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ISSUE: November 15, 2009
Articles about Japan
Asian Sensations
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5-1-2007
When it comes to entertainment, Nagisa Oshima, Takashi Miike, and the pang brothers give Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg a run for their movie making money.
Article Excerpts:
...Takashi Miike’s infamous Audition (
Japan
, 1999) has hardly any, yet its torturous final...
...flee the scene of an accident; and Premonition (
Japan
, 2004), about a sinister daily newspaper that...
... The Cannes-honored, four-story anthology Kaidan (
Japan
, 1964) is a supreme example of how fantastic set...
Wake Up And Smell The Fishes
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2-1-2006
Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market is a treat for the eyes and the belly no matter what the hour.
Article Excerpts:
...time, it''s clean, odorless, and (typical for
Japan
) almost monastically quiet. Above all, Tsukiji...
...its biggest North American counterpart, Fulton.
Japan
being a series of islands, the Tsukiji Fish...
...against conformity. And so it''s ironic that
Japan
harbors one of the world''s great monuments to...
Sumo Snow
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12-1-2006
When it comes to skiing the powder on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, bigger is definitely better.
Article Excerpts:
...cascade from the sky. Hokkaido,
Japan
''s northernmost island, lies just off the main...
...forests. Space, a costly premium throughout
Japan
, is abundant in Hokkaido, a mostly wild...
... Hemmed in by the Pacific, the Sea of
Japan
, and the Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido is in the path...
A Cleansing Experience
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8-15-2006
Everyone's familiar with the frenetic energy of Tokyo, but fewer people have discovered the areas ancient, calming waters.
Article Excerpts:
...of the flesh. This is a mistake. Sensuality in
Japan
may be, by Western standards, of the quiet and...
... or hot springs, are proof. Bathing in
Japan
is at the same time a meditative and social...
...are the 2,300 or so onsen scattered across
Japan
. Some of these are primitive campsites; others...
Jammin’ With Steven Tyler And Joe Perry
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12-1-2004
In a recent chat with
American Way
, the veteran bandmates dished the dirt on exactly what goes on when Aerosmiths on tour.
Article Excerpts:
...hip, trendy place. Our favorite store in all of
Japan
, though, is Hysteric Glamour. Hysteric Glamour...
... houses. That''s true of most department stores in
Japan
. Our favorite one is Takashimaya. They usually...
... said, "No, they only make those and sell them in
Japan
." So you''ll find a lot of styles, a lot of...
Wrestle Mania
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12-15-2004
Czech this out: To pin down how big sumo is in Prague, you start with beer for breakfast.
Article Excerpts:
... of a Czech business daily newspaper. Sumo in
Japan
traces back to 700 A.D., but Czech sumo dates...
... tournaments. In 1998, Poriz took a Czech team to
Japan
and practiced at a professional sumo stable for...
...One of his students currently works in
Japan
as an apprentice, and recently has turned...
Life's Little Questions
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12-15-2007
Why are there Braille dots on the keys of drive-through ATMs? And why don't the Japanese have many swear words? We found the man who can answer those questions and others like them economically.
Article Excerpts:
...The answer was that the samurai culture of
Japan
made it dangerous to run the risk of insulting...
...so people were cautious about how they spoke in
Japan
," says Frank. "There was never a similar...
...to insult this guy, and in Korea, I can, but in
Japan
, it might be really costly if I do," he says. ...
All That Jazz
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9-15-2009
Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong would feel right at home in jazz-happy Tokyo, Japan.
Article Excerpts:
...would feel right at home in jazz-happy Tokyo,
Japan
. PHOTOGRAPHS BY GEOFF JOHNSON ON a cold,...
...JOHNSON ON a cold, dark night in Tokyo,
Japan
, with a spitting rain threatening to become a...
...in suits. In between songs, as is customary in
Japan
, the band leader tells long, evidently very...
The New Heart Of Tokyo
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2-15-2004
It took 17 years and $4 billion, but Roppongi Hills, a world-class cultural complex, is now beating loud and strong.
Article Excerpts:
...than foreign tourists have been traveling to
Japan
. (Last year alone, seven times more Japanese...
...the United States than the other way around.)
Japan
''s economic boom of the 1980s helped cement its...
...But the outside world has yet to catch on.
Japan
has the world''s second largest economy, but...
The Vanishing Mermaid
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5-15-2008
Over the years, the dugong has inspired many a mythical tale, but now its in danger of becoming nothing but a story of the past.
Article Excerpts:
...currently on display in aquariums in Australia,
Japan
, and Singapore. Unfortunately, though, unlike...
...to soon become extinct in the waters of Taiwan,
Japan
, China, and East Africa. Young people in...
It’s All about the Freebies
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5-15-2009
The best way to get customers into your store? Give away all your products.
Article Excerpts:
...everything we have," James says. The store in
Japan
usually has about 300 items at a time, and the...
...Nishida, a Sample Lab! member in Tokyo,
Japan
, considers filling out the questionnaires a...
Artfully Appealing
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5-15-2009
Tokyo’s best minigallery is just a few gates away.
Article Excerpts:
...away. PERHAPS MORE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY ,
Japan
is a unique hybrid of the ancient and the...
... 1603 and 1867, when art and travel flourished in
Japan
-- the series shows 53 different images of...
Eating And Drinking With Hiro Sone And Lissa Doumani
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2-1-2004
EATING AND DRINKING WITH CHEF HIRO SONE AND LISSA DOUMANI
, owners of Terra, a Napa Valley incarnation that savors its local flavor.
Article Excerpts:
...on American Idol . Sone was born in
Japan
to a family that had been rice farmers for 18...
...romance that involved several round trips to
Japan
before they married. ...
Fire It Up
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7-15-2005
Whats in your favorite chefs backyard? We asked some of the nations most renowned chefs for their favorite backyard grills. Your job? Break out the steak and cold beer and your credit card. Richelle ThomsonRoy YamaguchiRoys (22 in the continenta...
Article Excerpts:
... in the continental U.S., six in Hawaii, three in
Japan
, and one in Guam); host of Hawaii Cooks with ...
...used to use one when we were growing up in
Japan
. I took out the gas element and use Hawaiian...
Land Of The Rising Star
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10-15-2006
Day Breaks Taye Diggs was just a struggling actor the first time he went to Tokyo. But what happened on that trip has kept him returning to where it all began.
Article Excerpts:
...there and to have everything in the context of
Japan
. Most of the artwork there was about the history...
...of the artwork there was about the history of
Japan
and Asia. But Ueno Park is famous for its more...