as 10,000 convicts has been leaked over the Internet from a prison officer's computer infected with a virus, Justice Ministry officials said Monday.
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Feb 3, 2006

Psychedelic radar 02.03

Friday, Feb. 3
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 3, 2006

Tableware,pottery fest

A variety of tableware will be displayed at the Tableware Festival 2006, to be held at Tokyo Dome Feb. 4-12.
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2006

Pyongyang may hold secret info on missiles

Confidential data on a Defense Agency surface-to-air missile system may have been leaked to a group affiliated with the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryun) in 1995, the Defense Agency said Tuesday.
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JAPAN
Jan 24, 2006

Yamaha blunder shows firms lacking info are security risks

Yamaha Motor Co.'s alleged illegal export of unmanned helicopters to China shows the lack of awareness on the part of Japanese companies of how their technology could have military applications, an expert said Monday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 30, 2005

Pull of the people

My album of the year was M.I.A.'s "Arular," for a number of reasons. First, it's a party album whose energy and imagination never flag. Second, it's utterly distinctive: Maya Arulpragasam's nursery-rhyme rapping style doesn't sound like anybody else's. Third, it's a work of art whose local specificity,...
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Dec 30, 2005

Psychedelic radar 12.30

The question of where to be for Countdown 2006 is proving drastically tough to answer with no major venue booked by any large trance organizer in Tokyo. There are plenty of choices, just no "one place to be," and unfamiliar limits on crowd sizes.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2005

Ministry lashed over asylum seekers' info

The Justice Ministry violated the human rights of nine Turkish Kurds seeking asylum by giving their personal information to the Turkish government last summer, an action that could infringe on their security and freedom, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations warned Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2005

Defense info pact eyed with U.S.

Japan will study the feasibility of concluding a pact with the United States to prevent defense information from leaking, government sources said Saturday.

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