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Computer addiction dulls wits at work
Differences in familiarity with computers are creating ever-wider gaps within the ranks of Japan's salarymen. Evening tabloid Nikkan Gendai ....
25 Jul 5:51 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Brilliant facets of Nishi-Ojima
Setting off to explore Nishi-Ojima (West Large Island) and Kita Suna (North Sand) in Tokyo's downtown Koto Ward, I know better than to expec....
25 Jul 5:51 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan’s ‘seismic ship’ may yield a bonanza
Despite the ongoing Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, the search for deep-sea oil and gas reserves elsewhere continues un....
25 Jul 5:51 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
On the hunt for snakes and dragons in Chinatown
Two years back I reviewed "Year of the Dog," about the exploits of detective Jack Yu, the creation of Chinese-American author Henry Chang, w....
25 Jul 5:51 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The ‘secret lives’ of tomatoes; cooking with Japan rock’s don; CM of the week: Mobagei Town
Everything you've always wanted to know about the tomato but were afraid to ask is explained on the long-running variety show, "Sekai Marumi....
25 Jul 5:51 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A few ifs and thens, Kipling style
Have you ever given serious thought about what might have happened if Rudyard Kipling had lived in Japan instead of India? Neither have I. ....
24 Jul 6:05 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The art of sweating in Japan
Visit Japan — come join the sweating masses! Imagine 120 million people on a typical hot, humid summer's day. I've heard some tourists sa....
24 Jul 6:05 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Seattle pair put sake on local map
Japan abounds with foreigners attracted by its cultural opportunities, who live in the country and eventually make a livelihood by specializ....
24 Jul 6:05 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nigiwai festival celebrates cultural exchange with dancing
To celebrate Expo 2010 being held in Shanghai, the Osaka International House Foundation (i-house) will inject a dose of Chinese culture into....
23 Jul 5:52 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
In celebration of the yin of butoh
"In 1949, Tatsumi Hijikata saw Kazuo Ohno perform for the first time. He was moved and described Ohno-sensei's dance as geki yaku — like a....
23 Jul 5:52 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Yokohama gets jazzed up with Harlem Nights
Feel like getting in a New York state of mind? You might not have to travel too far because next week Yokohama will add a little slice of th....
23 Jul 5:52 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Interactive exhibit presents art from a child’s perspective
Ever wondered what goes through a baby's mind? Five groups of innovative artists take a guess with "Garden for Children," an interactive exh....
23 Jul 5:52 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A fish-out-of-water tale with extra calories
Yoshiro Nakamura is a rare bird among Japanese directors today. Though he has worked at the top of the industry, where the TV networks and T....
23 Jul 5:52 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Mexican metal act Moderatto hope to swap tequila for sake
Although their name may sound like the Spanish cognate for "moderate," parody glam-rock band Moderatto are anything but. Formed in 2001 by....
23 Jul 5:52 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Westin Tokyo brings out the Best
Acclaimed Australian chef Mark Best will bring a taste of his world-class restaurant Marque — one of the top eateries in the world and win....
23 Jul 5:52 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Buffalo Daughter: “The Weapons of Math Destruction”
Benefiting from their Shibuya-kei affiliation in the early 1990s, Buffalo Daughter attracted international attention and established an over....
23 Jul 5:52 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Celebrating a woman who lived with all her art and soul
When a woman values her art over personal happiness, the result can yield sheer, mesmerizing beauty. Tolstoy wrote that women prevail becaus....
23 Jul 5:52 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
‘Naoya Hatakeyama: “Tracing Lines / Yamate Dori” ‘
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo Closes Aug. 14 ....
23 Jul 5:52 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Pharmacist Masaaki Goto
Masaaki Goto, 83, runs a tiny pharmacy in Tokyo. Japan has the highest number of prescriptions per capita in the world and, after the United....
22 Jul 5:58 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kanji for ‘big’ will expand your Japanese skills
Every year on Aug. 16, at exactly 8 p.m., the first in a series of five giant bonfires is lit on a mountainside overlooking the city of Kyot....
21 Jul 6:03 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
What was your favorite World Cup moment?
Kai TsuchiiStudent, 13 (Japanese/American)The moment that Landon Donovan scored the winner against Algeria and the USA hopped to the top of ....
20 Jul 5:54 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A decade of harassment by Tokyo police
Dear Minister of Justice Keiko Chiba, I'm a 45-year-old African-American expat living and working in Tokyo. I've been the victim of police ....
20 Jul 5:54 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Immigration procedures face huge shakeup
As of July 1, there are big changes afoot for the laws governing foreign residency in Japan. Not since 1990, when the categories of residenc....
20 Jul 5:54 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Youth is wasted on the dwindling young
What's it like to be young in this most elderly, least youthful country on Earth? Wooing voters in Nagano Prefecture in the closing days of....
18 Jul 5:58 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Laws can lead, but society must grasp the value of childcare leave
In 1992 my wife, Susan, and I took ourfour children — then aged between 3 and 9 — from Kyoto to Sydney. The children, who until then had....
18 Jul 5:58 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Bathing in northern ‘megaherbs’
When I first visited New Zealand in 1994 I was impressed by its astounding landscapes — the stunning beauty of its landforms, coasts and i....
18 Jul 5:58 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Outer limits of kinky sex and violence
Bored with life and bullied by an overbearing mother, 17-year-old Mari finds a painful solace in the company of a translator of Russian, 50 ....
18 Jul 5:58 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Will Edo Castle’s tower rise again?
What does Tokyo have as a genuine landmark? Well, there's 52-year-old Tokyo Tower, but that's not the draw it once was. Or there's Tokyo Sk....
18 Jul 5:58 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan’s media laps up poll parade
One of the funniest images to emerge from last week's Upper House election was the row of Liberal Democratic Party bigwigs pointing their fo....
18 Jul 5:58 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Bikes starlet of Bangkok rides high
"Instead of staying home, I like to meet many people — I like my freedom," says Chiemi Svensson. It's a feeling this 57-year-old Japanese ....
18 Jul 5:58 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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