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Unpublished Tezuka cartoon sheets shown
A cartoonist has acquired nine unpublished comic strip sheets created by the late artist Osamu Tezuka, who gained fame for his ';Astro Boy'; and ';Black Jack'; series. The sheets were created for four works, including ';Metropolis'; and ';Yubijin'; (';Man with a Tail';), which were both published in 1949, said Leiji Matsumoto, 75, who had ...
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Japan Post to replace all outside directors in June
Once the Mother's Day advertising displays came down, it was back to the grim reality of being a mother in Japan rather than in other developed ...
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Burns heroics give B-Corsairs shot at championship
Unbelievable energy. Splendid self confidence. Never-wavering faith in his abilities or his teammates. Those are ingredients to success for Draelon Burns, the Yokohama B-Corsairs’ super substitute. Burns buried a remarkable three buzzer-beating shots to close out the three final quarters, and his team needed ...
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All eyes on Sato ahead of Indy 500
INDIANAPOLIS - When Takuma Sato strolls into his garage at Indianapolis, he gets a quick glimpse into the two distinct paths that have defined these past 12 months. There’s the wall that features front pages from two Japanese newspapers with his arms raised in victory. Back home, he’s a national hero. A few meters away, on another wall, is a poster of team owner A.J. Foyt wearing ...
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Ronaldo Mourinho sent off in loss
Heated contest: Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo controls the ball against Atletico Madrid's Juanfran in the King's Cup final on Friday night. Atletico won 2-1 after extra time. | ...
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Kuroda befuddles Blue Jays
NEW YORK - In a revolving-door season, Joe Girardi is grateful he has to spend little time worrying about Hiroki Kuroda. There are those moments, though, that the New York Yankees’ manager has to remind himself the Japanese ace is not one of the many young faces in his clubhouse. Kuroda gave another steady performance on Friday night, pitching two-hit ball for eight dominant innings and ...
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Antlers thump Grampus as Zico watches on
KASHIMA, IBARAKI PREF. - Kashima Antlers swept past Nagoya Grampus 3-1 in the J. League on Saturday in the presence of the club’s legendary architect Zico. Yasushi Endo, Atsutaka Nakamura and Yuya Osako scored for Antlers, who are in fourth after seizing the matchup that helped launch the league 20 years ago. Kashima also won back then, behind Zico’s hat trick and a brace from ...
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Fukuoka blows out Kyoto clinches spot in title game
It is impossible to hide their collective desire to win a championship. For the Rizing Fukuoka, the intensity of their 55th game this season produced a collective trademark that was evident since the start of the 2012-13 bj-league season: Reggie Warren’s fiery leadership, Julius Ashby’s inside muscle and hustle, Josh Peppers’ explosive scoring, Akitomo Takeno’s polished ...
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Fukushima photos focus on what can’t be seen
Photographer Tomoki Imai has been a blur of activity since we reached the lookout point halfway up 601-meter Mount Higakure in the Futaba district of Fukushima Prefecture. Despite it being late April, with cherry blossoms in the forests and hamlets lower down, snow flurries and freezing conditions in the mountains the day before made long-range shooting virtually impossible. So Imai was in a ...
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Dwarf bamboo’s no pushover whatever the season
An unseasonably cold spring wind blasts in from the north shaking all before it. Oak trunks tremble; mast-like young white birches sway alarmingly and ineffectively rattle their branches at it. Buildings even shudder at the wind’s assault. Slender, elegant bamboos sway, bow and bend, as if wave-washed by the same invisible force. The sound of their leaves is an all-enveloping rustling, ...
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Taking it easy on stroll-size Omi-jima
Mr. Hirohisa had made it clear when I called him from the nearest mainland city to the island -- Nagato in western Honshu’s Yamaguchi Prefecture -- that there would be no supper provided that night; nor would he be able to pick me up from the station as expected. He would be hosting a private barbeque party that evening, with all hands needed on deck. Luckily, there was a small general ...
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The other costs of concrete
Where does concrete come from? The material has become such a pervasive symbol of human alienation from nature that it’s tempting to assume it’s just another brutish product of the 18th-century Industrial Revolution. In actuality, the Romans used very similar stuff more than 2,000 years ago -- made, then as now, from gravel, rocks, sand, water, limestone and other additives. ...
