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JAPAN

Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 18, 2011
Power to the people: TEPCO at economic cross-purposes with blackout strategy
If the current energy crisis is not a more convincing argument for the development of the so-called smart-grid system, we don't know what is.
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CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Mar 9, 2011
Taro Okamoto towers above 2011
An NHK drama rekindled interest in Sakamoto Ryoma in 2010; will a new series do the same for artist Taro Okamoto in 2011?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Mar 8, 2011
You want that green tea to go?
Green tea is traditionally a drink to be savored slowly, but new innovations are targeting people on the go.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Mar 5, 2011
New-style ramen targets female noodle-lovers
Ramen shops diversify their stocks, toppings and presentations in hopes of attracting female noodle-lovers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 4, 2011
Will girls take the bait of fishing fashion?
Taking its cue from the yama girl boom, the fishing industry is baiting their lines in hopes of luring a new female market.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 27, 2011
History museum takes no prisoners
A powerful earthquake devastated Sichuan Province in 2008 and recovery is still ongoing, but this prosperous and fertile region of southwest China has also suffered a series of man-made disasters.
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LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Feb 25, 2011
With steteco and haramaki, old men's underwear is young again
As men's undies go old school, will 'boxers or briefs' replace 'steteco or haramaki'?
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CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 25, 2011
Techno Shugei weaves craft into circuitry
Homespun crafts and ingenuity meet DIY electronics and kawaii geekery in techno shugei.
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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.
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 21, 2011
Music makes bananas fit for the long run
Yes, Tokyo Marathon runners, we have musically enhanced 'sports bananas.'
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 19, 2011
And the next taberu rayu will be . . .
Taberu rayu became the king of condiments in 2010. Will new contenders topple it from its throne?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Feb 16, 2011
Chefs rise to rice-flour roll cake challenge
The popularity of rice flour and Sanyo's Gopan home bakery keeps going strong.
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CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 15, 2011
Can mah-jongg and pachinko parlors clean up their acts?
The clean air campaign targets some of the smokers' last places of refuge — mah-jongg and pachinko parlors.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 14, 2011
Calligraphy gets a brush-up
Japanese calligraphy gets a brush-up.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Feb 8, 2011
Vegetable boom growing steadily
Japan eats its vegetables!
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Feb 6, 2011
Yang Sok Gil: Writing about wrongs at home and abroad
Yang Sok Gil is renowned for his novels describing, with remarkable humanity and humor, people's wanton desires and the problems they cause, often from the viewpoint of minorities in Japan or elsewhere.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 2, 2011
Businessmen come out smelling like roses
What's in a sweet-smelling man's shirt? That which we call rose-scented micro-capsules.
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Feb 1, 2011
Going choo choo for Japanese railways
All aboard the trainspotter special!
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jan 28, 2011
A Valentine's day out with the girls
Should Japan be alarmed about sagging libidos and the rise of Valentine joshikai?
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2011
Facing the specter of famine
SINGAPORE — In India, a potentially huge economic and social crisis is in the making, involving extensive rewriting of recipe books to exclude a favorite ingredient. Onions are in short supply and their prices have risen by 80 percent, too expensive for many Indians to afford as part of their daily...

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