Japanese "Walk" the talk at Montreal fest
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Japanese director Eiji  Okuda's "A Long Walk," a drama about an old man on a long walk  with a little girl, was the big winner as the Montreal World  Film Festival wrapped Monday.
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In a continuing quest to hit the nail of just what Butoh is today on the head, Japan Society threw another performance into the mix on Thursday night as part of its festival Kazuo Ohno 101: 3-Week Butoh Parade.
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They may not get the best of both worlds, but local Van Halen fans could very well be standing on top of the world on Oct. 30. According to the local rumour mill, that&#39;s the night the legendary rock quartet are slated to return to the Winnipeg ...
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(InfoWorld) - YouTube will start displaying a notice in Japanese on its Web site warning users against uploading copyright content, its two founders told representatives of a broad group of Japanese copyright holders on Tuesday in their firstÂ face-to-face meeting. The Japanese language message was the only concession YouTube offered in the meeting, according to those present. No time frame was given for when the message will appear. The meeting, which ran for about two hours, was held in response to aÂ complaint made in DecemberÂ last year by a group of 23 Japanese TV broadcasters and associations representing copyright holders. The group had also asked YouTube to register the names and addresses of users making uploads and terminate the accounts of those who illegally upload copyrighted content. "The meeting went quite well and it was a very friendly manner," said Satoshi Watanabe, manager of the transmission rights department at the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers. JASRAC sent the original complaint on behalf of the other companies and associations and Tuesday's meeting was held at its Tokyo headquarters. "We are very satisfied with the direct negotiation realized and this should be a first step to carrying on... but their reply itself is not satisfactory today so we'd like to solve the issues," he said. YouTube CEO Chad Hurley, Chief Technology Officer Steven Chen and GoogleÂ Vice President of Contents Partnership, David Eun, attended the meeting but didn't offer any comments afterwards and sped away from JASRAQ in waiting taxis. Later, YouTube issued a brief statement that confirmed its commitment to respect copyright and thanked the organizations for the meeting. At the meeting the YouTube founders outlined their plans to develop a system that will be able to automatically scan uploaded video files and identify some that infringe on copyright, but no time frame was given for the launch of the system, representatives of the Japanese group said at a news conference. They also confirmed plans to begin paying uploaders for popular content providing the uploader owns the copyright. If such a service was to begin it would require uploaders to register their real names and addresses with YouTube in order to receive payment and that step would likely mean such users are unlikely to infringe on copyrighted material. The Japanese copyright holders are spooked by YouTube's site because of the large number of Japanese clips and users. The complaint was prompted afterÂ YouTube deleted 30,000 filesÂ judged to infringe on copyright of Japanese organizations and new files quickly found their way onto the site. YouTube is easily the most popular English-language Web site in Japan and one of the most popular overall. According to some estimates a third of all its traffic comes from Japan. The meeting comes days after YouTube found itselfÂ in hot-water with Viacom International, which owns cable channels such as MTV, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central. Viacom demanded over 100,000 clips be removed from YouTube because they contained its copyrighted content. Viacom had been talking to YouTube for several months trying to work out a revenue sharing scheme under which it could share profit from the clips but lost patience with YouTube when the talks made little progress. Copyright issues have been buzzing around YouTube ever since it became a household name and kick-started the online video sharing market. Google acquired YouTubeÂ in a $1.65 billion all-stock deal in November last year. With such a high value attached to the site, some suggested it became a bigger target for content providers unhappy at their material being uploaded to YouTube. Google appears to have shared the concern and put aside 12.5 percent of the acquisition amount in an escrow account for one year to "secure certain indemnification obligations." Since the acquisition YouTube and Google have been negotiating with copyright holders. Â
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Sifting through the best that Japan has to offer.
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A few questions for Ichiro Suzuki (through interpreter Ken Barron ): Do you like Boston, and would you consider coming as a free agent? IS : (Laughter.) "I said all I'm going to say about free agency in my first press conference for the rest of this year."
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Un concerto con tre anime: rock, acustica e dance. Tre ore di musica e 40 date in giro per l'Italia. Guarda il video delle prove
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The moving retrospective of the Japanese photographer Shomei Tomatsu at the Japan Society was among the highlights of the year.
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Presented at the Japan Society on Thursday as part of the festival âKazuo Ohno 101: 3-Week Butoh Parade,â the dance brings Eiko and Koma back to the theater where they made their American debut in 1976.
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A special meeting of the International  Whaling Commission began on Tuesday, with host Japan and  like-minded countries hoping the gathering will build momentum  to resume commercial hunting of the giant creatures.
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Excited fans got the chance to meet  Michael Jackson in Tokyo on Thursday -- but only those who  could afford to pay 400,000 yen ($3,400) for the privilege.
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Tokyo has played host to an exhibition showcasing the latest attractions for gamers.
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Nintendo did particularly well in a recent poll ran by &quot;Walk of Game&quot;. With Shigeru Miyamoto winning a lifeti. Walk of Game, the first physical landmark honouring the icons and pioneers of the videogame industry
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, Feb.
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Ieri 'Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award' in memoria di Gianni
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Singer Michael Jackson arrives in Japan to meet fans who have paid up to  $3,500 (Â£1,800) to meet him.
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Japanese audiences get the chance to see shows such as Blackadder and Fawlty Towers with the launch of BBC Japan.