Week 2: Film reviews of those with a message “Kabei — Our Mother,” Japan Reviewed by Andrew Hamlin Japanese director Yoji Yamada’s 74th film abandons the samurai storylines he’s previously […]
Japan’s opposition leader resigns
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top opposition leader said on Monday, May 11, that he was resigning to keep a political funding scandal from pulling down his party in upcoming parliamentary elections.
Behind the Masks: For allergy season, Japan turns to surgical masks
TOKYO (AP) — Everybody, it seems, is wearing them. It is impossible to go anywhere in Japan this time of the year and not notice that the Japanese love surgical masks and wear them just about everywhere they go.
Communist party surges as Japan’s economy withers
By Eric Talmadge The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Under a big red flag, the headquarters of the Communist Party of Japan are at the center of the most vibrant […]
RUE today: Boutique brings big city style with a local sensibility
By Yoon S. Park NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY When one thinks of fashion, cities such as Milan, Paris, London, Tokyo, and New York immediately come to mind. Where does Seattle fit […]
The first lady of style: Meet the designers that created the looks
By Thi-Le Vo Northwest Asian Weekly What do Asian American and Asian designers Thakoon Panichgul, Jason Wu, and Junya Watanabe all have in common? Their creations have graced the frame […]
Warships set sail ahead of North Korean launch
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japanese, South Korean, and U.S. missile-destroying ships set sail to monitor North Korea’s imminent rocket launch, as Pyongyang stoked tensions
Report: North Korea to fire rocket April 4–5
By Hyung-jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea will likely fire a suspected long-range missile capable of striking the western United States between April 4–5, […]
Astronaut reaches for the stars
These were the first words uttered by the crew of the STS-124 shuttle Discovery to members of the International
Japan picks woman astronaut for 2010 space flight
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has chosen a female astronaut to board the space shuttle Atlantis in 2010, the country’s first mother to go on a space mission, officials said Tuesday, Nov. 11.