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Translated to mean ‘cooking pot bay’ in Malay due to its cooking pot-esque perimeter of the neighborhood, Telok Blangah is situated at the south of Singapore. If you are looking to get away from the hustle and bustle from the city, and to breathe the freshest air the country has to offer, Telok Blangah is the perfect location. One of the must-visit places would be Mount Faber, where it offers a panoramic view of the skyscrapers and other buildings in downtown and other nearby areas. And if you’d just like to have a quiet time alone with Mother Nature, head over to Labrador Park. The peacefulness of the park and mere sounds of water splashing against the rocks on the beach will certainly revitalize and nourish your soul. Also, expect to find many historical relics left behind by the British forces from World War II.
Geylang is known for its authentic local food, fresh durians and the notorious (but legal) red light district. The streets, typically numbered from 1 to 42, are named lorong or lor, which is a direct translation in Malay.

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From the first song to the last, the level of performance from Passion Pit was bar none. Their set was so electric they were being tipped from the pit! And not small bills, no, no. One concert-goer slipped lead singer Michael Angelakos a twenty dollar bill while the band worked out a technical issue. As the show went on Michael would periodically try to give the bill back, each time being refused, until finally some other audience members threw a few singles on stage. Aren’t bras and underwear the more traditional thing to fling? Hey, these boys aren’t strippers, but they sure are stars.

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CHIBA, Japan, June 28 KYODO
     Police have arrested a 39-year-old Chinese national who allegedly operated prostitution clubs in banned areas in Chiba Prefecture and 22 male and female employees of the clubs, police officials said Monday.
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Travel guide to Tokyo
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A favourite of Tokyo lovebirds, the New York Grill (3-7-1-2, Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, 5322 1234, www.park.hyatt.com) is on the top floor of the Park Hyatt and delivers knockout views. If you fancy somewhere even more exclusive, try the Tokyo headquarters of luxury labels such as Armani Ginza Tower (5-5-4, Ginza Chuo-ku, 6274 7000, www.armaniginzatower.com) and Chanel (3-5-3, Ginza, Chuo-ku, 5159 5555, www.chanel-ginza.com), which operate serious — and seriously good — restaurants on the top floors of their fashion temples. Australian chef Matthew Crabbe, who trained under Tetsuya Wakuda, opened the sleek Two Rooms (5F AO Building, 3-11-7, Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, 3498 0002, www.tworooms.jp) about 18 months ago and it quickly established itself as part of the capital’s cool set.
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For the equivalent of about $12, buy a prepaid PASMO card, which allows use of the Tokyo subway by simply swiping the card over a special reader located on the ticket gates. The card can be bought at ticket-dispensing machines and station ticket offices.
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Tokyo Vice extract: Behind the Lucie Blackman story
Lucie Blackman, a former British Airways stewardess, was working in a hostess bar in Japan when she went missing. Jake Adelstein, an American reporter on the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, was assigned to investigate.
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The tapes were in part-chronological order, but no tapes had been made around the period when Lucie had vanished. At the end of October the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office officially indicted Obara on the first of many charges. But he was still not talking. No one should have been surprised. He had graduated from the law department of Keio University. He knew the law, and how the police worked. Not only did he initially refuse to admit knowing Lucie at all, he also claimed that all the victims had been paid prostitutes who had consented to having sex with him.
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This is an edited extract from ‘Tokyo Vice’ by Jake Adelstein (Corsair, £8.99). To order a copy for £7.99 plus 99p p&p, call 0844-871 1515
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/7832817/Tokyo-Vice-extract-Behind-the-Lucie-Blackman-story.html

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According to the story published in today’s The results of the investigation come as Japan is working to end ” the 24-year moratorium on commercial whaling,” according to the Times. The story said the fate of thousands of whales, including endangered species, will be decided later this month at an International Whaling Commission in Morocco. Japan denies buying the votes of IWC members. However, accordin gto the story, The Sunday Times filmed officials from pro-whaling governments admitting: – They voted with the whalers because of the large amounts of aid from Japan; They receive cash payments in envelopes at IWC meetings from Japanese officials who also pay their travel and hotel bills; amd call girls were offered when fisheries ministers and civil servants visited Japan for meetings.During the investigation reporters posed as representatives of a billionaire conservationist and approached officials from pro-whaling countries, offering them an aid package to change their vote.”The governments of St Kitts and Nevis, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Grenada, Republic of Guinea an …

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The results of the investigation come as Japan is working to end ” the 24-year moratorium on commercial whaling,” according to the Times. The story said the fate of thousands of whales, including endangered species, will be decided later this month at an International Whaling Commission in Morocco. Japan denies buying the votes of IWC members. However, accordin gto the story, The Sunday Times filmed officials from pro-whaling governments admitting: – They voted with the whalers because of the large amounts of aid from Japan; They receive cash payments in envelopes at IWC meetings from Japanese officials who also pay their travel and hotel bills; amd call girls were offered when fisheries ministers and civil servants visited Japan for me …

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Minako, Yoshiwara’s last geisha, is pictured in Tokyo’s Taito Ward in this May 27, 2009, file photo. (Mainichi)
Minako, renowned as the last geisha of the Yoshiwara district of Tokyo, died Monday of cancer. She was 90 years old.
A Hokkaido native whose real name was Mitsu Nagao, Minako started to work as an apprentice at a geisha dwelling in Yoshiwara at the age of 11. After Yoshiwara went defunct as a red-light district following the enforcement of the Anti-Prostitution Act in 1958, Minako continued to entertain customers mainly at teahouses in Asakusa as the last Yoshiwara geisha, playing traditional games with them, playing the samisen instrument, and dancing and singing.
Minako also lived a life dedicated to handing down the traditional Yoshiwara art of entertainment, focusing on teaching younger geishas and filming performances in her later years. Last year she published her autobiography “Hana yori Hana.”
Minako’s funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday at Chokoku-ji Temple in Tokyo’s Taito Ward.

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TOKYO (Kyodo) — Misako Takashima, a Japanese graphic novel creator based in New York, worries that many American teenagers she has met during academic art events rely too heavily on the Internet and are reluctant to try anything in the real world.
“I met many children who easily believe that the knowledge they get via the Internet is everything,” Takashima told an interview, while working on a new book due out next year describing her own life, including the tumultuous 11 years since she first came to the United States.
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The 33-year-old native of the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, is a self-taught manga artist and had no professional career in Japan.
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Takashima first came to the United States in August 1999 and spent nearly a year as an exchange student in Kirksville, Missouri. After graduating from her university in Tokyo, she went to New York as an aspiring puppeteer.

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