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CULTURE / Music
Feb 24, 2006

Independence-D

Everyone has to start somewhere. That's the concept behind Independence-D, a three-day festival with the noble-sounding aim of bringing together the very finest bands from the very best independent labels to give us lucky people a glimpse of the future. Under the ambitious slogan, "From the world to...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 24, 2006

Essence of womanhood from top flamenco muse

One of the so-called "Three Muses" at the summit of flamenco dancing, along with Sara Baras and Maria Pages, is Eva Yerbabuena. The Granada-born dancer returns to Japan riding a wave of success in the wake of her performances last year at the Spanish Pavilion at Aichi Expo, and at the Flamenco Festival...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Feb 24, 2006

Psychedelic radar 02.24

Saturday, Feb. 25
CULTURE / Music
Feb 24, 2006

The Verbs "And Now . . . "

When Meegan Voss tells off her unfaithful lover in "Don't Say a Word," you imagine her walking out the door all calm and collected. "I'm tired of your story," she exhales, and while the bluesy backing track sounds a little like "Piece of My Heart," Voss's vocals are exactly the opposite of Janis Joplin's...
CULTURE / Music
Feb 24, 2006

Likkle Mai "Roots Candy"

As a member of Dry & Heavy, one of Japan's best-known dub-reggae outfits, Likkle Mai shared stages with the likes of Lee "Scratch" Perry and Horace Andy and wowed crowds at festivals such as Britain's WOMAD festival and Fuji Rock. "Roots Candy" -- the Japanese singer's first solo outing -- sees Mai creating...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Feb 24, 2006

A guide for doing the Nakameguro stroll

Naka-Meguro is one express stop southwest of Shibuya on the Tokyu Toyoko Line. And, like its one-stop counterparts on other commuter lines, the shopping streets closest to the station tend to attract a high concentration of eateries and bars all vying for your post-work cash. But like anywhere in Tokyo,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Feb 24, 2006

You can't get too much snow up here

Glaciers are in retreat, global weather patterns are going haywire and the Earth's climate is the warmest it's been in a millennium. Nonetheless, every winter, as regular as clockwork, winds from Siberia howl across the Sea of Japan, siphon up moisture, and dump it on Hokkaido as some of the world's...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 24, 2006

Puppet animator's retrospective, latest work

A retrospective of the complete works of the puppet animator Kihachiro Kawamoto will screen Feb. 25-March 17 at the new Eurospace Theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo. Kawamoto's "Shisha no Sho (The Book of the Dead)" is the animator's latest work and is also currently playing in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 24, 2006

McGowan speeds into town

Canadian-born Michael McGowan is a filmmaker and writer, but long before that, he had been a runner.
SOCCER
Feb 23, 2006

Japan recovers to crush India

YOKOHAMA -- Japan recovered from a embarrassing first half against India to open its 2007 Asian Cup qualifying campaign with an ultimately convincing 6-0 win at Nissan Stadium on Wednesday.
OLYMPICS
Feb 23, 2006

Swiss skier Nef calls it quits

SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) Decorated Swiss ski veteran Sonja Nef announced Tuesday that she is retiring from competition after 12 seasons on the World Cup circuit because of poor health. Nef, 33, last raced in January and wasn't on the Swiss Olympic team. She intended to quit at the end of the World Cup...
OLYMPICS
Feb 23, 2006

Manninen's drought continues

TURIN, Italy (AP) Hannu Manninen has a record 42 wins in Nordic combined World Cup events, but his Olympic career is likely over without the Finnish great ever winning an individual medal. The three-time World Cup champ finished Tuesday's large hill sprint event in 12th place and said he's likely done...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 23, 2006

Ichiro steps up to the plate in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA -- Ichiro Suzuki is back in Japan, and he is feeling good. The Seattle Mariners star painted the right-field stands at Yahoo Dome from both cages during batting practice at Japan's World Baseball Classic training session Wednesday, looking at ease before, during and after his time at the plate....
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2006

Contractors' agency retiree staff set advance list of project bid-winners

Former senior Defense Facilities Administration Agency officials who worked for midsize contractors after retirement allegedly compiled a list detailing the combination of construction consortiums that would land a project at a U.S. base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, investigation sources said Wednesday....
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2006

This winter's snowfall deserves name

The Meteorological Agency is considering naming this winter's snowfall nationwide the "Heisei 18 (2006) Heavy Snow" after the number of deaths since December reached 134, the second-highest in the postwar era, agency officials said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Feb 23, 2006

Race is on at the United Nations

The race to succeed Mr. Kofi Annan as the next U.N. secretary general has begun. The job is one of the most high-profile in the world, and one of the most thankless. For all its prestige, the United Nations is a dumping ground for many of the world's most intractable concerns. The secretary general must...
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2006

DPJ vows more revelations if Diet orders probe

A Democratic Party of Japan leader Seiji Maehara promised Wednesday he will produce more information about shady financial links between Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie and a son of Tsutomu Takebe, the secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, but only if the ruling bloc agrees to launch...
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2006

Livedoor's new boss arrested

Prosecutors on Wednesday arrested Livedoor Representative Director Fumito Kumagai in connection with the alleged accounting fraud in which his former colleagues are embroiled, putting the firm one step closer to being delisted.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2006

M-5 rocket puts satellite into orbit to spot new stars

An M-5 rocket lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, early Wednesday and successfully put into orbit an Astro-F infrared wavelength astronomical satellite, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.

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