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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2011

Making hay at the Ames straw poll

Being in politics, said Minnesota Democrat Sen. Eugene McCarthy, is like coaching football: You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it is important. The game of presidential politics is especially arcane in the cunning weirdness of the Ames straw poll, a quadrennial...
Reader Mail
Jul 31, 2011

Kan's escape from nuclear reality

Regarding the July 25 Kyodo article "70% back Kan's nuclear tack, ditto seek his exit": At a time when pragmatic statesmanship and hard-nosed realism are needed, it is extremely disappointing to read that Prime Minister Naoto Kan has decided to promote the unattainable ideal — at least in the foreseeable...
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Jul 3, 2011

Desire to inspire prompted Ito's return

With her storied career part of figure skating history, 1989 world champion and 1992 Olympic silver medalist Midori Ito has nothing to prove, but her wish to influence others was the prime motivation behind her recent comeback.
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COMMUNITY
Jun 14, 2011

Top chefs keep taste of Tohoku alive

Some of the country's most highly esteemed chefs are working together to ensure that the people of the Tohoku region are not forgotten three months after being hit by the March 11 disasters.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jun 3, 2011

Grand Pacific Le Daiba hotel offers amenities for runners

With running and fitness attracting followers as the annual Tokyo Marathon gains in popularity, a new running course around Tokyo's Odaiba area (where the marathon finishes) opened on May 22. It offers views of Tokyo Bay and is uninterrupted by traffic.
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CULTURE / Music
Apr 29, 2011

Is Tropical

Living in Japan presents obstacles for some music fans. Despite Tokyo being a major world capital, it can be costly for up-and-coming bands from the West to make their way here. Every now and then, however, an event comes this way that ensures locals can be part of the latest "buzz."
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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 15, 2011

Drive through Kansai the old-fashioned way

OSAKA — 'One can learn new things by studying the past" is the motto behind a remarkable upcoming automobile extravaganza.
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CULTURE
Feb 4, 2011

Anime's late, late show

A sea gull arcs through the clouds and swoops over a house perched high on a clifftop. The sound of waves can be heard breaking far below as a young boy sits down for breakfast across from two robots who, it turns out, are doppelgangers of his parents. In the future, he later informs us, "you can get...
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Dec 19, 2010

At the pinnacle of pole

There was a palpable buzz in the air at Tokyo Dome City on Dec. 9 as some 2,000 people — many dressed in their finery as if for the opera — awaited the first competitor's appearance at the 2010 International Pole Championship.
CULTURE / Music
Dec 10, 2010

Fukuoka harbors hotbed of new talent

Despite its far westerly location (being closer to Seoul than it is to Tokyo), the Kyushu city of Fukuoka has for a long time been one of the musical powerhouses of Japan.
EDITORIALS
Dec 7, 2010

Japan's World Cup lobbying

FIFA has awarded Russia the right to host the World Cup in 2018 and Qatar in 2022. Japan, which wanted to host the event in 2022, was dropped in the second round of voting after Australia was eliminated in the first round. Japan received only two votes while South Korea garnered five. South Korea was...
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CULTURE / Music
Dec 3, 2010

Carl Craig

In April 2000, Tokyo nightclub Womb opened its doors and became one of the cornerstones of Japan's dance-music scene. This weekend, the club brings music fans the third installment of their Womb Adventure event, which adopts the theme of "expansion of reality." Though the club is located in Tokyo's Shibuya...
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MORE SPORTS
Oct 24, 2010

Kostner skates to win at NHK Trophy; Murakami third

NAGOYA — Italy's Carolina Kostner skated steady if not spectacular on the way to victory in the ladies singles at the NHK Trophy on Saturday night.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Oct 19, 2010

No escaping annual sports days

Whether they like sports or not, it is compulsory for schoolchildren in Japan to participate in "undokai" (athletic gatherings or "sports days"), with the main one usually coinciding with the Sports Day national holiday.
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JAPAN
Sep 2, 2010

O'Barry takes peaceful tack; Taiji on hunt

Animal rights activist Ric O'Barry, who starred in the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove," stressed Wednesday in Tokyo he will use peaceful methods to press Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, to stop its annual dolphin slaughter.
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 28, 2010

Aichi aims to earn a place in arts via Nagoya's Triennale festival

Nagoya hopes the Aichi Triennale art festival will bring together artists and citizens from around the world.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2010

Mikimoto clues kids in on pearl cultivation

MISAKI, Kanagawa Pref. — It was a long way from the high-class jewelry showrooms of Paris, London or Tokyo's Ginza, but on Thursday at Misaki, on the windswept tip of Kanagawa Prefecture's Miura Peninsula, 20 elementary school children were treated to a rare, hands-on look at pearls and how they form....
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CULTURE / Music
Aug 6, 2010

Hippies and hipsters brave a soggy Fuji Rock

When you're talking about a music festival whose inaugural event was literally wiped out by a typhoon, it can feel a bit petty to complain about the weather. All the same, campers arriving at Fuji Rock Festival in Naeba on Thursday last week might have hoped for a warmer welcome than the torrential downpour...
EDITORIALS
Jun 30, 2010

Shadow over sumo world grows

The Japan Sumo Association has accepted recommendations made by a third-party special oversight panel investigating some JSA members' illegal gambling on professional baseball games. Acting on the recommendations, JSA is expected to expel ozeki Kotomitsuki and stablemaster Otake and to take strong disciplinary...

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