Tokyo (Japan)

Japanese students visit Arundel High

2012-03-15 14:18:37

Japanese cultural exchange student Minami Tajima remembers one of her first visits to an American restaurant. She and about two dozen other students from Japan visited Anne Arundel County last year, and after she befriended Arundel High School student...

Howard County Dining Guide 2012

2012-03-28 11:37:00

Howard County is home to an incredible assortment of dining experiences. From haute cuisine to grab-and-go, from special occasion to tonight’s supper, more than 250 restaurants await you within minutes of home or work. Whether you’re in the...

For Pitcairn's family, a journey from happiness to grief

2011-10-01 15:01:00

Gwen Pitcairn drove slowly through the cemetery in Tequesta, the small Florida village where she raised her three children. She stopped in front of her son Stephen's grave. More than a year after his death, it still was marked by a makeshift memorial,...

Dream home: Estate of zen

2011-03-31 00:00:00

The approach from the long, circular driveway reveals Dick and Susan Wolven's brick home is unmistakably Georgian in style. Just beyond the front door, however, the interior design and furnishings are a celebration of everything Asian, is a reflection of...

'The Amazing Race' recap: Booking troubles

2011-03-07 04:22:10

Bucky reports on tonight's Amazing Race, possibly from his sickbed:OK, tonight’s recap will be shorter than usual, because I’ve got a major case of flu, pneumonia or possibly one of several paramyxoviridae diseases that I’m not sure what...

'The Amazing Race' recap: Someone needs directions

2011-03-14 04:22:10

Bucky reports on tonight's weirdly structured episode of The Amazing Race:This week’s leg of The Amazing Race begins at the Pit Stop in Tokyo and we see the teams in their staggered departures, with the departure times displayed. For example,......

'The Amazing Race': They survived a Japanese game show -- and herded ducks

2009-09-28 16:22:09

What a doozy of a season premiere of The Amazing Race! They're not messing around -- this season, the first challenge took place before the teams even headed to the airport. They had to find a license plate off a......

Tokyo, London said most expensive cities

2004-06-14 00:00:00

The weak American dollar and strong European and Asian currencies helped make Tokyo and London the most expensive cities in the world, according to a survey released Monday. American cities were absent from the top 10, with the most expensive U.S. city,...

From bitter landscape of war emerge healing ground, peace

2004-12-07 00:00:00

Last of three parts JEROME COUNTY, Idaho - The barbed wire and watchtowers are gone, the military police building reduced to a stone foundation. For more than 60 years, the former Minidoka internment camp has remained etched in the memories and...

'Barbie Couture' tempts fashionistas in Japan

2004-02-16 00:00:00

Kumiko Suzuki, a 22-year-old college student in Japan, played with Barbie dolls as a child. She says she always saw Barbie as her ideal image of a glamorous Western princess. "She's slim, she's blond and she's just a dream," Suzuki said. "I want to be...

A culture defiled by the West

2002-09-05 00:00:00

Stephen Sondheim has said that when he and John Weidman created their 1976 musical Pacific Overtures, they tried to adopt the viewpoint of a Japanese playwright. Proof of how magnificently they achieved this goal is currently on view in the...

Lower auto sales this year

2001-01-16 00:00:00

After the most disappointing holiday retail season in a decade, few experts expect a quick rebound for retailers in 2001. News has been grim so far, with store closings, layoffs and bankruptcies coming on the heels of a 2000 holiday season hurt by a...

Toyota Motor Corp. Prius plug-in, from left, Camry, and Aqua hybrid vehicles are displayed at the company's Tokyo head offices in Tokyo, Japan

2012-05-11 09:01:00

A full-size model of Japan's robot animation character "Gundam" emits mists and lights up its eyes during a demonstration in front of a shopping mall in Tokyo. The 18-meter-tall robot was installed to promote its entertainment facility "Gundam Front Tokyo" which opened last month.

2012-05-07 00:00:00

A full-size model of Japan's robot animation character "Gundam" attracts stares as it stands in front of a shopping mall in Tokyo. The 18-meter-tall robot was installed to promote its entertainment facility "Gundam Front Tokyo," which opened last month.

2012-05-07 00:00:00