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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Nov 11, 2010

Aiai founder Chieko Awata

Chieko Awata, 68, is the founder of Aiai, a nonprofit organization that provides art education to autistic children and adults. For the past 46 years she has been teaching drawing, painting and social skills to children as young as 2 years old. Some of her students have remained with her for as long...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Nov 10, 2010

Ninja USB clip defends your data's honor ; Bandai's hovering X-Flyer feels like mini-UFO

Japan has produced a number of fun USB storage devices over the years ("humping dog" memory stick, anyone?) and now there's another to add to the list thanks to the good people at Cut n' Paste.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2010

Miniskirts hit Mount Fuji as 'yama girls' take on trekking

Forget the ice ax and ¥50,000 climbing boots. The "mode du jour" for today's mountain hikers is the miniskirt and leggings.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2010

Police detain Japanese journalist

A Japanese journalist was arrested in Myanmar at 9 a.m. Sunday while reporting on the election in the border town of Myawaddy.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Nov 7, 2010

Noriko Hama: Scholar brings economics to life

Clouds of gloom have been shrouding Japan and its economy for quite some time. The bursting of the asset- inflated economic bubble in the early 1990s, and the failures of banks, insurers and other big corporations later in that decade, has put a huge dent in Japan's collective self-confidence. That is...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 6, 2010

Japan's pension program

Today I'd like to explain to you Japan's pension program, where you put in ¥14,660 per month in the hopes that later when you retire, you will receive monthly payments of around ¥60,000 until the day you die. Or so the theory goes. Remember the chain letters that say if everyone sends a dollar to Joe,...
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,...
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."
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Nov 5, 2010

To your health: Vinegar is the toast at Osuya

Following the refurbishment of the Ginza Mitsukoshi department store, much media attention has focused on the ninth-floor rooftop lawn terrace. But it's the bottommost floors that grab our interest. They have been totally revamped to create Tokyo's newest, classiest depachika basement food hall.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Nov 2, 2010

What rolled in with the DesignTide

Interactivity is the keyword at this year's Design Tide showcase of sleek and sexy objects.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Nov 2, 2010

Driving test tough to dodge if your license lapses

A.M. has a big problem. Having had a driver's license for over 30 years, he got busy and suddenly discovered that it had expired — more than a year ago!
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2010

Singh's Japan stop was first step to shoring up regional security

LONDON — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Japan as part of his three-nation tour of East Asia last week was intended to underscore India's growing role in East Asia and to acknowledge that Japan has a crucial role in the emerging security environment in the Asia-Pacific.
CULTURE / Books
Oct 31, 2010

Those risky, robust, resplendent architects of Japan

If Europeans are overawed by the architecture of the past, convinced that nothing as accomplished can ever be built again, this is where the Japanese, having none of these convictions or inhibitions, radically deviate, believing they can improve on the past, produce something more outstanding, or at...
EDITORIALS
Oct 29, 2010

Wield budget ax with care

Japan's general account budget for fiscal 2010 is some ¥92 trillion. In addition to this, Japan has 18 special accounts that are almost unknown to the public. Funds for these accounts to manage specific programs in such fields as public works and social insurance amount to some ¥176 trillion. Movement...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 29, 2010

Not all white rice tastes the same

In Japan, the freshness and seasonality of ingredients used in cooking is of paramount importance. Even in this age of mass production and imported foods, people still care about the appearance of fresh bamboo shoots in spring, or the first matsutake mushrooms in fall.
EDITORIALS
Oct 28, 2010

India, Japan lift economic ties

Prime Minister Naoto Kan and visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed Monday to activate a comprehensive economic partnership. If the CEPA goes into effect, probably next year, it will accelerate Japan's exports to and investment in India and thus raise bilateral economic relations to a new...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 26, 2010

App unlocks augmented reality embedded in images

Dentsu leapfrogs past QR codes with an image recognition app that makes use of augmented reality on mobile phones.
Japan Times
Events / WHERE IT'S AT
Oct 26, 2010

Network promotes contact among nikkei worldwide

Some 50 nikkei gathered with foreigners and native Japanese on Oct. 16 and 17 to discuss how to run Nikkei Youth Network, an organization that supports young people of Japanese descent worldwide.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Oct 24, 2010

Tax investigator dramas; CM of the week: Toyota minivans

Popular actress Ryoko Shinohara returns to the airwaves in the new series "Ogon no Buta" (The Golden Pig; Nihon TV, Wed., 10 p.m.), in which she plays an unconventional investigator for the National Tax Agency.
CULTURE / Books
Oct 24, 2010

Mysteries through the eons

While traveling alone on horseback through a gloomy forest near Lake Biwa, northeast of Kyoto, Justice Ministry official Sugawara Akitada suddenly comes upon a filthy, shivering urchin who appears to be deaf and mute.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2010

Poverty still pervades booming South Asia

WASHINGTON — South Asia presents a depressing paradox. It is among the fastest growing regions in the world, but it is also home to the largest concentration of people living in debilitating poverty, conflict and human misery. While South Asia is far more developed than Sub-Saharan Africa, and India...
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 / Food & Drink
Oct 22, 2010

Pairing tips from the sake experts

What kinds of foods pair well with sake? The obvious answer is Japanese, but, as sake continues to expand abroad, industry professionals and consumers alike are discovering a whole new world of pairing possibilities for the brew.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / ART BRIEF
Oct 22, 2010

'Saburo Miyamoto: 1940-1945'

Setagaya Art Museum
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.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
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

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