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FC TOKYO

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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 3, 2013
Cafe 104.5: The delicious upside to urban development
Onward and upward: Tokyo's ever-changing skyline sprouts new high-rise buildings like bamboo shoots in spring.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 30, 2013
Tokyo: What are the best and worst things about living in Tokyo?
I love how Tokyo is a big, chaotic mess, unlike my hometown, and I also enjoy getting lost when I am out and about, but the best thing is that I can eat and drink 24/7.
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Events / Events In Tokyo
Apr 26, 2013
Tokyo's LGBT community celebrates love with a party
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community is already prepping for this year's Tokyo Rainbow Pride (TRP).
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CULTURE / Art
Apr 25, 2013
'Leonardo da Vinci: Biblioteca Pinacoteca Ambrosiana'
Leonardo da Vinci is probably best-known for his "Mona Lisa," but as a painter, artist and engineer, he was also one of the most prominent personalities of the Italian Renaissance.
BASKETBALL
Apr 24, 2013
Ex-Apache post player Tyler making big strides in D-League playoffs
Jeremy Tyler has played a significant role in helping the Santa Cruz Warriors advance to the NBA Development League Finals, a best-of-three series that begins on Thursday.
BASKETBALL
Apr 22, 2013
Golden Kings warm up for championship tilt with easy win over Cinq Reves
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are gearing up for a run at another title. The Tokyo Cinq Reves are closing out their inaugural season.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 19, 2013
Abrazo a la Oaxaqueña: Mexican moles under wraps in Shimokitazawa
You never know quite what you're going to find in the busy back alleys of Shimokitazawa. It has music bars and shisha pipe dens, old-school yakitori, the latest in craft beer, tofu doughnuts and bohemian barista coffee. So why not artisan tortillas and mole sauces from the far south of Mexico?
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CULTURE / Art
Apr 18, 2013
Early photos of northern Japan capture a time of change
Although photography entered Japan in the mid-19th century, it took time to spread beyond the few port cities permitted to engage in trade with the West at that time. As a result, it was several decades before this imported Western technology reached outlying districts, and by then the Japanese concept...
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CULTURE / Art
Apr 18, 2013
Smuggling art into fashion
In 1943, in the midst of World War II, a U.S. Army propaganda drop over Berlin distributed leaflets bearing gruesome images of Adolf Hitler's face partially obscured by a calf's skull. Those who dared to pick one up would never have guessed that the artist who created that foreboding picture was born...
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LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Apr 17, 2013
Give the kids a dose of culture and fun at Tokyo Midtown
Since the 1950s, the Roppongi entertainment district has been synonymous with drink, debauchery and the like ... or so people tell me.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 16, 2013
Tokyo: What have been your best and worst jobs, and why?
My current job is the best I've had. Since 2008 I've worked for a university entrance exam company here. The worst was also here in Japan, when I was working as an assistant language teacher, because I had different bosses, and the job description was so loose that it was far from satisfying.
EDITORIALS
Apr 16, 2013
Improving teaching at universities
The University of Tokyo seeks to improve the quality of university class instruction with a graduate course on preparing presentations and lesson plans.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 16, 2013
Tokyo: Do you have a message for young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un?
Get a hobby. Play less Battleships. Kim should take up something else, such as darts. He really needs to show his generals who is boss, and needs to be a little more refined in how he demonstrates his power.
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BASKETBALL
Apr 14, 2013
Woods' triple-double, Aoki's outside shooting propel Tokyo past Saitama
Ricky Wods and Cohey Aoki grew up on opposites sides of the Pacific Ocean. But both are big keys for their team.

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’