Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
An Asahi Shimbun video shows the selection of 2009’s Shinkichi Queen: All of the contestants were hostesses from clubs in the Kitashinkichi area of Osaka. The winner was Ayako, a 21-year-old former OL who has worked a hostess for about 2 years. — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) Dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
SAITAMA — Kashima Antlers and Gamba Osaka ramped up the pressure on Kawasaki Frontale in the J. League title race with wins on Saturday, while Urawa Reds salvaged some pride from a difficult season with a last-gasp 3-2 victory over Jubilo Iwata. With Frontale not in action until Sunday's away trip to Oita Trinita, Antlers beat Kyoto Sanga 1-0 to move into first place for at least a day, with...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
After losing to the Ryukyu Golden Kings in the bj-league's playoff semifinals last May, Osaka Evessa forward Lynn Washington, a member of the team's three championship squads in the league's first three seasons, spoke about the team's desire to use that game as motivation for the coming season. On Saturday, the Evessa gained a small measure of revenge against the defending champions in Okinawa.
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Forget about that last dog with eyebrows. Here’s Ran, a dog in Osaka with really thick eyebrows: — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) Dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A 52-year-old homeless man who spent nine years on Osaka's streets after being fired from his job was in Italy in September as captain of Japan's soccer delegation to the Homeless World Cup. A total of eight men from Tokyo and Osaka who lost their jobs due to corporate restructuring or saw their temporary work dry up were selected to represent Japan in the competition, which ran from Sept. 6 to 13...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
OSAKA — Decades since Washington and Tokyo reportedly crafted secret agreements to allow U.S. nuclear weapons in Japanese territory, declassified documents from the U.S. detailing its nuclear presence in Okinawa and elsewhere in Japan during the postwar period are slowly coming to light. The move is creating headaches for both countries as they grapple over military bases in Okinawa and the future...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Few objects have surfaced from early Imperial tumuli as, being graves of an extant family, excavation is at present prohibited by the Imperial Household Agency. Nevertheless, the occasional object has come to light in the course of repairs following damage by natural disasters, and one of the most beautiful is the head of a haniwa terra-cotta figure from the gigantic tomb of the 5th-century Emperor...
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
An interesting video showing the various people who buy sausages from a shop on a train station platform in Osaka: Thousands of commuters pass through Kyobashi Station in Osaka every day. For 600 of them the singular highlight is a sausage. — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) Dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
World and Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter Veronica Campbell Brown has set her sights on next year's World Indoor athletics Championships in Doha. If she does make the Jamaican team for the March 12-14 championships, it would be her first time at the event, and her upcoming campaign marks her first return to indoor competition in three years. Campbell Brown won gold in the 100m at the outdoor World...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
A textbook header from substitute Danilo in the 88th minute gave Kashima Antlers a 2-1 win over Vissel Kobe in the fourth round of the Emperor's Cup on Saturday and a berth in the quarterfinals. The reigning J. League champions will meet holders Gamba Osaka in the last eight on Dec. 12 after Gamba eased to a 3-1 win against second-division Sagan Tosu in Hiroshima.
360 Cities (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Panoramic photo by H. A. Saputra . Koyasan is one of the center of Japanese Budhism. Located in Wakayama prefecture, a couple of hours south of Osaka by bus. It was designated as UNESCO world heritage in 2004. Koyasan is one of the main site of Budhism pilgrimage in the Kii mountain range in Wakayama, Nara, and Mie prefecture. The panoramas above is actually rows of grave stones lit by candles (during...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
OSAKA (Kyodo) Former Seattle Mariners catcher Kenji Johjima signed a four-year, ¥2 billion contract with the Hanshin Tigers on Friday. The 33-year-old will return to Japanese baseball after four seasons with the Mariners.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
If you are a fan of overseas commercials you are in for a treat — The World's CM Festival is coming back to Osaka on Nov. 20. This annual event first started in Paris in 1981 as La Nuit des Publiviores (Night of the Ad Eaters) and has been held in Japan since 1999 and in Osaka since 2002.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
OSAKA, JAPAN (MARKET WIRE) Editors note: A photo is included with this press release on Marketwire's website.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Back to black Black can be dreary, dark and damning, but in the case of Comme des Garcons' new line titled "Black," it is delightful and . . . discounted. Black is a lower-priced range that features perennially popular Comme des Garcons styles in mostly black and white. The items are sold at 11 stand-alone shops around the world. There are three locations in Tokyo — Ginza Mitsukoshi,...
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