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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 16, 2022
Natsuko Shoji crowned Asia's best female chef for her fashion-influenced fine dining at Été
At her hyper-exclusive six-seater restaurant, u00c9tu00e9, Natsuko Shoji creates elaborate 10-course meals that reference fashion and art.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Feb 9, 2022
The rise and fall of Japan's ski industry
Japan Times contributor Francesco Basetti joins Deep Dive to discuss the rise and fall of the Japanese ski industry, and how resorts are faring with so few people able to enjoy them.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Feb 2, 2022
Beijing 2022 — A second pandemic Olympics
This Friday, the 2022 Winter Olympics kick off in Beijing, the second Olympics to be held during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the first ever to be held on entirely artificial snow.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Jan 26, 2022
From 'Spirited Away' to 'Demon Slayer': The meteoric rise of anime
Since 2002, Japan’s anime industry has doubled in size to become worth over ¥2.4 trillion annually.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / Longform,Longform
Jan 24, 2022
With international tourists still absent, Japan’s ski resorts dig deep
The ongoing pandemic could be the final blow for operators as memories of the ski boom — and bust — of the 1980s still linger.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Jan 19, 2022
Trouble in paradise: Why is Ishigaki building a missile base?
The New York Times' Ben Dooley joins Deep Dive to discuss his recent reporting trip to Ishigaki, and why the island is currently building a missile base.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jan 15, 2022
‘The Mating Game’: NHK's 8K nature series reveals all
The national broadcaster's 5-episode natural history series, which follows the courting rituals of 80 species in 22 different countries, is the first of its kind to be shot entirely in 8K.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Jan 13, 2022
A surge in omicron across Japan
COVID-19 cases have recently surged across the nation, led by an uptick in omicron infections in Okinawa, Tokyo and Osaka. Bloomberg's Gearoid Reidy talks about what the rapid spread of omicron means for Japan.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 29, 2021
So long, 2021
We hear from listeners about their high points in 2021.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 22, 2021
Chris Broad's 'Blade Runner' fantasy comes to life
Chris Broad invited us up to visit his new Blade Runner-inspired studio in Sendai, where we recorded this episode of Deep Dive.
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 21, 2021
What was your high point in 2021?
We want to hear stories from our listeners, wherever you are!
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Dec 18, 2021
Inside his new studio, YouTuber Chris Broad finally has space to create
The Abroad in Japan host's new neon-infused u2018dream' studio pays homage to Ridley Scott's “Blade Runner” and a 1960s Japanese shopping arcade.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 15, 2021
Are Japan's onsen sustainable?
Japan Times contributor Mara Budgen takes a look at the history of onsen in Japan and asks whether Japan's iconic hot-spring resources are sustainable.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 8, 2021
Two Tokyo bars make the World’s Best 50 List
It's award season for the world's food and drink establishments, and venues in Tokyo continue to be rewarded.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 8, 2021
What explains Japan's low COVID-19 case count? And can we expect another wave?
Gearoid Reidy, senior editor at Bloomberg Japan, joins to discuss Japan's low COVID-19 case count, and if the country can expect another wave.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 1, 2021
Chaos at Japan's borders
Japan announced on Monday that it will ban all new foreign entries for at least one month in an effort to prevent the omicron variant from spreading domestically.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 18, 2021
What did Japan bring to the COP26 climate summit?
COP26 was billed as the world's last chance to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 10, 2021
Japan's loneliness epidemic
Surveys of the Japanese public show that 1 in 2 people in their 20s and 30s have felt lonely during the pandemic.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 3, 2021
How Japan is already being impacted by climate change
Japan Times contributor Eric Margolis walks us through how Japan is already being affected by climate change.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Oct 28, 2021
Princess Mako's not-so-fairytale wedding
After a three-year delay, Princess Mako finally married her university sweetheart Kei Komuro on Tuesday.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
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