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Mai Yoshikawa
Japan Times
CULTURE
Oct 15, 2018
Shuichi Takizawa: The comedian with a knack for trash talk
Have you ever thought about where your trash goes after it's tossed into a basket and whisked away by the garbage truck that shows up like clockwork every week?
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 26, 2018
Can Japan become a 'fitness nation'? Aya thinks so
Don't be fooled by her child-like grin and bubbly down-to-earth personality. Aya Osanai is serious about her mission to rewrite the rules of fitness and front a campaign to get Japan into shape.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 28, 2018
'Housekeeping legend' Shima Tassin's advice: When in Japan, do as the French do
In sleepless Tokyo where people are always on the go, gathering around a table to share a meal and reflect on the day may seem like a dying tradition.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 28, 2018
Actress Kirin Kiki wants an ending with no twists
When life gave her lemons, film star Kirin Kiki didn't make lemonade, but wild grass enzyme juice.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 21, 2018
Fashion comes from within, says Japanese style guru Naoko Okusa
If you ask Naoko Okusa how to dress your best, she will tell you to look inside yourself before you stare into a cluttered closet or at an oversized mirror.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 14, 2018
Unsuccessful with IVF, Japanese actress Jun Sena's quest for a child succeeds via adoption
Like the Japanese proverb "fall seven times and stand up eight," Jun Sena made seven failed attempts to conceive through in vitro fertilization before she turned the odds of having a child in her favor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 5, 2018
Work-life harmony, not balance, the answer for this Japanese single dad
Juggling work and life as a parent is never easy, but how does a father who keeps irregular hours due to his successful acting career deal with the magnitude of challenges that come with being a single dad?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 3, 2018
'I'm not one to hide': Yukiya Terai shows pride in both his sexuality and his skill as a chef
Yukiya Terai exudes confidence in all facets of his life — from his sexuality to the flair he brings to the kitchen.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 18, 2018
'Rich Dad Poor Dad' author Robert Kiyosaki appeals for financial literacy
With a high literacy rate and a strong work ethic that embodies the samurai code of conduct, it is easy to assume Japan is well placed in the global race for economic ascendency.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 17, 2017
Japanese model Rinka wants women to know there's no shame in aging
The prefix "anti" is often used before the word "aging" in Japan, as if there are only two choices — youth and beauty, or age and wisdom — and the former is preferred to the latter.
Japan Times
SUMO
Oct 4, 2017
Sumo pulls out all the stops at promotional event
Rikishi in Japan are coming up big — literally and figuratively — doing little things to promote the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and, though not part of the Olympic program, the ancient national sport of sumo.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 20, 2017
Date says coaching not part future plans
Former world No. 4 Kimiko Date said Wednesday she has yet to give life after sport a serious thought, as she is still going back and forth between strange emptiness and ecstatic relief now that she has retired from competitive tennis.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2017
Luck-struck Japanese astronaut more than ready for fall mission to the International Space Station
Life may offer an unexpected surprise after an epic letdown, but in the case of first-time space voyager Norishige Kanai, it was an out-of-this-world opportunity.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2017
IPC chief hopes Japan sweeps away last barriers as Paralympics host
International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven has a simple but complicated wish: to fix the world so that he is recognized not as a user of a wheelchair, but as the person he is.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2016
Student hopes 2020 green medal campaign gives recycling an Olympic push
An old, unused smartphone lying around the house just collecting dust might one day be a source of admiration, dangling proudly around an Olympic athlete's neck at a medal podium ceremony.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Nov 25, 2016
Hanyu ready to take center stage at NHK Trophy
Reigning Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu will essentially be competing against himself at this weekend's NHK Trophy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2016
Service dog user hopes Tokyo Olympics raise awareness of owners' public rights
Assistance dogs and their owners often get a bum rap in a society that is supposed to be, on paper at least, inclusive and nondiscriminatory.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 6, 2016
Japan Paralympian ready to race in Rio
Kazumi Nakayama had always been an athlete, but the disability she developed later in life made her a more determined one and opened the doors to a world she had never imagined.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 5, 2016
Teenage apprentice growing up under the tutelage of kabuki superstar
While many junior high school boys spent their summer vacations on the beach in their swimwear, Ichikawa Fukutaro III got very little fun in the sun, spending much of his day in a kimono in the backstage dressing room of a kabuki theater.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 17, 2016
Japan's first 'birth coordinator' strives to dispel national fear of sex education with fresh approach
Nanako Oba, Japan's first ever "birth coordinator," knows what it takes to educate the public about a topic too often avoided in Japanese society: sex.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
Yen rally could help end crushing wage decay in Japan
Some economists say a sticky weak yen trend would have a negative impact on Japan's real wage growth.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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