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Prison documentary and drama; CM of the week: Pfizer
Japan's prison system receives in-depth treatment on the documentary variety series "Arayuru Sekai wo Kengaku Se Yo!" (Inspect the World Fro....
1 Aug 5:15 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Historic ‘pink’ theater hopes to put ladies on seats, not just screens
The Kabuki-za theater in Ginza is not the only notable Tokyo structure dating back to the 1950s that has shut its doors this year. With lar....
1 Aug 5:14 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Old Japan lives on at Ikaho Spa
The ways are various in Japan for having one's sense of local pride bolstered by recognition on some official list. Japan has its three mos....
1 Aug 5:13 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A fish that knows not time
Recently, a few days before my 70th birthday, I was visited by the beautiful and vivacious actress Mayu Tsuruta. If you watch Japanese telev....
1 Aug 5:12 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
TV examines the morals of the story
The new Hollywood spy thriller "Salt" has received good reviews, even if a sizable portion of them admit that the plot is preposterous. What....
1 Aug 5:11 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Depression takes hold as promises of Utopia fade away
Why isn't this Utopia? Why, given material and technological advantages beyond the wildest dreams of our most visionary ancestors, are we fl....
1 Aug 5:10 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Long journey to safe harbor in an unpredictable world
Knowing Japanese troops had caused the deaths of her father's parents and siblings in World War II, Japan was about the last place Ha Thi Th....
31 Jul 6:00 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ogijima, man-tree island of art
One of the greatest opportunities to visit the Seto Inland Sea is from now through Oct. 31. During this time, the Setouchi International Art....
31 Jul 6:00 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Jolie makes ‘Salt’ hit of the season
Never has an actress looked so good in a tank top under a sleek black pants suit — with the exception of maybe Uma Thurman, Angelina Jolie....
30 Jul 6:04 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Bringing samurai spirit and business acumen to kabuki
On July 1, 2009, Kenzaburo Mogi, 72, a former vice chairman of the soy sauce manufacturing giant Kikkoman Corporation, was appointed to dire....
30 Jul 6:04 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Making ‘BioArt’ a cultural practice
At this year's Society for Social Studies Conference at the University of Tokyo, Aug. 25-29, there will be a session on "BioArt," which begs....
30 Jul 6:04 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Candide
The life of U.S. conductor Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) is being feted in Japan with the performance of his masterpiece, "Candide," under t....
30 Jul 6:04 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Posterity in action — all’s fair in war and softcore porn
August is the season in Japan for a never-ending stream of films and TV programs about World War II. Quite naturally, from the Japanese pers....
30 Jul 6:04 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese dietary tips to prevent summer lethargy
Anyone who has spent a summer in Japan will likely be well- acquainted with natsubate, or "summer fatigue" — a general state of lethargy a....
30 Jul 6:04 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Charismatic Chan makes ‘Karate Kid’ role his own
HOLLYWOOD — He's featured in more than 100 movies spanning six decades, holds the Guinness World Record for most stunts by a living actor,....
30 Jul 6:04 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Meat is murder, as the undead strike back
"Jennifer's Body" is pretty straightforward in its intentions: mix this season's hot teen genre, the vampire flick, with that old standby th....
30 Jul 6:04 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Various Artists “Bamboo Pirate presents Max Essa vs. John Daly”
Technology has done strange things to dance music. It seems anybody these days can DJ (no matter how bad) because new equipment makes it eas....
30 Jul 6:04 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Who deserves to sit alongside Chagall?
There are many ways to view the lush, colorful, dreamlike and apparently naive art of Marc Chagall, one of the undoubted greats of 20th-cent....
30 Jul 6:04 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Smart, trad and stylish win the race
Though we've already included the Karimoku New Standard line of contemporary furniture as one of our picks from last year's Tokyo Design Wee....
29 Jul 6:02 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Fresh vegetables in heart of the city
O n Saturdays and Sundays, a small group of vendors sets up stalls filled with fresh vegetables and fruit outside the Kotsu Kaikan Building,....
29 Jul 6:02 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A linguistic guide to the dog days of summer
With the exception of Hokkaido, Japan heralds the arrival of summer when the 気象庁 (Kishocho, or Japan Meteorological Agency) declares ....
28 Jul 6:41 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
How can you beat that summer heat?
Brian GillilandTeacher, 27(American)It's all about the G-string. When you feel like your bottom is naked, that makes you feel cool. Sayuri ....
27 Jul 6:09 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Talks drag on, teachers fired in Berlitz case
After 20 months of legal wrangling, neither side has managed to snag a win in Berlitz Japan's ¥110 million lawsuit against five teachers an....
27 Jul 6:09 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ex-students don’t want JET grounded
Since 1987, the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program has brought young Westerners — often straight out of college — to Japan to tea....
27 Jul 6:09 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
One man’s cup of tea equals a career
"Irasshaimase, dozo! (Welcome to the shop. Please have a look around!)" The high-spirited, delightful voice of a tall Frenchman echoes in th....
27 Jul 6:09 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Savoring the wisdom of some Japanese predictions about Japan
FIRST IN A THREE-PART SERIES — I was 8 years old when we got our first television set, a 10-inch Admiral. That was in 1952, still early da....
25 Jul 5:51 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A northern odyssey
<< CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 A side visit to South Korea may seem an anomaly during a voyage around Japan, but it was forced on us becaus....
25 Jul 5:51 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Wartime confessions
Donald Keene, the foremost scholar of Japanese literature, mines the wartime diaries kept by some of the most prominent writers and intellec....
25 Jul 5:51 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Wherefore art thou, corporate social responsibility?
As an American lawyer, I know a bit about working in a profession that has had serious image problems. My law-school classmates perversely ....
25 Jul 5:51 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A bailout by any other name
The gap between rich and poor seems to be widening worldwide, the result of government deregulation and the dominance of market-led economic....
25 Jul 5:51 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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