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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 3, 2015
The highlights of Japanese media in 2014
My choices for the most significant public phenomena of last year are associated with traditional media rather than the social kind, which isn't to say these phenomena didn't impact social media and vice versa, only that TV, newspapers and magazines still affect our perception of the world.
JAPAN / History
Dec 31, 2014
Japan, China had agreement to maintain Senkaku status quo, Suzuki-Thatcher files show
The two countries agreed to avoid discussing their claims to the islets, according to newly released documents on a 1982 conversation between Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 28, 2014
Suzuki set to reclaim minicar title from Daihatsu
Suzuki Motor Corp. was likely Japan's top seller of minicars this year, topping the list for the first time in eight years thanks to brisk demand for the Suzuki Hustler, industry sources said.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 6, 2014
Code + culture: new media art from Japan
Domestic media artists have been using programming code in recent years to create some astonishing works of art. We look back at how this scene developed over the years and examine four contemporary artists who have defined the way the genre has evolved.
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CULTURE / Stage
Nov 26, 2014
Life's the star in new 'Constellations'
As the third play in its series titled Drama for Two — The Power of Dialogue, the New National Theatre, Tokyo, is set to stage acclaimed English playwright Nick Payne's two-hander quantum love story "Constellations" for a three-week run from Dec. 3.
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SOCCER / J. League
Nov 21, 2014
Reds aiming to claim J. League title by beating Gamba
The last time Urawa Reds won the J. League in 2006, they beat Gamba Osaka at home on the final weekend to capture their first-ever championship.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Nov 18, 2014
Hongo's rise illustrates depth of Japan's talent pool
Japan's strong showing in the Grand Prix season continued with Rika Hongo's victory at the Cup of Russia on Saturday. Hongo's triumph marked the third time in four weeks that Japan has taken the gold at one of the GP events.
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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Nov 8, 2014
Zen and Japanese Culture
This is one of those books you read to the last page without ever finishing; you keep going back for more — and finding it.
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CULTURE / Music
Oct 28, 2014
OK Go shares a love of Japan with fans
'Sharing' used to be a dirty word in the music industry, but OK Go have been instrumental in changing that.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 16, 2014
Okada making impact for unbeaten Shiga
Yu Okada has spent nearly a decade now knocking down jump shots for a paycheck.
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MORE SPORTS / ASIAN GAMES
Sep 25, 2014
Irie takes gold in 200-meter backstroke; Hagino places third
Defending champion Ryosuke Irie powered to victory in the men's 200-meter backstroke at the Asian Games on Thursday, as compatriot Kosuke Hagino, a four-time gold medalist at this meet, won bronze.
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MORE SPORTS
Sep 14, 2014
Suzuki becomes youngest Japan LPGA Championship winner
Ai Suzuki earned her first title on Japan's LPGA tour on Sunday, capturing the LPGA Championship by one stroke and replacing Ai Miyazato as the event's youngest winner.
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CULTURE / Film
Aug 27, 2014
Bloody hip-hop war set in technicolored Tokyo
A Japanese hip-hop musical? How about a samurai swashbuckler set on the streets of Compton, California? But Sion Sono makes his new film, "Tokyo Tribe," more than an oddity of cultural appropriation. Truth be told, I felt queasy as the story, based on a manga by Santa Inoue, began to unfold in a crime-ridden...
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CULTURE / Books
Aug 23, 2014
Death and the Flower
When Koji Suzuki wrote "Ring," the novel behind the film that brought the J-horror genre to the world, he apparently had a baby in his lap, and he went on to write not only horror fiction but also parenting books. "Death and the Flower" brings these two sides together nicely.
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CULTURE / Art
Aug 21, 2014
'Playing with Sound: Yuri Suzuki'
All of designer-artist Yuri Suzuki's works involve an element of play and focus on our relationship with sound, noises, music and electronics. As his first major solo exhibition in Japan, "Playing with Sound" is an interactive show that offers visitors unusual aural experiences and introduces them to...
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JAPAN
Aug 4, 2014
Remarks on Studio Ghibli's 'dismantling' sows confusion
English-language bloggers were quick to react Monday to remarks made by Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki about 'dismantling' the studio's animation production department.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 2, 2014
Stalker in Mitaka murder case sentenced to 22 years
The stalker who ambushed and killed his ex-girlfriend, sparking allegations of incompetence in the Mitaka Police Department, receives a 22-year prison term.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2014
Backlog of orders, savvy marketing stave off carmaker crisis
A backlog of orders as well as concerted marketing efforts by carmakers have minimized the impact from April's consumption tax hike on sales between April and June — but there are still concerns about sales volume after July, the chairman of the nation's automaker lobby said Tuesday.
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JAPAN / Society
Jul 8, 2014
Citizens urged metro assembly not to draw curtain on sexist heckling
Citizens alarmed by the recent sexist jeers against a female member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly organized a gathering Monday evening to try to keep the legislative body from "drawing the curtain" on the matter.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 3, 2014
Man accused of egging office of sexist heckler
Police on Wednesday sent a case to prosecutors accusing a man in his 50s of throwing raw eggs at the entrance to the office of Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member Akihiro Suzuki on June 23.

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