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Watching someone carefully rinsing out a spent mustard packet doesn't sound like entertainment, but in Japan it's big-time television. On a recent segment of Tokyo's popular morning show Hanamaru Market, a waste-recycling expert submerged a flimsy plastic packet in a tub of water, gently allowing water in and out to rinse it clean. A host of the segment stood by, watching intently, and asked if it was necessary to use soap. No, said the expert, water and a little elbow grease are all it requires...
...Japanese-style, has become a rite of passage for responsible Tokyo citizenry. Gaggles of housewives think that being environmentally conscious is a trendy way to care for their families. Once Japanese people embrace an idea, they do so wholeheartedly. Environmental consciousness is no exception. Over the past 34 years, Japan has renewed a 25-yen ($0.25) per liter gasoline tax - anathema in the U.S. - four times. A decade after hosting the conference that led to the Kyoto Protocol, Japan will host the G-8 Summit on Hokkaido this year, which will focus on green issues...
...entrées may be delivered at different times.” It also means that a group of friends suffering together on simple benches and overpaying together won’t even be able to eat together. As for the few lucky students who spent their breaks in Japan, facing an American imitation of a British interpretation of Japanese food will simply be too disappointing. They would do better to opt for the (very reasonably priced) small restaurants in the Porter Exchange instead.Algiers Coffee HouseOrientalism may be a discourse of the West, but there’s no denying...
...South Korea in international efforts to get Kim to dismantle his nuclear arms program. After a promising start to carrying out landmark denuclearization agreements signed by the North in 2007 - deals reached through the six-party talks involving North Korea, South Korea, the U.S., China, Russia and Japan - Pyongyang is no longer cooperating. North Korea shut down its main reactor at Yongbyon in July and allowed in international inspectors, as called for by its agreements. But a deadline to disclose all of its nuclear programs and disable the Yongbyon facilities came and went at the end of last year...
Artistic Eyes Not content with designing magazine pages and perfume bottles, creative director Fabien Baron introduces a collection of eyewear for Modo. Handcrafted in Japan, each of the 14 styles is made of either block acetate or block titanium...