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Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2015
Season's first dolphin hunt in Taiji ends unsuccessfully
Fishing boats in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, set sail for the first dolphin drive hunt of the season Thursday morning, as some 15 foreign activists staged protests around the town's harbor facility.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2015
Dolphin activist Ric O'Barry arrested; Taiji fisherman delay first hunt of season
A U.S. activist featured in the Oscar-winning 2009 documentary "The Cove" about dolphin hunts in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, has been arrested in the nearby town of Nachikatsuura for not carrying his passport.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Aug 29, 2015
Documentary captures anti-nuclear protest movement's evolution
In the summer of 2012, tens of thousands of people gathered around the prime minister's office with one message — no more nuclear power. People flooded the streets of Tokyo's Nagatacho district, chanting and holding up signs saying "No Nukes!" in the hope their voices could be heard.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 29, 2015
The revolution will be streamed online
Local media have been cautious in their coverage of the protest demonstrations that have materialized in recent years, but they appear to be intrigued by the college-age activists known as SEALDs (Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 27, 2015
Indie act Ykiki Beat broadens its horizons on 'When the World is Wide'
One band worth checking out at this weekend's Sweet Love Shower festival at Lake Yamanaka in Yamanashi Prefecture is Ykiki Beat.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 27, 2015
Suchmos taps into a chilled-out vibe on debut album 'The Bay'
All young musicians dream of a fantasy collaboration when they're plotting out their careers. The artist that the members of Suchmos think of? Michael Jackson.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 25, 2015
The Royal Opera returns with a double bill to thrill
Lovers of classical music can diffuse summer's heat with some ghostly relief, as The Royal Opera makes its first visit to Japan since 2010 — this time with the spectral pairing of Giuseppe Verdi's "Macbeth" and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Don Giovanni."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2015
Japan faces uphill battle to breed dolphins after drive hunt ban
Japanese aquariums are now actively seeking to breed dolphins, but they face an uphill battle due to a lack of facilities and expertise.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2015
Japan wraps up 10 weeks of 'research whaling' in Pacific
The fisheries Agency said 90 sei whales and 25 Bryde's whales were caught as planned, during 10 weeks of so-called research whaling in the northwestern Pacific.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 21, 2015
Suchmos "The Bay"
The first full album from Suchmos, titled, "The Bay," is just the kind of soundtrack you need for a Saturday night. The band's name is adapted from Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, and "The Bay" gives a nod to the jazz legend with the kind of smooth beats and guitars that could fill one of Yokohama's small...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 18, 2015
Erik Satie: A 'gymnopedist' ahead of his time
Erik Satie (1866-1925) said and did a lot of memorable things, many remarkably outlandish. Brilliant and bonkers, he composed works that range from cabaret ditties to a "symphonic drama," from light music for educating children to complex parodies of the masters. And who can forget such composition titles...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 11, 2015
The spooky side of Sanyutei Encho
For all sorts of reasons, summer is the season of ghosts in Japan. Accordingly, The University Art Museum in Tokyo is presenting an exhibition of work connected to Meiji Era (1867-1912) storyteller Sanyutei Encho (1839-1900). Encho practised the art of rakugo, a traditional and minimalist Japanese style...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 11, 2015
'Shimura Fukumi: Nature and Inheritance to Next Generation'
Aug. 8-Sept. 23
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Aug 7, 2015
Ashes debacle fuels Australian media
Australia's stunning dismissal for 60 runs on day one of the fourth Ashes test prompted incredulous headlines in local newspapers on Friday along with calls for the citizenship to be stripped from the entire team.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 31, 2015
A lovers' food fight and a dreamy walk on the beach in July's best videos
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 29, 2015
'Love & Mercy' is a biopic worthy of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys
Real surfers don't listen to The Beach Boys. That's one of the first things I learned while hanging out at the ocean toting a surfboard, and it's also one of the lines from "Love and Mercy," a biopic about The Beach Boys frontman Brian Wilson. Along with his brothers, Dennis and Carl, and their cousin...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2015
'Star Wars' playing at a paddy near you
“Star Wars” heroes have emerged on rice paddies in the village of Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture, to attract tourists through the summer.
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jul 22, 2015
In search of male 'members' great and small
Iceland has everything that matters. There's Bjork, of course. There's Skyr yogurt, widely acknowledged to be the best on the planet. And they've got a place called The Icelandic Phallological Museum, the world's only museum dedicated to the penis, run by Sigurour Hjartarson. For more than 40 years this...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2015
Student group's pandemics study wins Japan Times award
A student group addressing the growing threat of pandemic diseases in the age of globalization received the grand prize for this summer's presentations in The Japan Times Youth Project.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 16, 2015
Conductor Seiji Ozawa, Eagles, Lucas, King, Morena, Tyson to be honored by Kennedy Center
Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, American rock band the Eagles and Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas are among the six recipients of this year's awards for lifetime contributions to American culture from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C, the center said Wednesday.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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