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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 15, 2006

Go green in Tokyo

It's a great day, the sun is shining, it's not too cold, so how about a day of hiking in Tokyo?
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 15, 2006

Black and white flowers

Anyone previously overawed by the world of sumi-e (Japanese ink painting) will get a totally different impression once they see the works of Hiroko Hiroki.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 15, 2006

Two DJs, 15 years

Any club celebrating its 15th anniversary is obviously doing something right, and the lineup this weekend (Dec. 15-16, 10 p.m.-late) at Space Lab Yellow provides plenty of clues as to how the Nishi-Azabu nightspot has managed to keep its dance floor full for so long. While most anniversary parties tend...
CULTURE / Music
Dec 15, 2006

Easy All-Stars "Radiodread"

Following their successful reggae re-imagining of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon," New York's Easy Star All-Stars (musician-producers Michael G. and Ticklah) set their sights on Radiohead's no-less monumental "OK Computer," and while a predictable pattern seems to be emerging, the fact that the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 15, 2006

Building a new jazz generation

There are plenty of things you might expect to find a jazz legend such as Herbie Hancock doing with his time -- flying to concerts in Europe perhaps, or preparing for a jazz festival in North America, composing new songs, maybe even catching a break from his hectic schedule.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2006

U.S. hits pledges of no Nago overflights

A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter dropped a disused vehicle into the sea about 200 meters off a U.S. Army installation in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa, at around 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, the marines said. The CH-53E helicopter ran into turbulence after taking off at the U.S. Army Torii Station and released...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 15, 2006

Reminiscing on a year at the table

The solstice is upon us, and the holiday season is closing in fast. But before we take refuge under the mistletoe and give ourselves over to the usual Yuletide overindulgence, we must first clear the clutter from the Food File desk and tidy up all the loose ends.
SOCCER
Dec 14, 2006

Youngsters lift Int'l to title match

Teen sensation Alexandre Pato and Luiz Adriano gave South American champion Internacional a hard-fought 2-1 semifinal win over Al Ahly in the Club World Cup on Wednesday.
BASKETBALL
Dec 14, 2006

bj-league plans to keep new ball

A bj-league official said Wednesday that the league isn't planning to change its official game ball back to the old leather ball -- at least for now.
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2006

Defense officials eager for status boost

With legislation to upgrade the Defense Agency to a ministry expected to clear the Diet this week, defense officials say they finally will be free of their identity complex.
COMMENTARY
Dec 14, 2006

Japan-India partnership key to bolstering stability in Asia

NEW DELHI -- Japan and India are natural allies because they have no conflict of strategic interests and actually share common goals to build stability, power equilibrium and institutionalized multilateral cooperation in Asia. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Tokyo this week offers an...
EDITORIALS
Dec 14, 2006

More trouble in paradise

For the fourth time in 19 years, the legal government of the South Pacific country of Fiji has been overthrown. The military is the culprit this time, with the head of the armed forces, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama deposing Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and his Cabinet. The coup has been roundly condemned...
COMMENTARY
Dec 14, 2006

Pinochet's death marks the end of an era

NEW YORK -- The death of Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, on Dec. 10, Human Rights Day, marks an appropriate coincidence: the end of one of the bloodiest tyrants in recent Latin American history at one of the most significant human-rights celebrations.
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2006

Government jiggered town meetings to push policies

The government padded expenses and had "plants," some of them paid, offer comments and opinions in the state's favor at so-called town meetings over the past five years, an investigating committee said in a final report released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2006

Government jiggered town meetings to push policies

The government padded expenses and had "plants," some of them paid, offer comments and opinions in the state's favor at so-called town meetings over the past five years, an investigating committee said in a final report released Wednesday.

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
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