Dispatches from Zembla (Free subscription) | 22/06/2008
True to its title Masaki Kobayshi's Harakiri is an extremely grim and brutal film. It is also spellbinding and a stunning piece of work, quite simply the best samurai film I have ever seen. Although the story is set in medieval Japan (1630) it is quite obviously filtered through the sensibilities of immediate post-war Japan. By critically interrogating the Samurai code of honour and attendant...
Paper Thin Walls Bullhorn (Free subscription) | 19/06/2008
Precocious Curmudgeon (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Lyle Masaki gives me a reason to believe that my interest in the programming of the Food Network is not entirely dead. It’s about time someone there started talking about sustainable sources, and I’m not surprised that it’s Alton Brown doing it. I also have to agree with Lyle that The Next Food Network Star [...]
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
Photo gallery of Damon & Naomi, Helena Espvall and Masaki Batoh at Southpaw (June 14, 2008).
swissmiss (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
Hands-Free Umbrella, Ryo Masaki, 2005 (why does she have her hand up there at the handle if it is supposed to be hands-free?)
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
Helena Espvall and Masaki Batoh (Ghost) are set to release their debut, self-titled collaboration July 22 on Drag City. Featuring "6- and 12-string guitar, banjo, cello, hurdy-gurdy, harp, contra bass, chappa Tibetan bells, Kin (Buddist metallic bowl), timpani, bass marimba, vibraphone, thunder sheet," and more, you'd be right in assuming this doesn't sound like Ugly Kid Joe, despite how amazing...
prefix (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
Sounds like there's a psych-folk super session on the way; Masaki Batoh of veteran Japanese psych warriors Ghost and Helena ...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 25/05/2008
As a young boy growing up in Hawaii, I remember placing flags on Memorial Day at the graves of members of the armed services who were killed in the line of duty. Mount Vernon Memorial Park in Fair Oaks is decorated with flags on Memorial Day in remembrance of those lost while serving their country. Capt. Jonathan Masaki Shiroma's security detail poses under the Hands of Victory monument in Baghdad....
ETF Trends (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
... losing streak in 54 years, it's still the top performer in Asia's largest equity markets, report Masaki Kondo and Makiko Kitamura for Bloomberg . But Japanese stocks have avoided the region's biggest losses, and the country's inflation rate is less than one-fifth that of China's and India's. The iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan ( EPP ) is down 11.4% over the last three months and 15.3% year-to-date,...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Thousands of peaches popular as good luck gifts for newlyweds have been stolen from an orchard in Ubaguchi, Yamanashi Prefecture, police said. About 5,000 of the "hanayome," or "bride" peaches, disappeared from the orchard sometime Monday, police spokesman Masaki Kanemaru said. Read the full story
News (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
AP - Thousands of peaches popular as good luck gifts for newlyweds have been stolen from an orchard near Tokyo, police said Tuesday. About 5,000 of the so-called "hanayome," or "bride" peaches, disappeared from an orchard overnight at Ubaguchi just west of Tokyo, said Masaki Kanemaru, a police spokesman in Yamanashi prefecture (state).
OTB News (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of peaches popular as good luck gifts for newlyweds have been stolen from an orchard near Tokyo, police said Tuesday. About 5,000 of the so-called “hanayome,” or “bride” peaches, disappeared from an orchard overnight at Ubaguchi just west of Tokyo, said Masaki Kanemaru, a police spokesman in Yamanashi prefecture (state)…. Share This
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Thousands of peaches popular as good luck gifts for newlyweds have been stolen from an orchard near Tokyo, police said Tuesday. About 5,000 of the so-called "hanayome," or "bride" peaches, disappeared from an orchard overnight at Ubaguchi just west of Tokyo, said Masaki Kanemaru, a police spokesman in Yamanashi prefecture (state).
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Thousands of peaches popular as good luck gifts for newlyweds have been stolen from an orchard near Tokyo, police said Tuesday. About 5,000 of the so-called "hanayome," or "bride" peaches, disappeared from an orchard overnight at Ubaguchi just west of Tokyo, said Masaki Kanemaru, a police spokesman in Yamanashi prefecture (state).
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
TOKYO -- Thousands of peaches popular as good luck gifts for newlyweds have been stolen from an orchard near Tokyo, police said Tuesday. About 5,000 of the so-called "hanayome," or "bride" peaches, disappeared from an orchard overnight at Ubaguchi just west of Tokyo, said Masaki Kanemaru, a police spokesman in Yamanashi prefecture (state).
