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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2022

Gus Kenworthy proud to be among LGBT athletes competing at Beijing Olympics

'I think for anybody that wants to come out but is struggling, I'd just encourage them to try and live their truth or speak their truth, even if it's just to one person.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / New Wine Frontier
Feb 19, 2022

Snow country wine: Old vines and new vision

A senior vintner stakes his future on uprooting the past, while his daughter embraces the past to forge an exciting future.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Feb 19, 2022

Expressing gender: Fresh approaches to unisex collections

A diverse fashion market is one that is broad enough to include everyone.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Feb 19, 2022

Roger Dahl on Fumio Kishida's ambitious attempt to lift wages

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE RECIPE BOX
Feb 19, 2022

Recipe: Tofu chocolate mousse

This delicious chocolate mousse made of tofu is easy to make and will supply you with enough dessert to get you through the week.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Feb 19, 2022

Roger Dahl on how futon dust can assist sky-gazing results

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 19, 2022

Tsukioka Kogyo: The man who dedicated his art to saving noh

The ukiyo-e artist's extensive body of work devoted to Japan's oldest living form of theater has gone largely overlooked — until now.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2022

After a disturbing night, concern rises for teenage skaters

Would raising the minimum competition age save young athletes from abuse and humiliation?
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2022

Curling drifts to the East, where rock stars are being born

In recent years, Japan, China and South Korea have embraced the sport, investing resources, creating celebrities and changing the competitive landscape.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2022

Bots and fake accounts push China’s vision of winter Olympic wonderland

Inside the Potemkin village of China’s propaganda, the Winter Olympics have unfolded as an unalloyed success, a celebration of sports and political harmony that has obscured — critics say whitewashed — the country’s flaws and rights abuses.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 18, 2022

In hijab row, critics say Modi's BJP looking for votes in southern Indian state

Opposition parties and many political analysts accuse the BJP of fomenting tensions in Karnataka to consolidate its appeal to majority Hindus, like they say it has elsewhere in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2022

A U.N. pact may restrict plastic production. Big Oil aims to stop it.

U.N. members are set to meet this month to draft the blueprint for a global plastics treaty. That's a problem for Big Oil, with the plastic industry set to double output within 20 years.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2022

Kremlin hits back at Olympic chief's criticism of Kamila Valieva coach

'When I saw how she was received by the closest entourage with such a tremendous coolness, it was chilling to see this,' Bach said.
Cyberespionage has become a powerful tool in China’s tool set as it pursues its geopolitical aims, cybersecurity experts say.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 2, 2024

Suspected Chinese hackers hit Taiwanese research center

The attackers used a kind of malicious software tool that’s almost entirely used by China-based groups, cybersecurity researchers at Cisco Systems said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Premier Kim Tok Hun visit a flood-affected area near North Korea's border with China in this undated photo released on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 2, 2024

Kim Jong Un wades into North Korean floods in propaganda drive

Showing a hands-on Kim Jong Un in a disaster could mean North Korea's government is trying to enhance the cult of personality around him.
Customers stand in line outside a Louis Vuitton store in Tokyo's Ginza district on July 19.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 2, 2024

Luxury brands count cost as shoppers from overseas enjoy weak yen discount

Goods sold in Japan by global luxury brands, ranging from designer sneakers to whisky, now tend to be cheaper in dollar terms than elsewhere.
Kenta Izumi, head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 2, 2024

CDP Leader Izumi to seek re-election

Some CDP members are calling for a change of the leader, mainly due to delays in building a coalition of opposition parties for the next Lower House election.
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida (left) and Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe shake hands prior to a joint news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 2, 2024

Honda-Nissan alliance completes Japan car industry consolidation

The carmakers' cozying up to one another follows Toyota acquiring stakes in Subaru, Suzuki and Mazda.
Kingdom Hearts-inspired action-adventure game Luminous Nights was one of many indie titles that had to fight for attention on an increasingly crowded show floor.
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Aug 3, 2024

Bigger than ever, BitSummit’s indie spirit wears thin

As the indie game show grows, the question looms as to whether its current trajectory continues to be true to its original spirit.
Temperatures are soaring across Japan, making getting to sleep at night a constant battle between your body and the right setting for your air conditioner to help you nod off.
LIFE / Lifestyle / Boiling Point
Aug 2, 2024

An ideal AC temperature for sleep? Science says yes ... and no.

Keeping your room at 26 degrees Celsius can help you sleep through summer’s steamy nights — but how long should you leave the AC on?
Founded in the early 2000s, Ichiro's Malt has since become a third pole in Japan's whisky world dominated by beverage giants.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 4, 2024

In sleepy Chichibu, Japan's whisky landscape is quietly shifting

Ichiro’s signature flavor profile of rich, woodsy flavors complemented by a clear fruitiness owes in large part to the tempermental 'mizunara' Japanese oak.
Chef Hironori Fujii moved his restaurant, Oryouri Fujii, to the Iwase district of Toyama City in 2019, finding the ideal setting in its historic surroundings.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants
Aug 4, 2024

Oryouri Fujii: High-end Japanese cuisine in a picture-perfect Toyama setting

Chef Hironori Fujii will serve according to the seasons: ‘ayu’ (sweetfish) and ‘nodoguro’ (blackthroat perch) in summer; snow crab and yellowtail in winter.
Photographer Gaku Lange says Japan's film photography scene is growing, but it still lags behind overseas communities.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Aug 5, 2024

Looking at Japan’s ‘tribal’ photography scene through a new lens

More young people in Tokyo are ditching smartphones for film cameras, but the old guard isn't necessarily pleased about it.
If you’re looking for a great dog, run — don’t walk — to adopt Jasper before it’s too late.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Aug 5, 2024

Golden boy Jasper won't take long to find his new home

Affectionate, smart and super friendly, Jasper is not expected to stay at ARK long before some scoops him up.
Tigers players, including Ukyo Maegawa (center), celebrate their win over the Giants at Koshien Stadium on Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 2, 2024

Tigers celebrate Koshien's 100th with victory over rival Giants

"Everyone understood the importance of this three-game series," manager Akinobu Okada said. "It's great to win in such a memorable way on this special day."
Tokyo's Shibuya Ward offers a ticket to Shibuya Sky, an open-air observation deck at the rooftop of a high-rise building in Shibuya, as a return gift for those who made furusato nozei donations to the ward.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 2, 2024

'Furusato nozei' donations topped ¥1 trillion for first time in 2023

The city of Miyakonojo in Miyazaki Prefecture received the largest amount of donations, at ¥19.3 billion.
Security cameras in front of a portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on March 11
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 2, 2024

China’s proposed digital ID system stokes fears of overreach

China's new centralized digital ID system may give authorities a more direct and complete view of people’s online lives.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight