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  • Satire TV show strikes a generation-spanning chord in Japan

    A time-traveling TV comedy with a bawdy middle-aged hero has become a big hit in Japan, juxtaposing the country's brash 1980s boom years with its more politically correct present day.

  • The vocabulary of shogi can help you make moves in your conversations

    Every April since 1956, the city of 天童 (Tendō, Tendo), in Yamagata Prefecture — one of Japan’s so-called 将棋のまち (shōgi no machi, shogi cities) — hosts an event known as 人間将棋 (ningen shōgi, human shogi) as the centerpiece of its 桜祭り (sakura matsuri, cherry blossom festival). 天童 is known as a 将棋のまち because it produces 90% of pieces used for the game.

  • Jeff Mills’ trippy techno odyssey comes to Tokyo

    Like many kids of his generation, Jeff Mills was a comic geek. Growing up in Detroit in the 1960s and ’70s, he pored over the adventures of Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four and Black Panther, among many others — but one series in particular left a lasting impression.

  • Ex-PM Yoshiro Mori may face LDP probe over kickback scheme

    Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori may be probed by the Liberal Democratic Party over what role, if any, he played in the decision by the party's largest faction to continue an unlawful kickback scheme.

 
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