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Authorized life of Thatcher is clear-eyed rich in details
Life in Japan just seems tailor-made for certain foreign residents, who slip into the fabric of this society as smoothly as a hand slides into a glove. American Curtis Patterson, a professional koto player and music teacher, is a case in point. Not only ...
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Private tutor as crime solver inner workings of the human body dramatized CM of the week Acom
These days a college education doesn’t get you as far as it used to, though it comes in handy for solving crimes, apparently. The hero of the two-hour suspense drama ';Katei Kyoshi ga Toku'; (';Private Tutor Solves the Case';; TBS, Mon., 9 p.m.) is a private tutor who attempts to unravel a murder mystery by means of algebra. Natsumi (Rei Kikukawa) is a poor college ...
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Ranpo’s novella of a desecrated grave continues to send shivers
In her helpful introduction to this novella, translator Elaine Kazu Gerbert describes the period’s love of illusion, altered states and perspectives. Panoramas were especially popular. Imposing circular structures with ramps and viewing platforms, visitors were treated to a series of large-scale realistic paintings lit up from above. The images depicted historical events and exotic ...
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Not so happy Mother’s Day
Once the Mother's Day advertising displays came down, it was back to the grim reality of being a mother in Japan rather than in other developed ...
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Nonsecular take on a rebellion
Putin’s hand in radicalizing a secular rebellion ';: The writer would appear to have little knowledge of Chechnya or Russia; nor does he seem to understand the meaning of the word ';secularism.'; Chechens were never secular, and were never the native people of the area we know today as Chechnya. Historically they were a Turkic tribe that came to occupy areas of the Caucasus ...
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More serious than their parents
Once the Mother's Day advertising displays came down, it was back to the grim reality of being a mother in Japan rather than in other developed ...
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Floatable cars for tsunami
Tsunami ‘Noah’s Ark ';: It would be a great idea for the infrastructure ministry to make special lifeboats for evacuation during tsunami. But we could save many more lives if car companies would make a new car or adapt an existing model to float for many hours or even days. Families would at least be able to get into their cars if there wasn’t enough time to escape the ...
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Where do these guys come from
Tonkatsu is comfort food, gourmand grub -- not a gourmet delicacy. So what are those hearty, unpretentious deep-fried breaded pork cutlets doing in an elegant little bar-style restaurant above one of Ginza’s temples to high-end consumption? Katsuzen has come a long way from its ...
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Video Healthy launches for Japanese kids
While American kids often leave the healthy option, nutritious lunches aren't just a goal for Japanese kids-- they're required. Lucy Craft ...
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North Korea fires three short-range missiles into Sea of Japan
North Korea on Saturday launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea's defence ministry said. US and South Korean forces had been on heightened alert for a medium-range ballistic missile test in recent weeks amid tensions triggered by North Korea's nuclear test in February. "North Korea launched two guided ...
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Burlingame Japanese restaurant skewered for serving lion meat
BURLINGAME -- A Japanese restaurant that offers exotic meats may have bitten off more than it can chew.Mokutanya charcoal grill recently added African lion to the menu as a promotional item, and news accounts have generated a swiftly developing backlash on Facebook and other social media sites. Meanwhile, an animal rights advocate, who has investigated how lion meat is produced, said consumers ...
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Quake Shakes Northeast Japan
Tokyo, May 18 (Prensa Latina) A six-magnitude quake on the Richter scale shook ...
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Agonising family choice in Japanese film at Cannes festival
Sat May 18, 2013 9:28am EDT * Babies switched at birth in quiet family drama * Kore-eda's film one of two Japanese entries in top category * Palme d'Or winner will be announced on May 26 By Alexandria Sage CANNES, May 18 (Reuters) - A film about baby-switching by Japan's Kore-eda Hirokazu that ponders nature versus nurture premiered at the Cannes film festival on Saturday, joining an ...
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Osaka sees first InterContinental hotel built
Osaka is a major travel destination within Japan and the wider Asian region for business travelers and leisure tourists alike. The city is an economic powerhouse and part of the backbone of the Japanese economy. It makes sense for InterContinental to finally open a hotel here then.
Osaka is the second command center of the Japanese economy after Tokyo, with a daytime and nighttime population that reflects the massive draw of the city as an economic powerhouse. Read more
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