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SPORTS NEWS>> Dragons edge Hawks; series tied 3-3 By JASON COSKREY The Dragons, who lost Games 3, 4, and 5 at home, score two runs in the first inning and never trail en route to a 2-1 victory in Game 6 of the Japan Series. J.LEAGUE SOCCER Grampus climb into first place after dramatic triumph FIGURE SKATING Murakami fourth after short program at Trophee Bompard SUNDAY FEATURES >> WEEK 3 Smiles return to Tohoku as the circus comes to town By ERIKO ARITA At Nakamura Daiichi Elementary School in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, a theater company named La Tatan Sha recently staged a musical for the students that featured live painting. ... WEEK 3 Paradoxes pervade gender issues' public face in Japan By JACKIE HOFFART WEEK 3 French researchers seek raison d'etre of hikikomori By TOMOKO OTAKE ENTERTAINMENT SPOTLIGHT >> Proud love pervades NHK's 'Madame Butterfly' By EDAN CORKILL "Well, little Chrysantheme, let us part good friends; one last kiss even, if you like. I took you to amuse me; you have not perhaps succeeded very well, but after all you have done what you could: given me your ... FILM >> 'Koi no Tsumi (Guilty of Romance)' In Sono's Tokyo, the whores hustle and the hustlers whore By MARK SCHILLING How can a film shock today's jaded audiences, for whom blood spurts and flying body parts prompt laughter instead of gasps? How can a filmmaker transgress when nearly everything is allowed? Taken far enough, this line of inquiry can lead ... 'George Harrison: Living in the Material World' / 'Under Control' Pop star to power plant, all things must pass By GIOVANNI FAZIO 'Henry's Crime' The light at the end of the tunnel is ... Keanu? By KAORI SHOJI Volunteer-led Tohoku cinema provides welcome escapism By MARK SCHILLING FOOD >> Plenty of wine — and food to match By ROBBIE SWINNERTON For the longest time, one of our most vociferous complaints about Tokyo was that there weren't enough wine bars worthy of the name. These days, thankfully, we are spoiled for choice in every price range. One of the best of ... Fresh-baked bread to suit every dish on the menu By ROBBIE SWINNERTON Mushrooms and much more in Moto-Yoyogi By ROBBIE SWINNERTON TRAVEL >> Memories of Mount Takao By SKYE HOHMANN Sometimes in the Japanese autumn, when the days are still warm and the air is beginning to smell of persimmons and fallen leaves, my mind stumbles across a day nearly 20 years ago now, and I turn the memory over ... Taking it easy on Tokashiki By HILLEL WRIGHT You don't need to be bbarking to wwoof By MIKE HAMILTON Special report on Amazing Kanagawa: Yokohama's port area comes to life at night EVENTS >> Dvorak opera to make debut By CHIHO IUCHI Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's (1841-1904) symphonies, such as Symphony No. 9 "From the New World," are well known to Japanese audiences. However, his operatic works have not been performed that often in Japan. ... Holiday season starts with market in Osaka By MONICA TANDUNG Folksy gig is family friendly By MATTHEW HOLMES Gainsbourg's muse to stop by Japan on her way to North America By ERIKO ARITA Fukuoka's got talent By MATTHEW HOLMES HOTELS & RESTAURANTS >> Westin Miyako maple boxed lunches The pick of this week's specials at Japan's hotels and restaurants. CARTOONS >> Zero Gravity By ROGER DAHL Noodles By GWEN MURANAKA BLOGS >> Virtual games in a real sports club Fun for one, online and off Corporate brands drawn to anime’s selling power Fair Trade turns from a movement into a brand Back to business as usual for condominium developers? The more, the thriftier: guests indispensable for expensive weddings	NATIONAL NEWS >> Article 9 group calls for end to nuclear power From the sky, tsunami areas cleaner but barren DPJ may exclude foreign members from voting for party chief Dave Spector gets NPA hotline thanks 'K' group wins supercomputer prize Aum killer Nakagawa's death penalty finalized NEWS FEATURES >> KANSAI: Who & What TPP commitment hinged to interests By ALEX MARTIN Cookouts along Tama drawing flak By MINORU MATSUTANI BUSINESS NEWS>> Olympus trio face weekend interrogation Azumi concerned by rise in Italian, Spanish yields Exec petitions for Woodford return Toyota fetes start of new Mississippi plant Solar power plant rules to be eased in clean energy drive OPINION - EDITORIAL>> Teachers leaving jobs Storing radioactive waste Fear drives Arab League to act Diet action for reconstruction Political confusion over KORUS A trade link in South Asia Partnership in the Asia-Pacific COMMUNITY >> LIFE IN JAPAN Okinawa shutterbug captures varied reactions to Hinomaru By JON MITCHELL JAPAN LITE When are we going to eat udon? By AMY CHAVEZ WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST The poetry of pet peeves By THOMAS DILLON LIFELINES Writing a will can take the uncertainty out of inheritance By ASHLEY THOMPSON