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LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Nov 14, 2020

Create your own ‘at-home izakaya’ with daikon appetizers

With COVID-19 cases once again rising, why not sharpen your izakaya appetizer cooking skills with this warming simmered daikon and spicy stir-fry?
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LIFE / Food & Drink / Food Sustainability in Japan
Nov 14, 2020

Foraging for fungi in the forests of Yamagata Prefecture

The region is known for its wild kinoko (mushrooms), and foraging experts have seen an uptick in interest since the start of the pandemic.
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 14, 2020

Reaction videos take center stage as YouTubers seek to decipher online content about Japan

Genre's roots can be traced to the sort of interactions once typically found on Japanese mainstream TV.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Nov 14, 2020

The Upper: Tokyo’s newest arrival is peak fine dining

Restaurant group Transit General Office has outdone itself in its new space, with a transportive menu devised by Michelin-starred chef Yusuke Takada.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 14, 2020

Japan’s rocky road to gender parity

Japan’s road to gender parity is rocky and potholed. Aera magazine this month chronicles a stumbling, faltering journey.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / The World of Translators
Nov 14, 2020

Michael Emmerich: Wisely navigating the levels of translation

The UCLA professor and professional translator says there is a distinct pleasure in developing work in prose styles that are not his own.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Nov 14, 2020

Dialing potato chip cheese flavor up to 11

Japanese snack makers often experiment with unique pairings, but there's nothing wrong with taking existing flavors to the boldest end of the spectrum.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Nov 14, 2020

Roger Dahl on the rise of 'Demon Slayer'

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CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Nov 14, 2020

Roger Dahl on turning the other cheek in sumo

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BASKETBALL
Nov 14, 2020

Tokyo Samurai gradually changing face of Japanese basketball

The Tokyo Samurai squad, formed in 2014, is a unique presence on the Japanese youth basketball scene.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 14, 2020

Cambodia readies treason trials against political dissidents

Cambodia's government has targeted about 50 people in its most concerted legal offensive against its political opponents since 2017.
Naomi Osaka pumps her first after winning a point against Jelena Ostapenko in their third round of the WTA Canadian Open in Montreal on Friday.
TENNIS
Aug 2, 2025

Sevastova topples Pegula as Osaka advances to fourth round in Montreal

Osaka is one match away from her first quarterfinal run at either a Grand Slam or WTA 1000 event since she returned from maternity leave at the start of 2024.
Tottenham's Son Heung-min during a news conference in Seoul on Saturday
SOCCER
Aug 2, 2025

Son Heung-min to leave Tottenham this summer after decade with Spurs

The 33-year-old attacker joined the Premier League side from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015 and went on to play more than 450 times for Spurs.
Miyu Yamashita plays a shot during the second round of the Women's British Open on Friday in Porthcawl, Wales.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Aug 2, 2025

Miyu Yamashita rides stellar 65 into Women's British Open lead

Yamashita held third place after the first round at Royal Porthcawl and took control Friday with a bogey-free, seven-birdie round.
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya speaks during a news conference last month.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2025

Japan's foreign minister urges Myanmar to restore democracy

Japan strongly urges Myanmar's military to "swiftly restore the country's democratic political system," Iwaya told a news conference.
The Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, where Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred on Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 2, 2025

Ghislaine Maxwell moved to lower-security facility; Trump says no plea for pardon

Maxwell's move to the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, comes a week after she met with Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Workers stitch shirts at a textile factory in Noida, India, on Thursday. The U.S. is India’s largest trading partner, with the two-way trade between them at an estimated $129.2 billion in 2024.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2025

India aghast at Donald Trump’s ‘dead' economy dig and 25% tariffs

While Indian government officials weighed a response and business groups tallied the cost of the trade barrier, social media flared up with users protesting Trump.
A man walks on a beach in Nice, France, amid a heavy rain storm. European governments are ramping up their own data collection systems to monitor climate change and weather extremes.
WORLD
Aug 2, 2025

Europe is breaking its reliance on American science

Amid Trump's cuts, European governments are ramping up their own data collection systems to monitor climate change and weather extremes.
Israeli soldiers drive a tank in southern Israel, on the border with the Gaza Strip, earlier this year.
WORLD
Aug 2, 2025

Israeli military intelligence goes back to basics with focus on spies, not tech

The agency is reviving an Arabic-language recruitment program for high school students and training all troops in Arabic and Islam.
Microsoft is among a group of tech giants that are pouring money into artificial intelligence in order to get ahead of the competition.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2025

The AI race has Big Tech spending $344 billion this year

Microsoft, Amazon.com, Meta and Alphabet are pouring money into artificial intelligence in order to get a leg up on the competition.
An auto dealership in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2025

Japan's new auto sales log first fall in seven months

The drop included declines of over 10% for Nissan and Honda.
Sha'Carri Richardson after crossing the finish line to win the women's 4x100-meter relay final for the U.S. at the Paris Olympics in August last year.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Aug 2, 2025

Track star Sha'Carri Richardson arrested for suspected domestic violence in Seattle

Richardson withdrew from the 100-meter semifinals at the U.S. track championships in Eugene, Oregon, after participating in Thursday's heats.
Some 460 million tons of plastic are produced globally each year, half of which is single-use.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Aug 2, 2025

Efforts set to resume to reach plastic pollution pact

The coming talks follow a failure to reach a deal last December on how to stop millions of tons of plastic waste from entering the environment each year.
Four male workers were confirmed dead after falling into a manhole in Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture, on Saturday morning, fire authorities said.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2025

Four dead after falling into manhole in Saitama

The four, all in their 50s, fell into the manhole around 9:25 a.m. during a sewage pipe inspection.
Voters cast their ballots for the Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on July 20.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 2, 2025

Japan to ramp up measures against foreign election interference

In last month's Upper House election, foreign actors were suspected to be behind the spread of disinformation on social media.
Miyu Yamashita walks off the 18th green after completing her third round at the Women's British Open at Royal Porthcawl in Wales on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Aug 3, 2025

Miyu Yamashita takes slim lead into final round at Women's British Open

After holding a three-shot lead through the midway point of the tournament, Yamashita was at 9-under par through three rounds as her advantage was narrowed.
Lakers star Luka Doncic speaks during an interview on Saturday in El Segundo, California, after his contract extension was announced.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 3, 2025

Doncic embraces championship hopes after inking $165 million contract extension

Doncic, 26, arrived in Los Angeles in a stunning February trade that sent Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks.

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"Shake hands with Lima-chan," a statue that shares the name of the Peruvian capital looks in the direction of Peru, where a sister statue, "Sakura-chan," is located. Erected in Yokohama's Rinko Park in 1999, it commemorates Peruvian-Japanese friendship.
The journey of Peru’s Nikkei: Finding identity in Japan