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...Host”) have written and directed “Tokyo!”: a collection of three short films all set in the namesake Japanese city, whose common thread is the relentless push of human extremes against the edges of reality.For Gondry, that extreme is melancholy. Hiroko (Ayako Fujitani), the principle character of “Interior Design,” is the beleaguered girlfriend of an aspiring filmmaker, Akira (Ryo Kase), set with the task of finding a place for the couple to live. As Akira’s movie, an absurdly low-budget existential horror called...
MUSIC IN TOKYO On May 17, Tokyo's Sumida Triphony Hall plays host to a powerhouse duo of Japan's classical music scene, as celebrated conductor Seiji Ozawa meets virtuoso pianist Ayako Uehara. Accompanied by the New Japan Philharmonic, Uehara will perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, displaying the superb technique and dynamism that helped her become the first woman to win the International Tchaikovsky Competition. The njp will follow that performance with Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique", a piece known as Ozawa's specialty. www.njp.or.jp by Yuki...
...told their parents that traditional Japanese food was nutritionally deficient. Between 1960 and 1996, rice consumption dropped by more than half, while intake of dairy products has increased 20-fold compared with the prewar years. "Children grew up not even knowing what a traditional Japanese meal looks like," says Ayako Ehara, a professor of home economics at Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University. "All these changes made it impossible for Japanese food culture to be passed from one generation to another...
...taxes worth at least $200) increased to 3.3 m long and 1.5 m wide. The bump in dimensions gave manufacturers creative space to build better, roomier models-most now have four doors-and alleviated consumer concerns about safety and comfort. "I feel perfectly safe in a minicar," says Ayako Yamamoto, a 57-year-old housewife in Nagasaki prefecture whose family owns a kei and a minitruck. "The interior is very spacious, and it drives just as well [as a full-size...
...Christyn Lucas and Fallon Koon defeated junior Ashley Hyotte and Wang, 8-4. Crimson co-captains Susanna Lingman and Bergman, the No. 16 tandem in the nation, were upset by the same score by Laura Ganzer and Danielle Wiggins, who locked up the doubles point for USC. Ayako Suzuki and Miranda Gutierrez finished off the sweep for the Gamecocks with an 8-6 triumph over sophomore Melissa Anderson and freshman Preethi Mukundan...