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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.
What do you think about the false accusation of groping against men on trains? "I was molested by perverts on a train when I was a primary school student." |
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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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Japanese youth find admiration abroad but trouble at home
By Roland Kelts
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| (c) 2007 Stuart Isett/www.isett.com |
TOKYO — By now, the images associated with Japan’s global pop juggernaut are new to no one. Pokemon, launched in 1996, is a multibillion dollar multimedia empire, extending into 68 countries worldwide. Its bright yellow, perky-tailed mascot soars above 5th Avenue in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, right next to an old pup named Snoopy. Fashion-fanatic Harajuku girls are now called “the Harajuku Girls,” a Japanese dance troupe touring the world and ...
Battle of the burgers
By Chris Betros
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| Burger King's Double Whopper |
TOKYO — Names like Whopper, MegaMac, Double Straight burger, Big Triple, Classic Double Double burger, Shin Mos burger and Double Cheese Bacon Egg burger can only mean thing. Big is back for the fast food business, which is reshaping itself after several years of price wars. The latest entry into the market is Burger King, the world’s No. 2 hamburger chain (after McDonald’s). The Miami-based fast food giant, which quit the Japanese market amid cutthroat competition in 2001, ...
Women in business set out their vision
TOKYO — The 12th International Conference for Women in Business will be held at Le Meridien Grand Pacific Tokyo on Sunday July 15 under theme of “Vision Quest.” The annual conference is designed to provide working women with a) knowledge and skills they need to succeed as professionals in today’s business scene, b) a forum for positive exchanges among peers who share a strong determination to succeed, and c) stimulating opportunities from international perspectives, ...
'Precariats' stand in open rebellion
By Toshihiko Ueno
TOKYO — "Precariats of all countries, unite!" "Precariat" is a new Japanese word which combines the English words "precarious," referring to the insecurity of part-time and contract work, and "proletariat." Part-time workers dubbed "freeters" in Japan and non-regular contract employees, who together account for about one-third of the overall workforce of some 51 million in 2006, are increasingly standing in open rebellion against the ...
From shakuhachi to sushi, foreign artisans bring Japan to a wider audience
By Oscar Johnson
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| Shakuhachi master John Neptune |
TOKYO — The warble of a bamboo flute or the beauty of a samurai sword may fascinate foreigners, but to natives of the Land of the Rising Sun, these tools can be a way of life. Traditionally, the Japanese “do,” or way of doing things — from kendo (literally, the way of the sword) to “shodo” (the way of calligraphy) — transcends profession or passion. It’s a mystery that few from afar have unlocked, much less mastered — until recently.These ...
Japanese graffiti artists make their mark
By Beau Miller
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| A three-story production piece by SCA Crew in Mito, Ibaraki |
TOKYO — Open your eyes. It’s everywhere. And depending on how you see it, the explosion of graffiti in Tokyo is either desecrating or beautifying the surfaces of our city. What started out as a guerilla activity in New York has since been adopted by youths around the world. And Tokyo’s “writers,” as graffiti artists prefer to be called, are enthusiastically making the tradition their own. Deploying Japanese characters, anime — and even gardening tools ...
Aussie ironman, ironwoman promote surf culture
By Chris Betros
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| Australian ironman Zane Holmes, left, and ironwoman Hayley Bateup |
TOKYO — Two of Australia’s fittest young athletes will be on hand at Odaiba on Saturday morning helping a beach clean-up campaign for the start of the summer swimming season. Hayley Bateup, and ironwoman and 2006 winner of the Coolangatta Gold title and Zane Holmes, the holder of the Coolangatta Gold, Queensland, Australian, World and Kellogg’s Nutri-Gran Ironman titles, are spending a week in Japan, promoting the Gold Coast and Australian beach culture.“It’s my ...
Grieving mother leads campaign to raise public awareness of reckless driving
By Chris Betros and Marie Iida
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| Kyoko Suzuki stands next to a photo of her deceased son Rei. |
ZAMA — It’s the phone call every parent dreads and Kyoko Suzuki received it in the middle of the night on April 9, 2000. It was the police wanting to know if she was the mother of Rei Suzuki. When Kyoko said yes, the officer dropped the bombshell: her 19-year-old son and a friend had been killed by a hit-and-run driver while walking along a bridge in Zama. Still suffering from the loss of her husband to cancer five years earlier, Kyoko’s world crashed down around her. ...
Boy toys take center stage at host clubs
By Brett Bull
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| A host at Club Prince in Shinjuku PHOTO BY MARTIN HLADIK |
TOKYO — In a club on the fifth floor of a building in the Kabukicho entertainment district, four ladies are whisked from their booth to the stage. Early ’90s-era techno pumps from the sound system as no less than 20 “hosts” — young gentlemen whose sole duty is to entertain women — hit the dance floor immediately in front of them.The boys, outfitted in upturned collars, pointy shoes, sleek suits and practically trademarked spiky hair, shift laterally, clap, ...
Terence Conran arrives in Tokyo with three chic new restaurants
By Steve Trautlein
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| Sir Terence Conran PHOTO BY NATHAN SHANAHAN |
TOKYO — At 75, Sir Terence Conran could be forgiven for slowing down. The man who revolutionized modern design by introducing affordable, stylish housewares to middle-class shoppers has few mountains left to climb. He’s worn the mantle of architect, restaurateur and philanthropist, and in 1983 earned knighthood for his service to British industry and culture.As he sits for an interview at Botanica, his stylish new restaurant in Roppongi’s Midtown complex, there are signs ...
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