Merge to Reissue Destroyer Albums (Pitchfork)
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:41:25 GMT
Destroyer , the art-pop project of big-haired New Pornographer and word- splatterer Dan Bejar , changes so much from album to album that it can be hard to keep up. Merge , however, will make catching up a little easier when the label reissues remastered versions of three of the band's early albums on April 20: 1998's City of Daughters , 2000's Thief , and 2001's cultishly beloved Streethawk : A ...
Japanese loses cash, valuables to con man (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:08:05 GMT
A JAPANESE tourist lost P35,000 in cash, a digital camera, and his passport on Wednesday night to a Korean who befriended him.
Crime › NPA says number of food safety, consumer-related crimes soars (Japan Today)
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:26:36 GMT
The numbers of food safety and other consumer-related cases detected in Japan hit record highs last year, including mislabeling of food origins, talking people into…
'Korean' dupes Japanese tourist in Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:12:12 GMT
A Japanese tourist was duped Wednesday evening of some P35,000 cash, his passport and other belongings allegedly by another foreigner who befriended him in a mall in Manila.
Federal prosecutors launch criminal investigation over Toyota recall (The Post-Standard)
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:51:41 GMT
View full size (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Nozomu Endo) Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks to journalists in Nagoya, central Japan, last week. Toyoda said he would testify at a U.S. congressional hearing about the automaker's massive recalls in the United States.
Buddhist temples offer virtual visits to graves (Press of Atlantic City)
Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:49:11 GMT
Yomiuri Shimbun photo An image of a woman who has died is shown on a cell phone along with the tomb of Kudokuin temple in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, where the woman's ashes are interred.
Detainees allege abuse at Kansai holding center (The Japan Times)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:09:41 GMT
The only way to see or speak to Moses Ssentamu is through a Plexiglas window at the West Japan Immigration Center in Ibaraki City, so there is no independent way to verify his claims of physical and psychological abuse. But if true, they raise serious concerns about Japan's treatment of visa overstayers and asylum seekers. Did a group of security guards at the center punch and kick Ssentamu in a ...
Course record in jeopardy at Lake Biwa Marathon? - Preview (IAAF)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:27:59 GMT
5 March 2010 – With three runners in the field boasting times better than Antonio Peña’s 2:07:34 course mark set nine years ago, a record assault could be on the slate at the 65th edition of the Lake Biwa Marathon on Sunday, Japan’s oldest continuously held Marathon.
