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Michael Keaton Stars in Gung Ho

Film Review: Gung Ho

Local boy makes good in this East-meets-West comedy in which Michael Keaton plays Hunt Stevenson,...

Japan Celeste Heiter

In Japan, children are treated with the utmost care and attention. The literacy rate in Japan ranks among the world's highest, and the infant mortality rate is among the lowest. Despite its population density and astronomical cost of living, Japan provides excellent 'quality of life' for its children.

A Child's Life - Japan

A story told with photos.

Japan Robert George

Kiso Valley, Japan: The trail leads up through "Old Magome".

Finding Green in Japan: Hiking the Kiso Valley

The author hits the Kiso Road (Kiso-ji) in Japan.

Japan Graham Simmons

A view by the Miyagawa River in Hida Takayama, Japan (c) Sze-Leng Tan

Miyagawa, Takayama: A Morning By the Crystal River

She was impressed, amazed and fully in the flow of life. A novice traveller to Japan described h...

Japan Sze-Leng Tan

The Tokyo district of Rygoku is home of one of Japan's most famous Sumo wrestling facilities. Sumo wrestlers train very strenuously for their six annual basho tournaments, and must consume up to 10,000 calories a day to achieve and maintain their enormous stature. When they're not in training however, they can be seen strolling the city sidewalks wearing blue and white cotton robes called yukata.

A story told with photos.

Japan Robert George

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Japan's indigenous Ainu still fighting for their land and dignity

TOKYO, Nov 21, 2002 - Discriminated against and almost wiped out as a distinct ethnic group by di...

Japan AFP/Francoise Kadri

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Ganbatte. A Webliography.

Web links for "Ganbatte" - Means "Go For It!" or ... How to become an English Teacher in Japan Ga...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Shabu-Shabu Japanese Hot Pot Stew

Shabu-Shabu is one of Japan's many 'hot pot' recipes, traditionally served in a simmering kettle ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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Minami-Senju, a friend pointed out to me, is Tokyo's ghetto. I was flabbergasted when he told me ...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

'Firefly Dreams' Japanese Recipes & Photos

The menu to accompany the Japanese film 'Firefly Dreams' includes Sembei, Edamame, Sunomono, Miso...

Japan Celeste Heiter

incense pouches from Ishigurokoho

Crazy Shopping or Relaxed Browsing for a Day in the Heart of Kyoto

Shop till you drop! Kyoto's shopping has never been so much fun. The key is get things uniquely...

Japan victor wong

Of Rice and Zen: The Essentials of Japanese Cuisine

With the ubiquitous sushi bar springing up in such out-of-the-way places as Omaha Nebraska, Jacks...

Japan Celeste Heiter

From The Sushi Book by Celeste Heiter, photography by Marc Schultz

Japan fights to save "real sushi"

The Japanese government, joined by some leading local chefs, has launched a campaign to preserve ...

Japan AFP/Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura

The Hidden Blade

Film Review: The Hidden Blade

Based upon the novel by Shûhei Fujisawa, The Hidden Blade is the second in a trilogy of samurai ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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Of Hope and Hiroshima

Review of Kenzaburo Oe's Hiroshima Notes, Grove Press, 1996.

Japan Kenneth Champeon

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Irezumi - Scarred Beauty

Geri Halliwell has a small star tattooed on her back. Manchester United hero David Beckham has hi...

Japan Nabanita Dutt

Exploring Japan...In San Francisco

Twelve city blocks in the heart of San Francisco are home to a thriving Japanese community. Bound...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Jessica Renslow

Jessica Renslow- Linguistic Wizard of Studiopolis Inc.

In the past several years, Anime has turned into a massive television industry, rapidly becoming ...

Japan Will Raus

Film Review: The Last Life in the Universe

Is it possible for a film to be, at once, existential, fatalistic and nihilistic without being a ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Shaken... Not Stir Fried: 007 Does Asia

You Only Live Twice: Bond prevents SPECTRE from starting a war between the U.S. and Russia... Oct...

Japan / China / Korea, N Will Raus

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