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ブックマーク / www.nytimes.com (3)

  • Opinion | For a Change, Proud to Be Japanese (Published 2011)

    Tokyo JAPANESE people are accustomed to earthquakes. I myself have experienced many since childhood. So I remained calm when the shaking started on the sixth floor of an old multipurpose building in central Tokyo. I only thought, “This is bigger than normal.” But the shaking didn’t stop and the swaying grew more severe. I rushed down a narrow staircase through a cloud of dust. When I turned around

    Opinion | For a Change, Proud to Be Japanese (Published 2011)
    katamachi
    katamachi 2011/03/17
    オタク系評論家東裕紀のニューヨークタイムズへの寄稿。日本(人)が震災によって「公」の感覚を持ち始めた。愛国的な自己の発見→「their kyara (character)」を変えようとしている、と。彼は早稲田の教授になっていたのか
  • Facing Party Rift, Japan’s Premier Calls Election (Published 2009)

    TOKYO � Prime Minister Taro Aso faced the possibility of a revolt in his own party on Monday, after a bruising defeat in a local vote forced him to call for a general election in which his Liberal Democratic Party faces almost certain defeat. Mr. Aso had been trying to put off the national elections, now set for Aug. 30, in part because polls had shown that his party could lose its almost unbroken

    Facing Party Rift, Japan’s Premier Calls Election (Published 2009)
    katamachi
    katamachi 2009/07/14
    “The Tokyo assembly vote pushed Prime Minister Aso into a position where he either had to dissolve the Parliament or resign,” said Ichita Yamamoto    このIchita Yamamoto って、山本一太のことか。
  • Japan’s Master Animator to Be Honored in U.S. Visit (Published 2009)

    A scene from “Ponyo,” a coming film by Hayao Miyazaki, often called the Walt Disney of Japan.Credit...Walt Disney LOS ANGELES � When the schedule of events for the 40th Comic-Con International fan convention is announced on Thursday, it is expected to include something quite rare, even for a gathering that has pretty much seen it all: an appearance by Hayao Miyazaki. Mr. Miyazaki, regarded by many

    Japan’s Master Animator to Be Honored in U.S. Visit (Published 2009)
    katamachi
    katamachi 2009/07/14
    「もののけ姫」は米国内の興行収入で約240万ドル、「ハウルの動く城」は500万ドル未満。2003年のアカデミー賞すっぽかしの話も。
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