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Japan actor Takakura, known for stoic heroes, dies

November 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ken Takakura, a craggy-faced, quiet star known for playing outlaws and stoic heroes in scores of Japanese films, has died of lymphoma. He was 83. Perhaps best known abroad for his police inspector role in Ridley Scott’s “Black Rain” in 1989, Takakura died Nov. 10 at a […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2012, 2014, Abashiri Prison, Associated Press, Black Rain, Clint Eastwood, Imperial Palace, Japan Subculture Research Center, Montreal World Film Festival, Railroad Man, Ridley Scott, Shintaro Ishihara, Tokyo, Vol 33 No 49 | November 29 - December 5

PICTORIAL: Obama bounces around Asia

May 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

President Obama launched his trip to Asia from Oso, Wash., where he visited the March 22 landslide victims’ families, friends, and rescue workers. From there, he began a week-long trip to four Asian countries.

Filed Under: National News, World News, Pictorials Tagged With: 2014, Akasaka Palace, Blue House, Emperor Akihito, Fort Bonafacio, Imperial Palace, Istana Negara, Korea, Kuala Lumpur, Malacanang Palace, Malaysia, Manila American Cemetery, Meiji Shrine, National War Memorial, Philippines, President Aquino, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Tokyo, Vol 33 No 19 | May 3 - May 9

Handing letter to emperor is taboo

November 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – A novice Japanese lawmaker who wanted to draw attention to the Fukushima nuclear crisis has caused an uproar by doing something taboo: handing a letter to the emperor.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Associated Press, Emperor Hirohito, Emporer Akihito, Empress Michiko, Imperial Palace, Neither Yamamoto, Taro Yamamoto, Vol 32 No 47 | November 16 - November 22, attention, japan, letter

Director captures Japan’s history on film

January 7, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Alexander Sokurov’s “The Sun” opens in an awkward fashion. On the surface, life seems ordinary enough at the Imperial Palace of Japan. A servant brings in breakfast for the emperor on a tray. A second servant reads off the itinerary for the day. The emperor must attend a meeting with his war ministers. Then he will study marine biology, his favorite subject.

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2010, Alexander Sokurov, Andrew Hamlin, Grand Illusion Cinema, Imperial Palace, Issey Ogata, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, University District, Vol 29 No 2 | January 9 - January 15, japan

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