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Music Myths & Legends By MARTIN VENGADESAN Unlike the land it was named for, USA’s influence did not spread far and wide. One little-known group from Los Angeles, California, certainly picked itself a difficult name to live up...
Tokyo ponders a rating system to reward authentic Japanese restaurants worldwide, but skeptics argue it's just a way to spice up food exports One benefit of globalization is you no longer have to book a pricey flight to Tokyo...
Weather Japan, Tokyo meteo, weather weekend forecast season, the weather in the mountains, the weather on the coast, the weather on the beach, sea water temperature, weather in the capital, the weather in the mountains, the...
Today's stars now rock right past the retirement age. How do they do it? And shouldn't some of them stop? Dave Swarbrick, one-time fiddler with Fairport Convention, can laugh about his "death" now. It was 1999 and he'd been...
Sunday 08th November, 06:11 AM JST TOKYO — Budget hotels, once known as places with narrow baths and beds, are transforming themselves by installing outdoor bathtubs, high-grade furniture and other distinctive services. Budget...
Division of Nephrology and Kidney Center, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) exerts its effect by binding to its cognate FGF receptor 1 (FGFR1) in the presence of its...
Canadian Cynthia Phaneuf places 6th Japan's Miki Ando won the women's event at the NHK Trophy in Nagano, overtaking American Ashley Wagner in the free skate to win her second Grand Prix of the season. Ando, who won the...
Vienna has always held a special fascination for the Japanese, who celebrate the New Year with Strauss waltzes and lieder as much as they do with mochi (rice cakes) and otoshidama (New Year gift money). A prime influence in...
One of the most contentious components of the Democratic Party of Japan's manifesto is the pledge to make all expressways free. In media survey after media survey, the portion of respondents who don't support the proposal has...
For six flurried days from Oct. 19, Tokyo's ritzy Midtown complex area hosted a flock of excited fashionistas for the ninth biannual Japan Fashion Week. But this time around, the designers, models and critics must have been...
