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The date is June 4, 1995, and the Japan national rugby team is facing New Zealand's mighty All Blacks in its final pool game at the Rugby World Cup in South Africa. Japan, which has already been eliminated from the tournament going into the ...
For the past several weeks, media organizations in Japan have been obsessed with a road rage incident that happened in Ibaraki Prefecture on Aug. 10, when a 43-year-old man forcibly stopped another driver on the Joban Expressway and assaulted him as he sat in ...
Founder of Tokyo-based fashion PR company explains how she could move from the bustling metropolis to the U.K. countryside without compromising business.
Founder of Tokyo-based fashion PR company explains how she could move from the bustling metropolis to the U.K. countryside without compromising business.
"Life for Sale" — first serialized in Weekly Playboy in 1968 — was, for long years, dismissed as mere "entertainment." Yet the surprising bestseller is a terrific example of Mishima's fecund imagination at its most free-wheeling and unfettered best.
In November 2014, traditional washi papermaking techniques were included on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Over the next few weeks, we shall visit three of the nation's most prominent washi-making sites, largely unchanged for centuries, to discover the charm and potential inherent in handmade ...
"Not Vietnamese, but Vietnamese." The mission statement at Stand Banh Mi is nothing but enigmatic. That is, until you actually arrive, sit down and order at this buzzy little counter restaurant on the residential fringe of Meguro Ward. Then it all starts to make ...
Had enough of bubble tea, whether Thai or Taiwanese? Bored with the kakigōri (shaved ice) boom? Perhaps it's time to investigate the Vietnamese alternative, known simply as che, which combines tropical fruit, nuts and jellies with plenty of coconut milk in colorful, refreshing blends. That's ...
More than half of municipalities in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures will disclose the names of missing people in a disaster despite concerns about personal information protection, a Kyodo News survey showed Saturday. Ahead of Disaster Prevention Day on Sunday, the survey was conducted in July ...
In its first 25 years, Japanese craft beer has faced its share of challenges. Cultivating Craft wraps up with a look at how far the craft beer boom has come, but also what industry experts say needs to improve.
Seven-Eleven's packaged fish and chips may be a little too light and soft, but makes for a great U.K.-inspired snack when paired with a beer or two.
"To be wronged is nothing," said Confucius — "unless you continue to remember it." Forgetting is not forgiving. Forgiveness is Christianity's noblest quality. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Not everyone is Christian. Revenge, too, has ...
Social media users are fueling a burgeoning appetite in Japan for acquiring wild otters and other endangered animals as pets, conservationists say, warning the trend could push species toward extinction. Popular Instagrammers posting selfies with their pet otters may simply be seeking to warm the ...
Czech giant Lukas Krpalek beat Hisayoshi Harasawa to capture the world heavyweight title on Saturday and fire a warning for next year's Tokyo Olympics. The hulking 28-year-old won half-heavyweight gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics and looked ominously strong after stepping up to the over-100-kg ...
In his classic treatise on go, the late Toshiro Kageyama elucidates the difference between amateurs, who merely "play at the game," and professionals, who "labor at it."
"Half of Each Other," the newest novel from the prolific author and director, Roger Pulvers, considers how love, desire and grief intertwine in the aftermath of tragedy.
"This summer was the first time I've ever noticed my shins sweating."
Thousands of young men and women turned out to dance on the last night of a farewell festival at Juliana’s Tokyo, an early ’90s phenomenon characterized by skin-tight dresses, sensual moves on stages and “techno” music.
Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon Saturday as pro-democracy protesters threw gasoline bombs in the latest in a series of clashes that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades. Police fired round after round of tear gas ...
For Yokohama F. Marinos defender Theerathon, a season and a half was long enough of a wait. The Thailand captain scored his first goal since arriving in the J. League last season as Yokohama notched a 3-1 win over struggling Gamba Osaka on Saturday night. With ...
