Top chefs adore them, Rachael Ray sells them, so what's the big fuss about Japanese knives?
By Harris Salat Feb 1, 2008
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Mexico City introduces female-only buses in response to growing complaints of groping.
By Carol Lloyd
January 24, 2008
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In Haruki Murakami's cinematic new novel, night owls wander the streets of Tokyo, unaware of the web of coincidences that connects them.
By Laura Miller
May 30, 2007
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The demon temptress in me was hard to kill, but in the end the bad outweighed the good and I had to say goodbye. Last in a series.
By Cynthia Gralla
July 3, 2001
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Hostesses are offered huge sums for sex, but I know of only one girl who actually went through with it. Sixth in a series.
By Cynthia Gralla
July 2, 2001
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One customer invited me to spend the night in the house he shared with his wife. Fifth in a series.
By Cynthia Gralla
June 27, 2001
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I was trained in the art of poignant, unrequited desire. Fourth in a series.
By Cynthia Gralla
June 22, 2001
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The art of making men come back for more is a delicate one that mama-sans nurture in young hostesses. Third in a series.
By Cynthia Gralla
June 20, 2001
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A doomed East-West romance set in a Tokyo of brand-name whores and green-tea-flavored condoms.
By Matthew DeBord
May 9, 2000
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My Japanese cooking teacher drills "the way" into my head. But on the night of a "chef battle," I surrender it to some pathetic pickles.
By Rahsaan Maxwell
May 4, 2000
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Weaving kitsch, honesty and lather, sex in Japan is as complex as the country itself.
By Roland Kelts
January 8, 2000
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Tokyo's Toto makes toilets that do everything -- whether you want them to or not.
By Mary Roach
October 22, 1999
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Avatar chat, porn and microwave cooking -- if the Net in Japan isn't good for much else, no wonder it's not a hit.
By David Lazarus
June 28, 1999
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Tired of teaching English? Try taking your clothes off instead.
By Bob Blanchard
May 28, 1999
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By Karl Taro Greenfeld
November 10, 1998
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Karl Taro Greenfeld paints an
epic portrait of drug demons and sex junkies in Japan's new demimonde.
By Karl Taro Greenfeld
October 30, 1998
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Letter from Tokyo: Dave McCombs reports that Japan's changing fortunes have reached as far as the sex industry, altering the long-standing relationship between commercial sex and the salaryman.
By Dave McCombs
May 8, 1998
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In the second of his daily dispatches from the Olympic Games at Nagano, Gary Kamiya experiences the madness of the luge.
By Gary Kamiya
February 10, 1998
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Inside tips on pursuing business and pleasure in Tokyo without breaking the budget.
By Mary Beth Maslowski
December 15, 1997
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You move abroad, and suddenly you're making more money and dating sexier women than you ever could in the states. So why aren't you happy?
By Karl Taro Greenfeld
September 30, 1997
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Why the Japanese love Star Trek
By Jeff Greenwald
February 6, 1997
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