How George Lucas and Francis Coppola helped the Japanese master create the greatest spectacle of his late career
Aug 27, 2009
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When in doubt, use a Rube Goldberg robot to take care of your bike
By Andrew Leonard
November 5, 2009
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This thrilling sea adventure follows a ragtag activist group's highly illegal campaign against Japanese whalers
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 28, 2009
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Nine years after the "Crouching Tiger" breakthrough, Asian cinema has virtually disappeared from American screens
By Andrew O'Hehir
June 25, 2009
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A trio of directors, including Michel Gondry, offers an intriguing, oddball view of the sprawling metropolis.
By Stephanie Zacharek
March 6, 2009
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These 19th century woodblock prints have to be seen to be believed. But how did American Baptists get involved?
By Andrew Leonard
June 24, 2009
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That $134 billion in smuggled Treasuries? Counterfeit, says the U.S. government
By Andrew Leonard
June 19, 2009
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Secret deficits, North Korean counterfeiters, religious cultists -- $134 billion dollars worth of conspiracy theory
By Andrew Leonard
June 15, 2009
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In the U.S., when gas prices fell, so did hybrid sales. But not in Japan.
By Andrew Leonard
June 5, 2009
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Fans translate the first chapter of the whacked out manga "The Legend of Koizumi" into English
By Andrew Leonard
June 2, 2009
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The Obama administration isn't moving as fast to fix the banking system as some critics would like. But that hardly justifies a comparison with Japan's legendary sloth.
By Andrew Leonard
March 31, 2009
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The incredible shrinking Japan; Eastern Europe as the new subprime; California can't pay the bills -- is it any wonder that investors are having another panic attack?
By Andrew Leonard
February 17, 2009
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By David Ehrlich
January 30, 2009
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New details emerge of the apocalyptic showdown between Pope Benedict XVI and the former prime minister of Japan.
By Andrew Leonard
January 16, 2009
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If "The Legend of Koizumi" isn't the wackiest manga of all time, the competition must be out of this world
By Andrew Leonard
January 15, 2009
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Author Brian Raftery explains how a Japanese novelty has gone from punch line to worldwide pop-culture phenomenon.
By Sarah Hepola
December 18, 2008
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A troubling surge in creepy "upskirt" photography has lawmakers in a twist -- and the body parts of women posted all over the Internet.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
November 25, 2008
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Japan gets the week started off with a bang. The Nikkei stock index falls to a 26-year low
By Andrew Leonard
October 27, 2008
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NBC's baseball announcers make stuff up about both. And insult West Virginia for good measure.
By King Kaufman
August 20, 2008
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Enterprising doctors have figured out a way to use a woman's own stem cells to make her boobs look bigger.
By Catherine Price
August 19, 2008
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In the men's team gymnastics final, no one lost.
By Gary Kamiya
August 12, 2008
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Older Japanese women with a hankering for grandchildren get their own adorable, stuffed companions.
By Logan Scherer
July 2, 2008
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From the battle of Sekigahara to rice paddies, video games, MySpace and YouTube, this 16th century warrior will live on forever.
By Andrew Leonard
June 25, 2008
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Little known outside his homeland, haunted hero-villain Tatsuya Nakadai spans the best years, and greatest films, of Japan's postwar cinema boom.
By Andrew O'Hehir
June 21, 2008
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As the nuclear-powered George Washington sails toward Japan, the Navy attempts to win Japanese hearts and minds with a comic book.
By Andrew Leonard
June 16, 2008
Kurosawa's "Kagemusha" on DVD
Amazing Japanese bicycle parking technology
Eco-pirates of the Antarctic
Exit the dragon
"Tokyo!"
Sapphire Racks Up Another Win for Airline Algae
My life in karaoke
Porn in a flash
Babe Ruth and the Nippon Ham Fighters
A new use for stem cells: Breast augmentation
Meet the Japanese Brando
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