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CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Oct 14, 2015
Restored and rediscovered Kon Ichikawa films to screen at TIFF
With the centennial of his birth this year, Promethean director Kon Ichikawa (1915-2008) is due for a revival. The upcoming Tokyo International Film Festival is accordingly screening three of his films in its new Japanese Cinema Classics section.
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 13, 2015
Pow! Wow! to pack a punch in Tokyo
Inspiration comes in many forms: It could be a piece of artwork that changes your vision of the world, or it could be a phone call from a friend that spawns an international art phenomenon.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 13, 2015
Usugrow feels the art of skulls in his bones
With shows four times a year, Diesel Art Gallery in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward is one of the best free art venues in Tokyo and is well worth checking out. Located in the basement of the clothes brand shop, it puts on consistently good shows that steer clear of the pretentiousness of more "artsy" venues, while...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 13, 2015
Japan should avoid making suicidal education mistakes
Japan's educational system will suffer greatly if political ignoramuses who know the price of everything and the value of nothing are allowed to have their way.
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Oct 11, 2015
Pedrosa wins Japanese MotoGP
Spain's Dani Pedrosa claimed the 50th Grand Prix win of his career on Sunday, taking victory in the Japanese MotoGP as runnerup Valentino Rossi extended his lead in the championship standings.
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LIFE / Travel
Oct 10, 2015
Saitama's 'Little Edo' is big on Japan's colorful history
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Oct 10, 2015
Lorenzo, Rossi earn top two positions for Japanese MotoGP
Jorge Lorenzo pipped his Yamaha teammate and championship rival Valentino Rossi in Japanese MotoGP qualifying in Motegi on Saturday, grabbing pole position with his final lap of the session and putting himself in the best possible position to make up his championship deficit in Sunday's race.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2015
Tokyo District Court rejects two lawsuits challenging security laws
The Tokyo District Court on Thursday rejected two lawsuits filed against the new national security laws enacted in September without holding any hearings, concluding the cases are not suitable for trial.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 7, 2015
August composite economic index down amid sluggish Chinese economy
The nation's key composite index of economic indicators that reflect the current state of the economy fell in August for the second straight month due to weaker shipments and production amid the sluggish Chinese economy, the government said Wednesday.
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 6, 2015
Hiroshi Hamaya: images of an inner war
Most active in the mid-20th century, the photographer Hiroshi Hamaya (1915-99) is best known for his folkloric images of rural life in Niigata Prefecture — images that some consider to be symbolic of his passive resistance to militarism, but for more critical voices are advocacy of a retrograde cultural...
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 5, 2015
Seeking patterns in the blurred connections that turn two Japanese words into one
When two words melt into one in Japanese, they frequently seal their morphological relationship with a 'blurring' of the second part.
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LIFE / Travel
Oct 3, 2015
Listening to the wind on Battleship Island
As if from a dream, the island floated over the sea like a terra-cotta dreadnought from a century ago. I'd arrived at Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island, and its profile was unmistakable from the deck of my ferry battling high waves and winds.
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COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Oct 3, 2015
Don't be green about the charm of tatami
When we were thinking of buying a condominium, we visited several old danchi — apartments built by Japan's former public housing corporation — because they were cheap and, we thought, easy to renovate. One of the units we inspected had bedroom floors made of tatami mats, and we wondered if...
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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Oct 3, 2015
Furniture that goes against the grain
Seeing both the wood and the trees
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CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Sep 30, 2015
Tokyo International Film Festival showcases classic anime, J-horror and yakuza films
The Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan's biggest film fest and a showcase for foreign movies that otherwise might never see the light of day here, will run from Oct. 22 to 31 this year. Opening the festival is Robert Zemekis' "The Walk," and the closer is local tearjerker "Kishuten Eki Taminaru"...
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 30, 2015
Industrial output drops unexpectedly for second month
Japan's industrial output unexpectedly fell in August, raising concern that the economy may have fallen back into its second recession since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took government.
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JAPAN
Sep 30, 2015
Japanese falls from favor at elite Pyongyang university amid ongoing diplomatic tensions
Until a decade ago or so, Japanese was one of the most popular languages studied by elite students in North Korea, even though the two countries have never had good relations, diplomatic or otherwise.
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CULTURE / Art
Sep 29, 2015
'Spectrum: Examining Today, Searching for the Future'
Sept. 26-Oct. 18
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 29, 2015
IMF says Japan's exports flat despite weaker yen
Japanese exports remain flat despite the bonus of a weaker yen, in part because manufacturers are shifting production overseas, the International Monetary Fund said Monday.
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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 28, 2015
Abe meets Iran counterpart on U.N. sidelines, urges Tehran toward nuclear deal with prospect of Japanese investment
The leaders of Japan and Iran met in New York, with Abe proposing increased investment as an impetus for the implementation of a nuclear agreement.

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