Kyohei Sakaguchi Practice for a Revolution
As a college student, architect Kyohei Sakaguchi met a homeless man who he remembers as "Mr. Suzuki." Amazed by Suzuki's ingenious survival skills, Sakaguchi became interested in the ...
View ArticleNowitzki not ready to return yet
DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki was hoping to be back on the court sooner, even when the Dallas Mavericks were saying after his surgery that it could be at least six weeks before any basketball ...
View ArticleDiplomatic coup before election eluded Noda
PHNOM PENH — Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was unable to achieve a breakthrough in improving ties with China and South Korea during his trip to Cambodia, ahead of a tough Dec. 16 Lower House ...
View ArticleThe fall and rise of The Greek
For an artist, expatriation can be a kind of death — because for an artist, it can mean estrangement from the contexts and locations that secure a place in the annals of history that tend to ...
View ArticleMore urbanites taking up jogging just for fun
On weekdays, just as dusk falls and skyscrapers begin to sparkle in the dark like jewel caskets, many runners head for the Imperial Palace in Tokyo's central Chiyoda Ward soon after they get off ...
View ArticleKuroda Yanks agree to $15 million deal
New York filled one of the slots in its rotation Tuesday, agreeing to a $15 million, one-year contract with No. 2 starter Hiroki Kuroda as it awaits a decision from Andy Pettitte on whether he wants ...
View ArticleNoda returns donations from troubled firms Korean resident
CHIBA — A political funds management body and support group of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda last year returned ¥4.27 million in donations from companies suspected of engaging in misconduct ...
View ArticleWeve got TNGHT Young producers Hudson Mohawke and Lunice join forces to bring...
NGHT moves: Lunice Fermin Pierre II and Ross Birchard, better known as Lunice and Hudson Mohawke, bring their collaborative project. TNGHT, to Electraglide in Tokyo and Osaka this ...
View ArticleOld homes once forsaken become sound investments
"The concept was to create exactly the same experience as owners from long ago," said Kuroki, who redesigns homes for Iori Co., which manages 10 "machiya," or prewar wooden ...
View ArticleNTT East West to cut fiber-optic fees
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.'s two regional arms have decided to cut the monthly fees of their Flet's fiber-optic Internet connection services, sources said ...
View ArticleAbe Yoshikawa garner 2012 MVP honors
In a year that will be remembered for the huge triumphs by the Giants of both NPB and MLB, Yomiuri catcher Shinnosuke Abe finally won the big ...
View ArticleRussia Far East joint ventures in offing
Looking Far East: Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba make joint statements Tuesday at the Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo. ...
View ArticleMariners cut ties with Figgins
SEATTLE — Chone Figgins was expected to give the Seattle Mariners a spark when he signed a $36 million, four-year contract with them in December ...
View ArticleU.S. militarys Elephant Cage antenna to be razed
Out of commission: The "Elephant Cage," a massive U.S. military antenna array scheduled to be dismantled next year in Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, is seen Nov. 8. ...
View ArticleU.S. forces to expand nighttime curfew patrols in Okinawa
NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — U.S. forces in Japan said Wednesday they will expand nighttime curfew patrols in Okinawa to cover the prefectural capital of Naha, where a U.S. serviceman was arrested for ...
View ArticleLakers hold off Nets to give DAntoni victory in debut
LOS ANGELES — Although Mike D'Antoni still can't jump, pivot or move on his surgically replaced knee with his usual enthusiasm, he felt plenty strong enough to start work with the Los ...
View ArticleNippon Ishin plans 200 Lower House candidates
OSAKA — Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) officials announced 60 new candidates Wednesday for the Lower House election and said the final total will probably be around 200, well ...
View ArticleMen deal with double duty too
However, from the article, it appears that the solution is to make it easier for women, and only women, to balance the two kinds of work. Meanwhile, men don't have to perform this double duty. ...
View ArticleFirst Asian-American senator to push Japan ties
WASHINGTON — Democrat Mazie Hirono, the first Asian-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, is pledging continued efforts to keep U.S. relations with Japan ...
View ArticlePolitical pressure to manipulate BOJs actions is unwise Financial Times
LONDON — Politicians should not interfere with the monetary policies of the Bank of Japan, the Financial Times opined in an editorial ...
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