.,, INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Evan Turner scored 12 of his 31 points after regulation Saturday, leading No. 6 Ohio State past Illinois 88-81 in double overtime Saturday. .,, Evan Turner scored 12 of his 31 points after regulation Saturday, leading No. 5 Ohio State past Illinois 88-81 in double overtime Saturday for a spot in the final of the Big Ten tournament. .,, However, it would not prove costly, as with ten minutes left, Parejo played a brilliant ball through for Miku, who slotted past Aouate, seconds after coming on, despite the 'keeper getting a touch. Mallorca's night would soon take ... .,, The World According to Gaga, a recent T Magazine interview with - surprise! - Lady Gaga, provides a brief snapshot of the 23-year-old performer's devotion. .,, Going outside the norm was the theme of last night's Lakers/Suns game. In a close fourth quarter against a not-so-lockdown defense, Kobe didn't go nutso. .,, BOSTON (AP) – The Boston Celtics went home after their last loss with the boos. .,, LeBron James had 23 points, 10 assists and six rebounds in his return from a two-game absence, and the Cleveland Cavaliers won for the 14th time in their last 19 road games with a 100-95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday ...

Buono Band with 3 Cute Girls

February 2, 2010 · Posted in JapanTopten · Comment

Buono is Japanese Girls Band with three Cute Personel , the personels are Tsugunaga Momoko , Natsuyaki Miyabi and Suzuki Airi , Buono! (ボーノ, Bōno?) is a Hello! Project unit consisting of three Hello! Project Kids members: Momoko Tsugunaga and Miyabi Natsuyaki from Berryz Koubou, and Airi Suzuki from °C-ute. The name translates into ‘tasty’, more specifically when used to imply food possesses a pleasant palate (from Italian, “Good!”).

Name: Tsugunaga Momoko (嗣永桃子)
* Nickname(s): Momo
* Hello! Project Status:
1. 2002-06-30: Member
* Date of Birth: 1992-03-06
* Age: 17 years, 8 months, 1 week, 5 days old
* Place of Birth: Chiba, Japan
* Blood type: O Read more

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Zero no Shoten Beauty of the rebel woman

January 3, 2010 · Posted in Japan News · Comment

Mystery writer Seicho Matsumoto (1909-1992) has long been on the Japanese entertainment industry, what Stephen King in Hollywood – a one-man fiction factory, provided the material for dozens of films and TV dramas.

Zero no Shoten
Mysterious beauties: Ryoko Hirosue Miki Nakatani, and in “Zero no Shoten” © 2009 “Zero no Shoten” Seisaku iinkai
Director: Isshin Inudo
Runtime: 131 minutes
Language: Japanese
Opens 14th November 2009
[See Japan Times movie edit]

One of his most famous novels, “Zero no Shoten” ( “Zero Focus”), was made in 1961, a film by Yoshitaro Nomura. Now Isshin Inudo a new version is aimed, seem very true to Matsumoto’s novel – unread by me.

Since his feature film debut in 1995 with “Futari ga Shabetteru” ( “Two People Talking”), has Inudo from a mixture of indie and commercial projects. What both types of films often share, but are strong female characters and a visual richness, even on an indie budget. Read more

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Tokyo fest Markets Open

October 26, 2009 · Posted in Japan News · Comment

Japantopten.com , TOKYO Japan — If movie industry buyers and sellers are tired of the non-stop caravan of film sales events, they scarcely showed it as the Tokyo festival’s three-day market got underway Tuesday, less than a week after Pusan’s Asian Film Market wrapped.

Held on the 40th floor of the colossal Mori Tower in Tokyo’s colorful Roppongi district, the TIFFCOM corridors were busy, but not bursting. Many of the buyers and sellers were the same as had been spotted in Pusan.

If any deals were signed, they were being kept under wraps. The first day of the market is usually quiet on the signature front and Wednesday should show whether buyers are actually closing deals or are still just window shopping. Read more

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Tokyo Dogs premieres October 19

October 21, 2009 · Posted in Japan News · Comment

As a child, Sou Takakura (Shun Oguri) witnessed the murder of his father. Vowing to someday catch the culprit, he grew up to become an elite detective on the New York police force, regarded highly for his composure, discipline, adaptability, and military training. One day, he takes on a case involving a major drug operation linked to his father’s killer. Maruo Kudo (Hiro Mizushima), a member of a special investigative division in Japan, arrives in New York to help out. The investigation leads them to Yuki Matsunaga (Yuriko Yoshitaka), who holds some crucial info about the case but has lost part of her memory due to a traumatic incident. Sou and Maruo team up to continue the case in Japan, but their completely opposite personalities may be a hindrance. And as Yuki regains her memory, her knowledge begins to expose a painful past.

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Izu Islands Diving with Dolphins

October 19, 2009 · Posted in Japan Travel · Comment

Hello Japantopten.com visitor , do you know The Izu Island?? i have read some story about Izu Island at japantimes.co.jp , here is the story , check this out , carefully , thx to visit japantopten , the best japan news portal By MANDY BARTOK
Special to The Japan Times

It’s Saturday morning and I’m sitting on the beach, struggling to strap on a pair of oversize flippers. When they are securely in place, I waddle down to the water’s edge and gingerly step into the sparkling, crystal ocean lapping Miyake Island.

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March of time: A shrine lies half buried by a lava flow from one of the many volcanic eruptions that occur on Miyake Island.

“Ready to go?” asks Shuichi Taguchi, the owner of Dolphin Club TAG and my instructor for the day. Snorkeling gear in place, he and assistant guide Motomichi Takahashi lead our small group out of the protected shallows of the cove near Miyake’s ferry port. We glide over pockets of spongy coral, where electric -blue fish dart in and out of crevices in which occasional spiny sea urchins are to be seen. On the ocean floor, a bloated sea slug makes slow progress toward safety in a forest of leafy seaweed that looks like something I ate at last night’s dinner.
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