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Favicons?domain=searchThe Japan Times: All Stories | 11 hours ago

How 'new' kabuki has captivated theater audiences for decades

...Tsubouchi Shoyo (1859-1935), whose "Kiri Hitoha" ("A Paulownia Leaf"), written a year after Mokuami's death in 1894 and staged at the Tokyo Theater 10 years later, became known as a classic shin kabuki - "new" historical kabuki play. Shoyo...

Favicons?domain=wwwSydney Morning Herald - Business | 1 day ago

Japanese cops cross-dress to catch bag snatchers

...in a bid to beat off bag-snatchers, a report said. The all-male squad has been deployed since last month on night patrols in central Aichi prefecture , wearing skirts and stockings and carrying eye-catching handbags as bait for potential...