Fabrice Blocteur may not be as well known as Marco Polo, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan or Sir Francis Drake. But like explorers of old, this French-Canadian resident of a rural Kyoto village is on a quest to rewrite the maps through new discoveries. In ...
"We get a lot of oddballs here," says Yuji Nomura. "Artistic types, computer nerds, bookworms, the homeless, and those who, for whatever reason, don't feel comfortable in the crowds among the big shops in Umeda." Welcome to Osaka's Tenjinbashisuji Shotengai, which is the longest covered ...
Steven Raichlen, a.k.a. the Barbecue King, is an award-winning American author, journalist, cookery teacher and television host. He is the author of 26 books on international foods and grilling, including the "Barbecue Bible" cookbook series that has clocked up sales over 3 million. His ...
Dressing properly for a barbecue party is a daunting task. Is there anything more embarrassing than attempting to light the charcoal wearing last year's T-shirt? Don't fret. There's a JT fashionista (of a fashion) here to help you put the heat to the meat in ...
Can't get your grilling goodies directly? Too far from a city center to pop into a specialty store? Or are you just too busy? Here are some Internet sites that can deliver hard-to-find ingredients for a blazing BBQ party at the click of a ...
Years ago, at a friend's house in Kobe, an intense argument broke out between the Americans and Australians present. It turned into quite a searing row, and for a while it threatened to inflame tempers and disrupt the otherwise festive occasion. It wasn't sports or ...
OSAKA -- Over the past year or so, Japan has figured in several popular Hollywood films. Tom Cruise starred in "The Last Samurai," a cheesy period drama that drew rave reviews, while Bill Murray turned in arguably his finest dramatic performance in "Lost in Translation" ...
OSAKA -- A two-week seminar for Iraqi officials on preserving the rapidly disappearing marshlands in southern Iraq concluded Friday with plans to launch a pilot program that would introduce water and sanitation technologies to the area. But some participants, while welcoming the idea of such ...
OSAKA — Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former House of Representatives member who was convicted of fraud in February, formally announced here Monday that she will run in the House of Councilors election next month as an independent. "Over the past two or three years, the political ...
OSAKA — Nearly two dozen Vietnamese being held at the West Japan Immigration Center in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, are on a hunger strike to protest their prolonged incarceration. The hunger strike began Tuesday night, after the group sent an appeal to lawyers and human rights ...
