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I'm worried that the overweight will be shunned in the workplace and these new rules will make no one want to hire them.
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Death rate high for Mainichi employees
China boom helps Tokyo homeless
Is a China-free diet possible in Japan?
Fuji TV panics over announcer's future
Ministry squabbles overshadow collision
Love hotels target women
Softbank discount for Koreans backfires
| Put your money under your futon |
| Pros and cons of online matchmaking |
| Japan's new, improved diplomacy |
| Tokyo professionals - recession proof? |
| Petsitters lend helping hand |  |
| Japan's love affair with all that blooms | |
| 'Yasukuni' director feels heat | |
| MLB popularity at all-time high |
| A life in the day of a clown |  |
| Once upon a Times Square | |
| All in a night's work for Eiko Koike | |
| Nicole Kidman having a big year |
 | Anyone for tea Melon Tea Pot |  |
| Karaoke mic for MP3 players LAT-PKARA01, Logitec | |
| Wireless access point for gaming devices CG-WLGAP01, Corega |
| Discreet elegance Chieko Ino, Akris Japan Ltd |  |
| A world of culinary delights Kozo Hasegawa, Global-Dining, Inc | |
| Redefining the hotel business Lothar R Pehl, Starwood Hotels Japan Co |
| One version of the American dream Jilted in San Francisco |  |
| Re-examining history yet again From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor | |
| Unlocking the imagination Visions of delight |
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Petsitters lend helping hand
By Karryn Catelle
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| Photo courtesy of Lene Borup Kimura |
TOKYO — What to do when your pet can’t join you on vacation? In Japan, one option is to board it in a pet hotel — which sounds like a good idea, but can be a nightmare. Some kennels charge exorbitant rates and cram your beloved animal into the cat- or dog-sized equivalent of a six-mat apartment.It was the poor condition of local pet hotels that inspired Lene Borup Kimura, a Danish woman who moved to Japan 3 1/2 years ago, to start a sitting service in 2005. Being an avid dog ...
Japan's love affair with all that blooms
By Sarah Noorbakhsh
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| Tokyo floral designer Nicolai Bergmann PHOTO BY TSUTOMU FUJITA |
TOKYO — It’s that time of the year again, to stretch out on the lawns of Yoyogi Park and admire the delicate cherry blossoms overhead — while hoping none of them fall in our beer. One thing to ponder this season is, how did this ruckus about hanami get started, anyway? And what is it with Japan and all these flowers?Ask any armchair academic with a hankering for Japonica, and you’ll get theories about how the country’s agricultural history provides the perfect ...
Chinese director of 'Yasukuni' documentary feels heat
By Takaki Tominaga
TOKYO — Chinese director Li Ying says his documentary film about Yasukuni Shrine — a Shinto shrine which has generated political heat for its association with Japan's militaristic past — received keen attention on the international film stage at the likes of the Sundance Film Festival in the United States earlier this year.However, in Japan ahead of its April release, the resident film director says he is feeling heat on him to shelve the production in the face of pressures ...
MLB popularity at all-time high in Japan as Red Sox, A's open season
By Rob Schwartz
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| Daisuke Matsuzaka MLB PHOTO |
TOKYO — Just over a year ago, the Japanese press was agog with stories of their “national treasure,” Seibu Lions pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, going overseas to play baseball in the U.S. While bemoaning the loss of a homegrown star, there was also a hint of pride in Matsuzaka’s ability to compete in the MLB. Starting with the pitcher’s initial decision to head to America, and continuing through his season with the Boston Red Sox and, of course, through the World ...
The yuppification of Akihabara
By Patrick W Galbraith
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| A maid in Akihabara PHOTO BY MARTIN HLADIK |
TOKYO — The saying goes that in Akihabara, you can find whatever you desire. Tokyo’s Electric Town is a place where dreams and fantasy become reality, not just for local “otaku,” but for the shoppers and tourists who come to share their world. Yet what the powers that be want now is for the otaku to disappear.“There are three periods in Akihabara: past, present and future,” says Takaya Kobayashi, a city councillor in Chiyoda Ward. “The past is the ...
Lie down and you'll feel slimmer
By Amy Kelly Golden
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TOKYO — There are some things you just have to see to believe, and the ALEX-S is one of them. Like a contraption right out of a sci-fi movie, the machine looks like it would be more at home in a science lab than a spa. And when trying to understand how it works, having an advanced science degree might come in handy.Marketed as the “ultimate diet and relaxation machine from Italy,” the ALEX-S is an electromagnetic infrared light system designed to burn fat and cellulite, ...
Foreign jazz musicians find niche in Tokyo's underground scene
By Richard Kimber
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| The action heats up at Cafe Cotton Club. PHOTO BY DANIEL MACHADO |
TOKYO — Dave Brubeck, Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderley — just a few of the jazz legends who have been inspired by their experiences in Japan. If there’s any doubt about the country’s influence, try listening to Brubeck’s “Tokyo Traffic” in the middle of Shinjuku, or his “Zen is When” in Yoyogi Park. If that fails to do the job, take Horace Silver’s “Too Much Sake” with you next time you go to an izakaya. In fact, for ...
Yummy Mummies help mothers thrive in Tokyo
By Karryn Cartelle
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| Yummy Mummies founder Pippa Griffith |
TOKYO — “It’s like speed dating to meet other moms,” says Anna Kunnecke, co-organizer of the new Yummy Mummies forum. “Expat moms just don’t have as many opportunities to meet each other here like they do in their home countries. People live so far apart and it can be hard to find synergy with other women in such a transient, dissected town.”Yummy Mummies is set to have its first get-together on Feb 21 at Cabana California Cuisine in Ebisu. Several ...
Two gung-ho career women connect business with academia at Osaka University
By Yone Sugita
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| Katy Horiuchi, left, and Harumi Hotta |
OSAKA — The former Osaka University of Foreign Studies received an endowment from several corporations to support a unique set of courses in the fields of the humanities and the social sciences. Students can receive academic credit for their coursework. The first endowment course, Analysis of Current International Events, which includes guest lectures by top journalists, was established in 2004 with funding from the Yomiuri newspaper. This course has been and still is very popular with ...
Valentine's Day in Japan: Say it with 'giri' chocolate
By Chris Betros
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TOKYO — Guys, if you get a whole lot of chocolates from women in your office on Valentine’s Day, don’t get carried away. They don’t all love you. They might not even like you. It’s that well-known and unique Japanese custom of giri-choco (“obligation chocolate”) that bemuses foreign men and foreign media each year at this time.So who took the love out of Valentine’s Day in Japan? The confectionery companies, of course. There is some debate over ...
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