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Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 7, 2009

Yoko Ono, forever a force for peace

Even before she married John Lennon, even before she embarked on a career as an avant-garde and conceptual artist, Yoko Ono was under scrutiny, first by her teachers and peers, later by people of a different region as her family fled the fire-bombings of Tokyo.
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2009

Not all smooth at CREAM festival opening

The celebratory mood surrounding Yokohama's new CREAM — Creativity for Arts and Media — festival was disrupted when one of the participating artists, Masaki Fujihata, unexpectedly announced that he would be withdrawing his work.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 6, 2009

The Shapeshifters

One of the world's premier house-music labels, the U.K.-based Defected Records, brings its famed global "Defected In The House" shindig to Tokyo on Nov. 6. Headlining the event are The Shapeshifters.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2009

Cultivating a way for egoless art

Perhaps the strangest experience I've had at an exhibition this year was being led into a small room by a polite museum attendant, shown to a desk with a sheet of paper and some colored pencils, and being asked to draw — just as soon as the lights were switched off!
MORE SPORTS
Oct 30, 2009

JSF chief requests Mao meet

In the wake of Mao Asada's poor showing at the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow last weekend, Japan Skating Federation president Seiko Hashimoto has requested a meeting with the embattled skater.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2009

Ibaraki turns matchmaker to curb population decline

NAMEGATA, Ibaraki Pref. — With fat black clouds hanging ominously overhead, a sludgy field of sweet potatoes in rural Japan might not seem the best place for a date with the woman of your dreams.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Oct 29, 2009

Now's the time to celebrate design

Don't miss Design Week This year, Tokyo Designers Week conveniently kicks off on a Friday — previous years have always seen a Wednesday start — ensuring visitors can make the most of the weekend and the national holiday on Tuesday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Oct 28, 2009

Tarasova must go if Mao wants shot at Olympic glory

Sometimes you have to throw the game plan out the window.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 23, 2009

Halloween events planned throughout Japan

Halloween events are taking place in many cities in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 23, 2009

Italian food, wine culture fair

The Hyatt Regency Tokyo is featuring Italian food, wine and culture at an Italia Fair through Nov. 30.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 23, 2009

A detour through the artist's mind

A scarlet fish head, the silhouette of a tree and a burned-out hole surrounded by scribbled thoughts may at first sight appear to inhabit different worlds.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 23, 2009

Tokyo theater scene gets kiss of life

The Edinburgh theater and street-performance festival in Scotland annually sends a buzz round the arts world; France's Avignon invariably features a cordon bleu international menu; and Adelaide and Singapore vie for the Asia-Pacific spotlight.
EDITORIALS
Oct 22, 2009

Unexpected Olympic pitch

The mayors of the atomic-bombed cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have announced their desire to invite the 2020 Summer Olympics to their cities and have called on the central government and the Japan Olympic Committee for support. Mayors Tadatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima and Tomihisa Taue of Nagasaki put...
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2009

Takaso faces two years for drugs

Prosecutors on Wednesday demanded a two-year prison term for actress Noriko Sakai's husband Yuichi Takaso, who has admitted possessing and using illegal stimulants and implicated her as well.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Oct 20, 2009

Seeking some advice, a lost father, friend

Where is my father? Yovichi (Yoichi?) Perez is "Japinoy," meaning of Filipino-Japanese ancestry. He saw a letter from a Japinoy like himself, also looking for his father, so he thought he would try his luck with us.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 19, 2009

Twitter swoops into the Japanese market again

Twitter stepping up its operations in Japan with a new mobile site and video capability. Will this be enough to make Japanese users start tweeting?
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 16, 2009

Fair focuses on France's finest

The Ritz Carlton Tokyo will feature the products of three of France's leading brands — Bollinger, Chanson and Rougie — at the hotel's French restaurant, Forty Five, during a two-week France Fair.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 16, 2009

Akihabara set to celebrate its denizens

Akihabara, Tokyo's main electronics hub, is preparing for a flood of manga and animation enthusiasts ahead of this year's Akihabara Enta-Matsuri.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 16, 2009

Loud Park

Loud Park is Japan's biggest gathering of heavy-metal maniacs, and a relatively new but much-loved event. Since 2006, the two-day festival has presented the world's heaviest and hairiest, from Slipknot to Marilyn Manson, and this year sees the return of the festival's first headliners, Slayer and Megadeth,...
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Oct 15, 2009

Underground rice paddies in Otemachi

Dear Alice,Please settle a bet. I met this guy in a bar who swore up and down that there are secret subterranean rice paddies all over Tokyo, part of a hush-hush government program to feed the national body in the event of nuclear war. In fact, he insisted a paddy was planted deep underground wherever...
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 12, 2009

Running with the Red Bulls in Odaiba

At Japan's first Red Bull Box Cart Race, it was more about unfettered creativity than pure speed.
Reader Mail
Oct 11, 2009

Consider permanent site after Rio

Many years ago, a Greek citizen resident in Japan wrote a letter to The Japan Times, suggesting that rather than holding competitions for the Olympics city, a permanent site should be established — in Greece, of course, the original location of the ancient games.
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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