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PRINCE

WORLD / Society
May 11, 2015
Singer Prince takes to the stage in Baltimore with 'Rally 4 Peace' show
Reclusive rocker Prince took to the stage in Baltimore on Sunday evening in a "Rally 4 Peace" concert in response to the death of a 25-year-old man from injuries suffered in police custody and the riots that followed, telling the crowd, "We are here for you."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 31, 2015
'Tenimyu' 2.5-D shows net over 2 million tickets sold
There's kabuki, noh, butoh, bunraku, regular plays, glitzy musicals and Japan's unique all-female Takarazuka musical theater troupe — but another home-grown performance-art genre has for some time been carving a niche in this country's diverse entertainment world in the shape of so-called 2.5-D musicals....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2014
Prince Akishino airs anti-war convictions ahead of 49th birthday
Prince Akishino, second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, told a recent news conference that he is convinced wars should never be fought again and wants to keep the collective memories of World War II alive, according to the transcript released Sunday by the Imperial Household Agency.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2014
Diplomats win kudos in annual photo contest
An arresting image of a man dressed as a superhero parking his bicycle was on Thursday named winner of the Prince Takamado Memorial Prize for the Japan Through Diplomats' Eyes 2014 photography contest.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2014
Stop this president from distorting rule of law
None of the policy disagreements roiling Washington at present is as important as the unchecked presidential aggrandizement of Barack Obama and his distortions of the rule of law.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Feb 22, 2014
Arisugawa-no-Miya's no mere people's park
Tokyo's weather in February is unpredictable, so when the day I have set aside for exploring features a record-breaking blizzard, I'm not surprised. So, bundled up like Everest conqueror Edmund Hillary, I exit Hiroo Station in Minato Ward to find the air feathered with swirling flakes and the streets...
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 2, 2013
Are royals living the dream of modern parents?
"What sort of country do we want?" the former Conservative M.P. George Walden asked in the 1990s, considering the issue of royalty: "Reproduction antique?"
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 31, 2013
A prince's push for workplace equality
Prince William's decision to take two weeks of job-protected, paid statutory paternity leave represents bold support for workplace equality between men and women.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 25, 2013
British royal baby's name announced: George Alexander Louis
The bookies were right: "He Who Had Not Been Named" is now Prince George.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 23, 2013
U.K. duchess casts traditional midwives aside for birth
Prince William's wife, Kate, cast aside British tradition when she picked the team that helped her deliver her baby on Monday.

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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan