author

 
Menu
Search
 
April 30, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

Meta

Yukari Tanaka
For Yukari Tanaka's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 25, 2019
'Every Day is Art Day: Fifty Years of the Yoda Family in New York'
June 29-Sept. 8
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 25, 2019
'Heisei Graphics'
June 29-Aug. 17
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 18, 2019
'100 + 20 Peoples' Tokyo: 2019-2020 North'
June 21-July 25
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 18, 2019
'The World of Tomino Yoshiyuki: Gundam, Ideon, and Now'
June 22-Sept. 1
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 11, 2019
'Ikat Textiles From the World'
June 14-Sept. 10
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 11, 2019
'Ryo Fujimoto: "Where is the Cloud Focus?"'
June 14-July 15
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 10, 2019
Here’s to nattō, Japan’s original superfood
One of the country's most notable u5065u5eb7u98dfu54c1 (kenku014d shokuhin, health food products), u7d0du8c46 is made from u5927u8c46 (daizu, soybeans) fermented with u67afu8349u83cc (kosu014dkin, bacillus subtilis).
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 6, 2019
Japanese, Italian, Korean? I'm all of these
One question I have always found difficult is, "Where are you from?" While most people I meet are able to answer it with a single word — Japan, England, India — for me the answer is a lot more complicated.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 4, 2019
'The Art of Hayami Gyoshu'
June 8-Aug. 4
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 4, 2019
'Picture Books, Book Design and Theater of the Capek Brothers'
June 8-July 15
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 4, 2019
'Who Opens Up the World?'
June 1-30
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 28, 2019
'Bijin-ga: The World of Fine Feminine Beauty'
June 1-Aug. 30
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 28, 2019
'B29 and Homeland: From My Childhood to Andy Warhol'
May 31-July 6
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 28, 2019
'Plans for Tokyo 2019: Vol.2 Sachiko Kazama'
June 1-July 13
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 21, 2019
'Abstraction: Aspects of Contemporary Art'
May 25-Aug. 4
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 21, 2019
'Kumi Sugai: The Eternal Challenger'
May 25-July 21
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 14, 2019
'Roppongi Art Night 2019'
May 25-26
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 14, 2019
'Aguri Uchida: Incarnated Painting as Inselberg'
May 20-June 16
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 14, 2019
'Nobuo Shimose Retrospective: Boundaries in Nature'
May 23-July 7
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 7, 2019
'TOP Collection: Reading Images — The Stories of Four Places'
May 14-Aug. 4
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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

When trying to trace your lineage in Japan, the "koseki" is the most important form of document you'll encounter.
Climbing the branches of a Japanese family tree
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Prize winner Maki Imoto catches light with glass
Prize winner Maki Imoto catches light with glass

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER