JEJU, South Korea (Kyodo) Shingo Matsumoto secured a second straight Olympic berth Saturday en route to winning the men's Greco-Roman 84-kilogram title at the Asian Wrestling Championships. Matsumoto, who clinched his place in the Beijing Olympics after... ...full story at Japan Times
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YouTube video A 1974 experimental film by Japanese director and video artist Toshio Matsumoto. Famous for his 1969 film Bara no Souretsu(Funeral Parade of Roses) which heavily influenced Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, Matsumoto is now President of the Japan Society of... |
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