Word: shoji
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...afternoon tea, French cuisine, decor like your Great Aunt Minnie's--infuses the famed institution. Across the street, the Naraya Inn (81-460-2-2411) offers more of a Japanese flavor. For centuries it has played host to traveling nobles who have sought out its airy tatami rooms with shoji screens opening on a traditional garden and ponds full of alarmingly aggressive carp...
...Japanese have their own word for these losers, oyaji, which literally means father. Long ago, it connoted respect, endearment, even awe. "They used to have all the power. They were supposed to protect the family," says sociologist Yoko Shoji. "Now people just pity them." So what does oyaji mean now? Kazuhito Suzuki, a 20-year-old construction worker who admits to beating up an oyaji, snorts and rolls his eyes. Sitting on the front stoop of a pachinko parlor, he takes a drag on his cigarette and watches a parade of older men passing by. None of them looks...
...Some clubs already have established followings in Asia. Liverpool and Manchester United both have played friendly matches in the region this month. But if their earning potential makes Japanese players more of a drawcard for European clubs, it won't take them far on the field of play. Striker Shoji Jo learned that lesson in Spain last season when he got precious few chances to turn out for Real Valladolid C.F. Still, even if they spend long periods on the substitutes' bench, exposure to the more competitive European leagues can only be to the advantage of Japanese footballers as their...
...their earning potential gets Japanese players into European clubs, it won't take them far on the field of play. Striker Shoji Jo learned that lesson in Spain last season when he got precious few chances to turn out for Real Valladolid C.F. Even if the Japanese spend long periods on the substitutes' bench, however, exposure to the more competitive European leagues will help them grow as players. That can only be to Japan's advantage as the country prepares for its next major soccer challenge, co-hosting the 2002 World Cup. "Nobody knows if Ono, Inamoto and Nishizawa will...
...kind of interactive television laboratory. In Japan, which leads the world in mobile phone applications, viewers of Select MTV vote via text messaging or PCs for their favorite tunes. But because the television platform is not yet fully digital, their votes don't appear instantly on the TV screen. Shoji Doyama, chairman of MTV Japan, says that by year's end the company plans to introduce "some interactivity into all of its TV programming, permitting voting, e-commerce or tie-ins with real shops via mobile or PC-based Web access...