Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008
CLOSE-UP
Writing in a world of wolves
By MATTHIAS MESSMER and HSIN-MEI CHUANG
Jiang Rong (pen name of Lu Jiamin), who is now 62, was born in Jiangsu Province, China, and educated in ... |
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
LIFE IN JAPAN
Was the 'Japanese Renaissance' lost at sea?
By MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Last week, Japan celebrated Umi no Hi (Marine Day). First observed as a national holiday in 1996, Marine Day marks ... |
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
LIFE IN JAPAN
Cipangu's landlocked isles
By MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Thirteenth-century Japan has this in common with early 19th-century Japan: a land culture paying scant heed to the sea until ... |
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
WEEK 3
Temporary arrangements
By TOMOKO OTAKE
Akio Watanabe knows what a dead end feels like. ... |
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
WEEK 3
What's that smell?
By ERIKO ARITA
No one in Japan can avoid the sweat and smells of hot humid summer, regardless of sex, age or ethnicity. ... |
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
WEEK 3
Fly fanboys in the living room
By RAJU THAKRAR
Parents the world over would surely prefer their children not to throw things about. It's just plain bad manners, among ... |
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
LIFE IN JAPAN
Japan's culture policy lingers in limbo
By EDAN CORKILL
Sunday, July 6, 2008
CLOSE-UP
Peace follows turbulent times
By DAVID HICKEY
Sunday, June 29, 2008
LIFE IN JAPAN
U.S. enka singer takes Japanese soul by storm
By MASAMI ITO
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
WORDS TO LIVE BY
Professor Kunihiko Takeda
By JUDIT KAWAGUCHI
Professor Kunihiko Takeda, Ph.D., is vice-chancellor of the Institute of Science and Technology Research at Chubu University and one of ...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 ON DESIGN
A head-turning umbrella and other designer treats
By JEAN SNOW
There are plenty of unusual or practical takes on the extension cord out there, but Takumi's BeansQtap is a standout. ...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 LIFESTYLE
Vivienne Westwood, Ebi-chan in Maquillage and more
By MISHA JANETTE and PAUL McINNES
The latest Vivienne Westwood exhibition rolls into Tokyo this week. After the acclaimed "Vivienne Westwood: 35 Years in Fashion" held ...
Saturday, July 12, 2008
LIFESTYLE
Leaving the Beijing bird's nest behind
By RACHEL COOKE
BEIJING — Ai Weiwei, China's most famous living artist, lives and works in Caochangdi, which used to be a village ...
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
WORDS TO LIVE BY
Cherry farmers Mitsuyo and Shunji Ono
By JUDIT KAWAGUCHI
Shunji Ono, 71, and his wife Mitsuyo, 70, are farmers in Yamagata Prefecture's Sagae City. Besides taking care of the ...
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
LIFESTYLE
How green are Japan's urbanites?
By TOMOKO OTAKE and ERIKO ARITA
The Group of Eight summit began Monday at the Windsor Hotel Toya, an exquisite, maximum- security resort in Hokkaido. There, ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
LIFESTYLE
What is contemporary Australian architecture?
By JULIAN WORRALL
The Glenn Murcutt exhibition at Tokyo's Gallery Ma is one of the first ever to showcase Australian architecture in Japan. ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
WORDS TO LIVE BY
Women's shoe designer Moe Enomoto
By JUDIT KAWAGUCHI
Moe Enomoto, 28, is a women's shoe designer whose Sellenatela brand is carried by exclusive stores in Tokyo's Ginza and ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
LIFESTYLE
Australian architect makes homes that coexist with their surroundings
By EDAN CORKILL
In 2006 it was the Australia-Japan Year of Exchange. This year, it would seem, is the Australia-Roppongi Year of Exchange. ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
ON DESIGN
Mag racks, Issey Miyake watches and a tidy little cellphone buddy
By JEAN SNOW
With pretty much anything now just a quick printout away, is there really still a place in the office or ...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
LIFESTYLE
Chrome Hearts, Giraffe and Eley Kishimoto
By MISHA JANETTE and PAUL McINNES
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
WORDS TO LIVE BY
Osamu Miyawaki
By JUDIT KAWAGUCHI
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
LIFESTYLE
Home alone
By JUSTINE PARKER
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
LIFESTYLE
U.K. home-schoolers come to Tokyo for robot comp
By TOMOKO OTAKE
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
LIFESTYLE
Home-schooling on the rise
By TOMOKO OTAKE
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