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Meeting Shigeaki's Style of Rock
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Celebrating Shigeaki Kato's 19th birthday with a twist in News_Paradise's Shige's Birthday Bash.

Johnny Depp in Bits and Pieces
The sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean proves, once again, that special effects aren’t funny, and brilliant performances aren’t always repeatable. >>>read more
The Beat Goes On
Beat Takeshi, Japan's one-man entertainment conglomerate, is a subversive... of a very Japanese sort. >>>read more
10 Questions: Imelda Marcos
Marcos talked with TIME's Nelly Sindayen about money, her encounters with world leaders, and... what else?... her shoes. >>>read more
Tokyo Psycho
Tadanobu Asano has made a name for himself playing misfits and bad boys. Now he faces a wilder prospect: stardom. >>>read more

Royale Terror
Japan's teenage death-match movie gets a sequel that's just as bloody, but not as misanthropic, as the original >>>read more
No Answer to Arroyo's Prayers
Despite a papal seal of approval, the Philippine President's woes aren't over >>>read more
The Crying Game
After dazzling in 2002, Asia suffers a cruel reminder that it takes time to forge a soccer superpower>>>read more
North Korea's Missile Test Leaves Japan in a Quandary
James Bond's New Mission? Find Mladic


 
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