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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Cultivating Craft
Aug 3, 2019

Coedo Brewery's beer is rooted in agriculture

A desire to use perfectly edible produce deemed 'unsuitable' for sale led Coedo Brewery to innovate with local ingredients in beer, and now its brews are on shelves nationwide.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Aug 3, 2019

When Lawson gives you three types of lemons, drink lemonade

As part of its 'lemon fair,' Lawson has started selling a lemonade made with three types of lemons — a relief during the summer heat.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 3, 2019

Low voter turnout in Upper House election may reflect an indifference to democracy

In May 1993, general elections were held in Cambodia. Voter turnout was 89.56 percent.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / THE BUZZ
Aug 3, 2019

Understanding 'teru teru bōzu,' the ghost-like charms in 'Weathering With You'

While Makoto Shinkai’s latest film, “Weathering With You,” has already been released in Japan, it’s likely anime fans overseas won’t be able to see the movie until 2020. However, there are a few moments in the film that may leave international audiences scratching their heads when they finally...
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 3, 2019

Anime director Makoto Shinkai's new film can't shake 'Your Name.' comparisons

Makoto Shinkai’s latest film, “Weathering With You” (“Tenki no Ko”), may have outperformed the director’s 2016 blockbuster, “Your Name.,” at the box office on its opening weekend, but it failed to create many waves on social media in its first week.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Aug 3, 2019

How Japan's modern literature came under Nietzsche's spell

To truly understand some of 20th-century Japan's most iconic literary works, you have to go back to ancient Greek tragedy and the 'Dionysian' philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Aug 3, 2019

'Mishima: A Vision of the Void': Remembering a literary giant as he would have wanted

Marguerite Yourcenar's literary biography of Yukio Mishima delves into the enigmatic author as well as the social conditions that shaped his rise and fall.
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Aug 3, 2019

'Beyond the Gender Gap in Japan': A nuanced take on the status of women in Japan

Gill Steel's 'Beyond the Gender Gap in Japan' fills in some of the gaps in previous research into the status of women in Japan, including the myriad ways in which they exercise agency in their lives.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 3, 2019

Japan Times 1919: Women go on strike for first time in Japan

Over 100 female workers employed at a silk reeling factory in Maebashi struck, demanding a 50 percent increase in wages.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Aug 3, 2019

Hell on a holiday

'How have you been able to keep your children entertained over the school holidays?'
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Aug 3, 2019

Re-examining 2001's fatal Kabukicho blaze in the wake of the Kyoto Animation attack

Police have described the torching of Kyoto Animation, which killed 35 people, as the worst case of arson in postwar Japan. Given the shocking details of the attack that have emerged since July 18, it's certainly not hard to believe.
Rugby
Aug 3, 2019

Fiji storms past Canada to get back on track at Pacific Nations Cup

Fiji's forwards muscled up to keep their Pacific Nations Cup title defense alive and put their Rugby World Cup preparations back on track with a thumping 38-13 victory over Canada on Saturday.
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Aug 3, 2019

Pensions House Cards

EDITORIALS
Aug 3, 2019

Women still can't reach potential

Women are better off when it comes to working in Japan, but there is still huge room for improvement.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2019

There's a problem with the human family tree

New findings from fossils and DNA should expand our thinking about our species.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 3, 2019

'Big Three' give Japan high hopes

With star phenoms Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe on board, the Japan men's national team has gotten its teeth into its training ahead of the FIBA World Cup, which will begin later this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 3, 2019

U.S. struggles to find footing as trade and history row threatens Japan-South Korea intel-sharing pact

Japan's defense intelligence-sharing agreement with South Korea could be in jeopardy as Seoul weighs its options amid a trade and history clash with Tokyo that threatens joint efforts to rein in Pyongyang's nuclear program.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 3, 2019

Jones says Cowboys not in rush to sign holdout Elliott

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones doesn't appear to be in a rush to get holdout running back Ezekiel Elliott into camp.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 3, 2019

Trump minimizes missile launches as North Korea opens door to more powerful tests

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday continued to downplay North Korea's three tests of short-range ballistic missiles over eight days as Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry appeared to open the door to the possibility of even more powerful tests in the near future.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 3, 2019

Puerto Rico has a new governor — but he could be out in days

The handpicked successor to disgraced Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello, lawyer Pedro Pierluisi, was sworn in on Friday after Rossello stepped down, but Pierluisi said his term might be short because the island's Senate still had to ratify his position.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 3, 2019

Carmelo Anthony still hoping to catch on with an NBA team

Carmelo Anthony was not quite ready to say goodbye to the NBA last season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 3, 2019

Rakuten looks to extend jersey deal with NBA's Golden State Warriors as brand awareness jumps

Rakuten Inc., which paid the Golden State Warriors $60 million for a three-year jersey sponsorship in 2017, is looking to extend the partnership as the National Basketball Association finalists head into the final season of their deal.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2019

New Chinese history textbook to stress territorial rights over Japan-administered Senkakus

A new Chinese history textbook will stress that the disputed Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture have been part of China since ancient times, according to the Global Times, a newspaper affiliated with the Communist Party of China.
Takaichi poised to become Japan's first female PM after winning LDP poll
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
A Japanese ski resort town is roiled by a debate over immigration
A Swedish snowboard instructor works at the Niseko ski resort area on Hokkaido, in Kutchan, in December 2022
Tokyo's newest stationery store sells 'a slower, more human rhythm'
Plotter's signature customizable leather binder is just one of many products contributing to the ongoing boom in the popularity of Japanese stationery.
Retro-wrapped trains mark 100th anniversary of Tokyo's Yamanote Line
Trains decorated to resemble the 103 (left) and 205 series of trains that formerly ran on the Yamanote Line, in Tokyo on Saturday.
One dead, one missing in Japan after bear attack
A bear warning sign. More and more wild bears have been spotted in Japan in recent years, even in residential areas, due to factors including a declining human population and climate change.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.
Eat your balloons: The culinary theater of Grant Achatz comes to Tokyo
Avant-garde chef Grant Achatz and his team from Alinea are in Tokyo for a three-week residency.
Japan’s first foreign wine investor plants its roots in Hokkaido
Intrigued by Japanese wines, Burgundy winemaker Etienne de Montille decided to explore Hokkaido's wine scene, eventually setting up his outpost in Hakodate in 2017.
Tea ceremony experts see matcha boom as a big opportunity
Atsuko Mori, founder and director of Kyoto-based tea salon Camellia Tea Ceremony, prepares matcha during a tea ceremony in Kyoto.
The summer kabuki came roaring back
Kabuki has been trying for years to attract a new generation of fans. One way to do this has been to adapt manga and anime franchises, such as “Naruto,” for the stage. 

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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