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...Another hot item in Sugamo shops is red underwear. The brightly colored undershirts and underpants are coveted by many a Japanese senior, says Miyoko Kaneko, 66, who traveled from neighboring Saitama prefecture to pick up a few pairs for herself and her friends back home. "It's no good if it's not red," she says with the authority of someone who wears such things every day. "It keeps you warmer." As do the copious amounts of Japanese sake, beer and wine that stand out near the entrance to the local 7-11. One employee, Daisuke Fukumoto, says that retired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Tokyo | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...stores of Sugamo is red underwear. The brightly colored undershirts and underpants are the coveted items of many a Japanese senior, says Miyoko Kaneko, 66, who traveled to Sugamo to pick up a few pairs at Maruji clothing store for herself and her friends back home in neighboring Saitama prefecture. "It's no good if it's not red," she says, as someone who wears them daily. "It keeps you warmer." As do the copious amounts of Japanese sake, beer and wine that stand out near the entrance to the local 7-11. One employee, Daisuke Fukumoto, says that retired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Gray Is the New Black | 2/4/2008 | See Source »

...posted K - about a bar hostess who gives birth to her client's child - in brief chapters on the keitai shosetsu website Gocco. It was voted the site's most popular title, and went on to win first prize in a TV-sponsored keitai shosetsu competition - landing the Saitama homemaker over $9,000 and a book deal with Tokyo publisher Starts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tone Language | 1/9/2008 | See Source »

...eventually be naturalized as our citizens - to bring diversity to our country [Dec. 17]. I believe that foreigners would provide Japan with more creativity and new ways of thinking. This would produce a new Japan that is globalized to meet the requirements of the coming era. Nakano Hiroki, Saitama, Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

...Numbers 1,300 Number of security guards and police guarding a stadium in Saitama during last week's North Korea-Japan soccer match, which was won by Japan 2-1 1,000 Number of seats left empty between the North Korean and Japanese fans to create a "buffer zone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

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