Tokugawa Period
The Tokugawa period, also referred to as the Edo period, is typically dated from 1600, the year of the military victory of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616) at Sekigahara, to the Meij...
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(EDS: ADDING INFO ON NAOKI PRIZE)
Tetsushi Suwa won the 137th Akutagawa Prize for promising new
writers of serious fiction on Tuesday for his debut work, while
Kesako Matsui won the 137th Na...
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A Japanese film featuring humor of rakugo -- traditional
Japanese monologue storytelling -- won positive reactions from New
Yorkers in its recent special screening at Lincoln Center.
Actre...
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Dollar briefly sinks to 120 yen level in N.Y. on subprime woes
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar briefly slid to the 120 yen level on
Friday in New York before trading at the lower 121 ...
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In the some 27 years she has been in Cote d'Ivoire, Kazuko
Sonoda has witnessed the nation popularly known as Ivory Coast
transform from a stable model African state with remarkable economic ...
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Japanese makers of ''natto'' -- fermented soybeans -- are
frantically trying to stop a consumption slump by turning out new
products highlighting collagen, black rice vinegar and the taste of...
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Dec 3 (Reuters) - Geishas are female entertainers in Japan
who perform traditional dance and music for dinner parties and
meetings at exclusive restaurants. There were around 40,000 geisha in Japa...
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Tourist associations in many parts of Japan are striving to
increase the number of tourists by organizing tour programs focusing
on the sights of their regions and offering travelers a one-of...
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Brown becomes Britain's Labour leader
MANCHESTER, England - British prime-minister-in-waiting Gordon
Brown was formally appointed leader of his governing center-left
Labour part...
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Factories producing Arita ware ceramics, whose well-known
blue-and-white underglaze porcelain was exported briskly to Europe
between the mid-17th and mid-18th centuries, are producing tablewa...
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A month has passed since Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito was fatally
shot and people in the city are still puzzled as to why two mayors of
a city that promotes peace have been shot in the recent pas...
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Tokugawa Period
LEAD: Suwa wins Akutagawa, Matsui wins Naoki literary awards
