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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 25, 2011

Craft exhibition thinks pink

Love, work, leisure, study, giving birth and raising kids. These days a lot of responsibilities are heaped on women. It's enough to make even the mightiest of super-women tired.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 25, 2011

Artist-curated festival sets new rules

"It's Auschwitz with good music," jokes Nick Cave at the start of "All Tomorrow's Parties," a 2009 documentary released to mark the 10th anniversary of the music festival of the same name. It's a tasteless description for an impeccably tasteful event, one that has become a bastion for left-of-center...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 25, 2011

'Le Corbusier'

NYK Maritime Museum
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 25, 2011

'Wing Shya: Female Trouble'

Gallery Speak For
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 24, 2011

Come all ye hoarders and swappers

Need some shoes .. or get rid of some shoes? Have we got some sites for you.
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2011

TV celebrity Sakana-kun to be appointed 'fish ambassador'

Sakana-kun, the fish expert and TV figure well-known for his blowfish-shaped cap, is about to become Japan's "osakana taishi" (fish ambassador) to promote fish consumption and boost the declining industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2011

Sapporo to go on spending spree

Seeking to expand in North America, brewer Sapporo Holdings Ltd. plans to spend as much as ¥125 billion on acquisitions and partnerships over a four-year period.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Feb 20, 2011

Researchers find inner sleuths at Diet library

There was a nice symmetry to the first task set at the Japan Specialist Workshop, which is currently being hosted by the National Diet Library (NDL) and the International House of Japan. "I want you to find the first Japanese translation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Sherlock Holmes,' " lecturer Ayano...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Feb 20, 2011

Apache coach Hill helped prepare Griffin for NBA

Dribbling one basketball while running or walking, gliding through a maze of defenders or with a hand in your face is a challenging task for anybody, even world-class athletes. Dribbling two at once is enough to drive many folks bonkers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Feb 19, 2011

Monk brings global view to Buddhism

At some point or another, a child nibbles at the world of questions: "Why are we here, where did we come from, how did the world start?"
Japan Times
BUSINESS / MAKING INROADS
Feb 19, 2011

Firm flourishes amid smart phone boom

The growing popularity of smart phones is changing the landscape of Japan's cell phone market, which has long taken a different path from the rest of the world, and the trend is giving more business chances for newcomers from abroad, including HTC Corp. of Taiwan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 18, 2011

Best Coast / Wavves

Early in his career, Wavves' Nathan Williams earned almost as much attention for his erratic behavior as he did for his lo-fi, noisy pop and punk songs. In 2009, the guitarist for the California trio infamously had an onstage meltdown during a performance at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona,...
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2011

Space station may get chatty, tweeting JAXA humanoid robot

Lonely astronauts on the International Space Station may soon be getting an android friend from Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 18, 2011

In the Record Bag: DJ Sarasa

When it comes to reppin' Japan's B-girls, no one does it better than DJ Sarasa. Her skills have caught the attention of music lovers worldwide and of course here in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 18, 2011

Go on, just say his name

Miyavi is a guy you can read like a book — literally.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 18, 2011

Nara's fire and water ceremonies to bring good luck to visitors

People living outside of Nara who are up for a long weekend trip shouldn't miss the city's spring festival.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 18, 2011

G-tokyo art fair hopes for another triumph

Although Tokyo is a major world city, its contemporary art scene lacks the allure of its peers. Japanese interest in contemporary art is growing, though, as evidenced by the record 50,000 visitors at last year's Art Fair Tokyo. However, sales remained at the 2009 level, a fraction of what big art fairs...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 18, 2011

Finding the inner strength to be a survivor

From Feb. 4 to 27, New York photographer Paule Saviano is exhibiting 22 images from his series of Tokyo and Dresden firebombing survivors in one of the few buildings in Tokyo to survive World War II. The show takes place at the same time as Saviano's exhibition in Dresden, Germany, commemorating the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 18, 2011

Japan's celebrated Edo Period painters: Having the good fortune to see all that is Gitter's

The first time I met renowned Japanese art collector Dr. Kurt Gitter was at an Asian art conference in New York in 2001, where he was on a discussion panel on Japanese art. An audience member asked Gitter, "Sir, since you and others have passionately collected antique Japanese works for decades and since...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 18, 2011

Visit Tokyo's 'Frontline' for Japan's contemporary art

Shigeo Goto, director of Tokyo Frontline, a new art fair to start in Tokyo this year, calls himself an "outsider," meaning he considers himself not quite inside Tokyo's commercial "art scene."
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 18, 2011

Plum-viewing season marks start of spring

With freezing weather hopefully a thing of the past, it's easier to plan outings now — and viewing plum blossoms are a great way to get in the mood for spring.
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2011

Fitch to pare Japan ranks by third

Fitch Ratings plans to reduce its employees in Japan by a third to about 20, two sources said.
COMMENTARY
Feb 17, 2011

Beijing's likely lesson? Ratchet up repression

HONG KONG — China, which has been obsessed with political stability ever since it called out its army to crush a massive albeit peaceful protest in Beijing 22 years ago, is likely to step up repressive tactics against its population in the wake of the toppling of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak after...
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2011

India inks economic partnership accord

Japan and India signed a bilateral economic partnership agreement Wednesday that will strengthen ties with the fast-growing South Asian market of 1.15 billion people.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 15, 2011

Secret funds shadowed by abuse

Paying ransom to win the release of kidnapped Japanese, buying off foreign dignitaries to reach backdoor deals and giving cash in exchange for secrets.

Longform

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go