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LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 21, 2008

Barrett, Simons and Clemens in Tokyo

Fast flagships On Sept. 17, the new flagship store for designer Neil Barrett opened in Tokyo with the assistance of a heavyweight collaborator — none other than hot U.K. architect Zaha Hadid came on board for her first retail-venue project. Barrett, a 20-year design veteran of tailored cuts (pictured...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 19, 2008

Is anyone watching over Japan's official food-quality watchdogs?

A policeman named Bakichi suspects that a farmer has been selling tainted meat and visits his farm. He discovers that the farmer has, against the law, recently sold flesh from a cow that died of tuberculosis. But Bakichi returns to the police station and falsely reports that the farmer buried the cow's...
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LIFE / Travel / ON THE ROAD
Oct 19, 2008

Subaru continues to drive to a different beat

There is no brand in Japan with as much unused potential as Subaru. It is kind of like Apple Inc. was in the late 1990s before it came roaring back to prominence with the return of Steve Jobs.
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JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Oct 18, 2008

Couple conquer national, religious divide

Before Tetsuya Kato met Widya of Indonesia, an international marriage would probably have seemed highly unlikely to him. He only speaks Japanese and the farthest place he has ever been to is Hokkaido.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2008

Taisei acquires Japan Post deal

Taisei Corp., Japan's fifth-largest contractor, won an order from Japan Post Group to redevelop the former main post office next to Tokyo Station.
BASKETBALL
Oct 17, 2008

Knight: I'm open to coaching again

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Bob Knight, the winningest coach in Division I history, left the door ajar to a return to coaching college basketball during a wide-ranging TV interview broadcast Wednesday night.
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LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Oct 17, 2008

In the realm of fall's senses

With autumn nipping at the air, deciduous trees are primed to put on a color display known in Japanese as koyo. Though usually written with Japanese characters for "crimson" and "leaves," koyo can also be written with the characters for "yellow" and "leaves" when describing varieties of trees such as...
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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 17, 2008

Grand Tea Ceremony to attract thousands

If there was a Guinness World Record for the largest Japanese tea ceremony, then this would surely be in the running. On the weekend of Oct. 25 and 26, the Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony will be held at several tea houses within the picturesque Hamarikyu Gardens, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward. The event is expected...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 17, 2008

Sleek and soulless, the new Shunju ain't what it used to be

Since the very early days, we have been fans of the Shunju group. After all, these were the restaurants that pioneered the idea of modern washoku Japanese dining back in the late 1980s. So we were interested to check out the latest branch, dubbed Shunju Yurari (literally "gently floating"), that opened...
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 16, 2008

'Kunst Oktoberfest'

Central Tokyo
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...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 12, 2008

Lack-of-rage rage is all the rage in apathetically raging Japan

A few weeks ago a Sydney radio station held a phone-in about rage. I was floored as I sat and listened to the people who called in to vent some spleen.
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BASKETBALL
Oct 11, 2008

Washington confident about Evessa's lineup

Lynn Washington is ready to make a major proclamation.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 10, 2008

Pappa Tarahumara stages quirky take on 'Gulliver' tale

Hiroshi Koike, founder of the internationally renowned Pappa Tarahumara performing- arts company, says on its Web site that he has been interested in Irish satirist and cleric Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) for more than 20 years.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2008

'New politics' of Thai opposition

SINGAPORE — Somchai Wongsawat, Thailand's 26th prime minister, has assumed the top position amid an unresolved political crisis. Unfortunately, the appointment of Somchai guarantees the continuation of massive protests by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), which accuses the new premier of being...
Reader Mail
Oct 5, 2008

Tourists swim against the tide

Regarding the Oct. 1 article "New tourism agency to act as policy 'control tower' ": If Japan wants to attract more tourists, city officials can begin by putting their international tourist information offices in easily accessible public places and making information signs VERY clear.
EDITORIALS
Oct 4, 2008

Fire at a video parlor

The fire at a Nanba video parlor in Osaka's Naniwa Ward, which killed 15 customers and injured 10 other people, highlights a potential danger at similar facilities with small private rooms. It is outrageous that a customer is suspected of deliberately starting the fire — on the very day that a revision...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 2, 2008

What is needed to make the U.S. financial bailout plan a success

The refusal of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the $700 billion bailout plan Monday may turn out to have been appropriate if the Congress correctly understands the priorities at hand. The issue is not whether the situation should be left to the market or whether the government should save those...
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 2, 2008

The gritty truths behind the image

A rising full moon against a twilight sky and a shimmer of pink on the surface of the sea. So far, so postcard. But this is no regular Japanese beauty spot. Just visible in the distance is a clutch of white chimneys jutting into the sky, offering a sinister clue to the location of the seemingly serene...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 28, 2008

Memories flow as era ends with closure of Hiroshima Shimin Kyujo

Kind of a sad week in baseball, wasn't it?
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 28, 2008

Fall dramas about geisha, Ganesha and funereal pandemonium

NHK starts a new six-month-long asa-dora (morning drama) on Monday. These popular serials traditionally launch the careers of the young actresses who play the heroines, but "Dan Dan" (More and More; NHK-G, M-F, 8:15 a.m.; BS-2, M-F, 7:45 a.m.) stars twins Mana and Kana Mikura, who appeared in an asa-dora...

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A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.
Shed your skin and reinvent yourself in the Year of the Snake