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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jul 28, 2019

A happy end for Panjuro, the little powerhouse

The attention-loving Panjuro, who was first featured here in October 2017, has found a home in Osaka with Yuka Mori (pictured here) and her father, Seiki Mori.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2019

Cloudiest Tokyo summer in 129 years leaves Japan's retailers hurting

The unusually long and cool rainy season has dampened demand for apparel, furniture and other goods, with some retailers reporting steep drops in sales of merchandise.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 28, 2019

Thousands protest development on sacred Maori land in New Zealand

Thousands of people protested in New Zealand on Saturday against a proposed housing development on land seen as sacred to the indigenous Maori people, despite efforts by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to calm the dispute.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2019

Russia detains more than 1,000 people in opposition crackdown

Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow on Saturday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent times against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin's tight grip on power.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2019

Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 strikes off Mie Prefecture

An earthquake registering a magnitude 6.5 struck off the coast of Mie Prefecture around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, the Meteorological Agency reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2019

Anti-Moon YouTubers in South Korea win fans in Japan

Japanese citizens angry at South Korea's role in a diplomatic row over their wartime history that has spilled into trade have found some unlikely allies: South Korean commentators using YouTube to attack their own president, Moon Jae-in.
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Jul 28, 2019

OLD high School Pal

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 27, 2019

Makoto Shinkai isn't afraid of a bit of rain in the pursuit of his art

It has been raining for weeks, but director Makoto Shinkai doesn't seem to mind a bit.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 27, 2019

Aligning 'access journalism' and press freedom

On July 19, NHK's morning information program, "Asaichi," featured a very special guest. Hiroshi Kume is one of the most important figures in the history of Japanese media, initially as a popular announcer in the 1970s and early '80s, but mainly as the anchor of TV Asahi's ground-breaking news show "News...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jul 27, 2019

Yumi Nagashima: Keeping the funny side up

Vancouver comedian subverts the demure Japanese woman stereotype.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 27, 2019

Naha restaurants carry on the legacy of Okinawa court cuisine

The pleasures of the common Okinawan table are indisputable, but at restaurants like Ryukyu Cuisine Mie or Sui Dunchi guests can experience kyu016btei ryu014dri (court cuisine) created in the spirit of a cherished culinary art.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jul 27, 2019

Walk 997 kilometers in Craig Mod's shoes

Name: Craig Mod
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Jul 27, 2019

Ryo: Summer memories of kingyo-sukui goldfish scooping

Goldfish began as a rare luxury, but had become popular pets by the mid-Edo Period (1603-1868).
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Jul 27, 2019

Taiyo: Curry excellence built atop 'waves' of flavor

The first time I went looking for Taiyo, I couldn't find it. But I could smell it. Quite a few people had recommended that I check it out, especially as I have a crater-sized soft spot for curry. And so there I was in Saiin, an unpretentious neighborhood in the west of Kyoto, with the distinct aroma...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Jul 27, 2019

Haagen-Dazs Japan at 35: Still innovating with new specialty flavors

Grab Haagen-Dazs' new summer Yuzu Blanc Manger and limited-edition dark green tea ice cream flavors before they're gone.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 27, 2019

Doner Kebab Chao: Doner kebabs get a wagyu brisket upgrade

Don't let Doner Kebab Chao's nondescript 'take-out joint' decor fool you: It serves some of the most innovative chicken and beef doner kebabs in Osaka.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 27, 2019

Tracing the fluctuations in moral standards

"More than 16,500 women and men were sterilized against their will," reads a newsletter published in 1997 by the Network on Ethics and Intellectual Disability.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 27, 2019

'China and Japan': Facing off across the aeons, two giants of East Asia

Ezra Vogel's 'China and Japan' is a timely reminder of how public perceptions are shaped by political expediency, how new leaders and propaganda can efface existing goodwill.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 27, 2019

Popular YouTube group's attempt to engineer a viral campaign on social media backfires spectacularly

Social media is a minefield of negativity that often leaves users in a conundrum whenever they stumble across someone doing something online that clearly seems obnoxious. Should users call people out for such behavior? Are they acting in a righteous manner or are they simply giving them the attention...
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Jul 27, 2019

'Pink Samurai': Resolving the paradoxes of Japan's appetite for sex

Scholarly in the depth of its research methods and the sheer scope of its coverage, Nicholas Bornoff explores the means and instruments for achieving erotic pleasure in 1991 Japan.
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Jul 27, 2019

'Waste: Consuming Postwar Japan': Japan's approach to waste is trash

In 'Waste: Consuming Postwar Japan,' Eiko Maruko Siniawer traces the evolution of Japanese values and aspirations from 1945 to the present through the lense of waste and waste consciousness.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 27, 2019

The day a cicada defeated a Tyrannosaurus rex

'Look how big that cicada on the tree is. It's huge!'
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 27, 2019

Carles Perez nets pair as Barcelona blanks Vissel Kobe

Carles Perez scored a second-half brace to lift Spanish powerhouse Barcelona over J. League first-division side Vissel Kobe 2-0 in their friendly on Saturday.
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
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.
How Takaichi won the LDP’s leadership race
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses in the party leader's office after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on Saturday.
North Korea says 'special assets' deployed against South
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Defense Development 2025 military exhibition event ahead of the 80th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang in this picture released Sunday.
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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