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Hanamaki Higashi High School left-hander Yusei Kikuchi agreed to terms with the Seibu Lions on Saturday. The 18-year-old top prospect will receive a signing bonus of 100 million yen plus performance bonuses of up to 50 million...
Here is an excerpt, presented by Shukan Asahi (Nov 27), from the suicide note left by an 11-year-old boy: “All I can think of is death. Overwhelmingly, suicide is an adult phenomenon—but not exclusively, and the clinical...
Picture the scene: two bachelors decide to take a road trip round Californian vineyards to celebrate an impending marriage. One is a down-and-out writer, unlucky in love and a tad self-conscious; the other is a swaggering...
Fantastic news: Restaurant J has returned. After a gap of over four years, one of our most talented chefs, Masahito Ueki, is back in action in Tokyo. For longtime readers of this column, Ueki will need little introduction. Over...
When ordered by executives at Japan's Nikkatsu studio to reel in his hyperactive visual flair, maverick filmmaker Seijun Suzuki responded with the equivalent of an upraised middle finger—the stylistically deranged-and-proud...
TOKYO, Nov 19 (AFP) - Police in Japan said Thursday they had arrested five people on suspicion of brokering jobs without license for Chinese workers, as reports said the five were behind the illegal employment of 200 Chinese....
BY YOSUKE AKAI THE ASAHI SHIMBUN KUMAMOTO--Alarmed at the large numbers of pets abandoned by uncaring owners, public health centers nationwide are trying novel ways to find new homes for animals that would otherwise be put...
By Jennifer Kubo, Nikkei West, 12 November 2009 Florin, CA (USA) -- The Buddhist Church of Florin celebrated its 90th anniversary on Oct. 25 with the theme “Remembering the Past and Embracing the Future.” Over 200 people...
In her fantabulous new fashion-fest of a video, Bad Romance , Lady Gaga may wear the crown - literally...not to mention rubber, anime contact lenses, towering McQueen Spring 2010 heels and looks, a...
OSAKA — A 53-year-old Minamata disease victim who appeared in a magazine article that deeply moved a young Barack Obama has written to the U.S. president, requesting a meeting when he visits Tokyo on Friday. In his book,...
