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Kodansha: Book Sales Reach 30 Billion Yen Mark for First Time in Seven Years
Account statements for the period ending November 2007 will show book sales at Kodansha reaching the 30 billion yen mark for the first time in seven years. Factors responsible for the growth include more emphasis on advance promotions of authors at bookstores, pumping up the number of new pocketbooks, and the positive reception of prize winners.
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http://www.trannet-japan.com/ep/tjc_news_dtl.asp?dk=N0000198
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The Soul of Satsuma With Illustrations By Takahiko Inoue Garners Attention
Sogo Horei Publishing is garnering attention for its recent publication, The Soul of Satsuma: The Truth about the Great Men Who Laid the Foundations of Japan! The book has impressive backing, including illustrations by Takahiro Inoue, also known as Vagabond and Slam Dunk, and the endorsement of Kazuo Inamori, Chairman Emeritus of Kyocera Corp.
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http://www.trannet-japan.com/ep/tjc_news_dtl.asp?dk=N0000199
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Anime scriptwriter Yamanobe Kazuki's Anime and Historical Drama Update - No.12
New TV programs are a hot topic in the anime world in October. More than any other, the featured new program this time is "Gundam OO (Double O)". As I mentioned in a previous column, this is being aired as a series on Saturdays at 6 p.m., with the first episode having aired on October 6.
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http://www.trannet-japan.com/ep/tjc_news_dtl.asp?dk=N0000200
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[VOL.9] Synchronicity - by Roland Kelts
While reading Keio University Professor Takayuki Tutsumi's Full Metal Apache recently, I attended the opening of an exhibition in a Soho gallery featuring the work of 16 Japanese visual artists charged with a curious assignment. Each artist was asked to visually render in their own styles an image that was already a cartoon character, and a mascot at that.
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http://www.trannet.co.jp/pre_up/web_news/2007/column/rolandcolumn.html
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CUSTOMS & TRADITIONS / FOLKLORE |
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Annual Events in Japan: Spheres of Lives, Joys and Customs
by Mitsukoshi
[Customs & Traditions, Folklore]
The wide variety of annual events in Japan can be attributed to the unique history that Japanese have absorbed Pan-Asian and western cultures for centuries and re-interpreted their own. This book illustrates the colorful aspects and the origins of annual events.
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http://www.trannet-japan.com/ep/tjc_rights_dtl.asp?rt=05000017
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HARD-BOILED / FICTION |
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Drowning Fish
by Keita Tokaji
[Hard-boiled, Fiction]
Two suspended detectives are ordered to conduct a secret surveillance of an officer under suspicion in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The two detectives are promised immunity from prosecution for their work. The Daito Group, a conglomerate, has hired the suspected officer to identify someone called Drowning Fish who is sending threatening notes to the company. The notes demand that Daito Group executives walk on a busy street, dressed in outlandish outfits, and subject themselves to public humiliation.
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http://www.trannet-japan.com/ep/tjc_rights_dtl.asp?rt=R0000005
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COOKING / NUTRITION |
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Simple Weekend Beauty Diet
by Kanna Himiya
[Cooking, Nutrition]
This book introduces many simple yet nutritious and eye-pleasing recipes that will help improve your health and beautify your body. The Simple Weekend Beauty Diet is ideal for working women who experience health and skin problems due to unbalanced diet and stress from busy schedules.
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http://www.trannet-japan.com/ep/tjc_rights_dtl.asp?rt=R0000026
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JAPANESE COOKING - Enjoy Japanese Food Outside Japan |
Green Beans in Peanut Sauce
When eating or cooking Japanese food, you have to keep an open mind. Many Japanese dishes combine a lot of ingredients - combinations that you may sometimes think ... odd.
Today's recipe is one of them. It just happened to come across my mind when I was flipping through a cookbook. And most of its ingredients are usually available in regular households (well, at least in America).
As I got ready to mix green beans and peanut butter dressing, my kids were curious about what I was doing. But as soon as they found out what I was mixing, they said, "Yuk!"
Well, sure: peanut butter usually goes on bread, not on green beans! Their brains were all hardwired for that. But here's a chance to soften up and check out something different. The fun of cooking is in the experiments, you try different things. If one doesn't work, you try another way to make it taste better.
And green beans don't just come in cans or frozen bags, folks. Today I'd like you to use fresh green beans. Open up your mind, and open up a jar of peanut butter ( "chunky" is better)!
By the way: you can even use the dressing on spinach, cabbage, carrots - you name it!
Written by Hiroko Burtner
A member of TranNet and freelance translator based in Virginia, U.S.A.
♦ INGREDIENTS
(4 servings)
lb = pound
g = gram
t = teaspoon
T = tablespoon
1/2 lb green beans (230 g)
1/2 t soy sauce
Peanut Dressing
3 T sugarless chunky peanut butter
1/2 T sugar (more or less to taste)
1/2 T soy sauce
water if desired
♦ How to make Green Beans in Peanut Sauce
1. String the beans. Cook uncovered in boiling water, until beans turn a bright green. Do not overcook. Drain, spread out and cool. Cut diagonally into 1-inch (2-cm) lengths.
2. Make dressing. Mix well the peanut butter, sugar, and soy sauce. If the consistency is too thick, add 1 tablespoon water. (Taste before adding sugar.)
3. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce over the beans and let stand for 10 minutes. Mix the peanut dressing into the beans, and serve.
This is a great side dish, especially with fish or chicken!
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Let us know, if you have tried JAPANESE COOKING.
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MOJI - KANJI PICT•O•GRAPHIX |
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How do you study the written Japanese characters known as kanji? You stare at each kanji and make up a story in your head that you can mentally "attach" to the kanji to help you recall its meaning when you meet it again in the future. Some types of kanji have retained their pictographic forms and look very much like the objects they represent.
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