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JAPAN

JAPAN
Jan 15, 2014
Hashimoto sued over scrubbed trip
By Eric Johnston
Six members of a local citizens' watchdog group file a civil suit against the city of Osaka, demanding that Mayor Toru Hashimoto repay the nearly u00a5700,000 bill the city footed after he canceled a trip to the U.S. last June.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2014
Tepco business plan, including July reactor restart, gets official OK
By Kazuaki Nagata
The government approved Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s revised 10-year business plan Wednesday that includes its hope to restart reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture this summer.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2014
Shimomura announces plans to launch Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing panel
By Masaaki Kameda
Tokyo and Japan will launch an organizing committee on Jan. 24 to start preparations for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, education minister Hakubun Shimomura said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2014
'Missing' U.K. man turns up safe in Britain
By Tomohiro Osaki
Running in fear for his life or just to escape it? A British businessman who mysteriously disappeared from Tokyo last year, sparking speculation of misadventure, has turned up back in England, safe and sound, according to a British media report.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 15, 2014
Marketers capitalize on university entrance exam time
By Emily Balistrieri
Special snacks, underwear, aquatic friends and more suddenly appear in support of academic victory for Center Test takers.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 15, 2014
JAL probes another 787 battery incident
Japan Airlines is investigating what caused a battery on a Boeing 787 to emit smoke during preflight maintenance, a year after a fire on one of the carrier's Dreamu00adlinu00aders helped spur the grounding of the global fleet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 15, 2014
Suntory 'planning $12 billion bridge loan' to buy Beam
Suntory Holdings Ltd. plans to borrow as much as $12 billion to finance the purchase of Beam Inc., two sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 15, 2014
Toyota's Lexus sees methodical gains in U.S. to emerging markets
Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus luxury line aims to grow as much as 10 percent annually for the next 30 years as it expands in the U.S., its biggest market, as well as in emerging markets from China and Vietnam to Brazil and Peru.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 15, 2014
Honda retools tiny Fit to retake GM, Ford in U.S.
Honda Motor Co., trailing General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. in U.S. subcompact car sales, will try to boost deliveries with a new Fit hatchback that will be made in North America for the first time.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 15, 2014
Nissan's Infiniti says it's working with Daimler on four-car platform
Nissan Motor Co.'s luxury Infiniti brand is developing a new platform with Daimler AG that will spawn four models, including a crossover vehicle, the unit's president said.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Jan 15, 2014
The 'Internet of everything'
The advent of the 'Internet of things,' the ever-expanding array of connectedness between computer sensors and consumer devices, promises convenience as well as privacy and security concerns.

Sports

BASKETBALL
Jan 15, 2014
Ex-Gator Moss powers Nara past Saitama
By Ed Odeven
Big man Adrian Moss delivered a gutsy 20-point, 21-rebound performance to lead the Bambitious Nara to a 70-60 series-opening victory over the Saitama Broncos on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBL NOTEBOOK
Jan 15, 2014
Coach Hill brings patience, positivity to Tsukuba Robots
By Kaz Nagatsuka
Asked what brought him over to Japan to take a head coaching job, Donte' Hill assertively answered with one word: basketball.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 15, 2014
Kusaka's All-Star selection a disservice to more deserving
By Ed Odeven
Being picked as an All-Star starter should be reserved for players having All-Star-caliber seasons.

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 15, 2014
'Kaz' Kumagai brings tip-top tap to town
By Nobuko Tanaka
"Anyone can enjoy being be a tap dancer in their daily life; all you have to do is casually make a rhythm with your feet when you're walking down the street," Japan's leading exponent of the art, Kazunori Kumagai, insists — seemingly oblivious to the gulf between him and most of the rest of clod-hopping...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 15, 2014
This special Horse Year kabuki's a real winner
By Rei Sasaguchi
Most kabuki plays have at their core a dramatic historical episode. Around this, there's generally a colorful, oft-times melodramatic and action-packed confection of intrigues, loyalties, romances, self-sacrifice and villainy founded on varying degrees of fact — or simply fashioned as pure fiction....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 15, 2014
Woman's-eye 'Merchant' duo reflects favorably on Shylock role
By Mika Eglinton
Since it was founded in 1990 by Shakespeare scholar, actor and director Kaoru Edo, Tokyo Shakespeare Company has been producing the Bard's plays translated by Edo in an adaptation series titled "Shakespeare on the other side of the mirror."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 15, 2014
The extent of Puvis de Chavannes' stately influence
By C.B. Liddell
When you enter 'Arcadia by the Shore' it is not difficult to get a sense of why Puvis de Chavannes was so successful in his own day, and why his reputation later slipped far behind those of other painters then considered his inferiors.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 15, 2014
Two photographers in a state of play
By John L. Tran
In an intriguing double-header, two of photography's more colorful characters are exhibited together at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, providing an interesting glimpse of art form as play.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 15, 2014
'Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art'
By Hanna Lange
The Cleveland Museum of Art, which houses one of the best collections of Japanese art in the world, brings 50 masterpieces to Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 15, 2014
'Private Utopia: Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection'
By Hanna Lange
What happens when curators from various Japanese museums are given free rein to select works from the holdings of the London-based British Council Collection
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 15, 2014
'Fruits of Passion: Collection from the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris'
By Hanna Lange
Fruits of Passion' showcases some of the acquisitions of contemporary art by the Centre Pomipidou in Paris.

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY / Issues
Jan 15, 2014
Three cases, three paths to legitimacy for Supreme Court
By Colin P.A. Jones
When I began studying Japanese, one of my goals was to be able to read the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's version of The Wall Street Journal. Achieving that goal, however, meant realizing that it is possibly The Most Boring Newspaper on Earth.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jan 15, 2014
No refuge from booze in Tokyo, paradise for alcoholics in denial
By William Bradbury
Many of us foreigners living here know deep down that we and many of our friends are at least mild alcoholics, masking each other's addictions, and the allure of alcohol is not an easy monkey to get of your back. It's difficult in any city, though living in Tokyo provides it's own unique set of problems.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 15, 2014
Tokyo: What's the strangest thing you've seen in a vending machine?
By Mark Buckton
From melon to books, eggs and stewed morsels, interviewees around Tokyo share their most wonderfully weird vending machine encounters.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
Japanese scientists discover clue to why women burn more fat than men
Scientists say a recently-published study could help explain why women are typically less prone to weight-related conditions and may lead to new therapies that target calorie-burning mechanisms.
Music idol and anime fandom merch is big business
Businesses who cater to fandoms gathered at Tokyo Lifestyle Week for the second annual Oshikatsu — Merch Collection Expo, a trade show devoted to fandom goods.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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