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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 11, 2011

Nintendo World 2011: What did you think of the 3DS?

Nintendo allowed the public to tryits new 3DS handheld game console at the Makuhari Messe center in Chiba over the weekend. The device renders games in 3-D without the need for special glasses.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 7, 2011

Buzz overseas spells success at home

For Japanese music acts, success abroad has traditionally been the reserve of noise-rock bands such as Boredoms and Melt-Banana, for whom potential barriers like language or cultural disparities do little to hinder their pursuit of abstraction. More conventional Japanese indie bands have traditionally...
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 7, 2011

Youth movement underway on bj-league sidelines

The bj-league's youth movement — essentially a cost-cutting measure for a league struggling to make money — brought in several new coaches for the 2010-11 season.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 4, 2011

Tokyo and Yamagata: What are your resolutions for the new year?

Kazue Kawaguchi
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 31, 2010

Hill says Tyler, Apache both works in progress

Tokyo Apache coach Bob Hill sees the big picture: Forward Jeremy Tyler is an integral part of the team's championship aspirations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 31, 2010

Digital signs provide flashy new trend in advertising

Moving through a bustling JR East station, one can't help but notice the ubiquitous digital information swirling about.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2010

Obama's seven headaches

HONG KONG — Supporters of U.S. President Barack Obama are greatly cheered by notable victories in the final days of Congress before Christmas: the repeal of the "Don't ask, don't tell" law concerning homosexuals serving in the military, and the ratification of the New START treaty with Russia to curb...
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 28, 2010

Tokyo: What's your idea of the perfect Christmas?

Mayumi Kaneko, 34Business controller (Japanese)Hanging out with good people here in Tokyo makes for the best time for me. I don't feel Christmas is so important but I would still like to get a present from Santa.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Dec 27, 2010

Computing set to bolster China's industrial prowess

China, having successfully developed the world's fastest supercomputer, now poses a more serious threat than ever to the United States militarily, and to Japan commercially.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 26, 2010

A clean slate for this year's media awards

Media persons of the year: Toshikazu Sugaya and Atsuko Muraki
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 25, 2010

Happily lost in the 'empire of signs'

Signs and symbols play an ever-growing role in our increasingly complex society. In this respect, Japan — the "empire of signs," as French semiologist Roland Barthes called it back in 1970 — strikes and confounds the foreign visitor with a vast array of alphabets, shapes and designs.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 24, 2010

Holiday wish list varies with winter break near

Santa Claus didn't personally ask each of the bj-league's 16 teams for a Christmas wish list.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 21, 2010

Sagami-Ono, Kanagawa: So this is Christmas, and what have you done (in 2010)?

Johnny Klass (Ghanaian)'Klass' restaurant/bar owner, 40I went to Turkey; it was a nice vacation. It was great! I learned how to make kebabs from a Turkish friend who has 25 restaurant branches there. Having kebab on the menu has improved my business.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Dec 21, 2010

Deadbeat dads, navy abuse case, visas and Futenma: readers' views

The other side of the fence Re: "Japan must end the scourge of parental child abduction" by Amy Savoie (Hotline to Nagatacho, Nov. 9):
Events
Dec 19, 2010

KANSAI: Who & What

Kyocera lighting up Kyoto headquarters
LIFE / WEEK 3
Dec 19, 2010

'Nitten' is no mere Braille library

Regular bookstores or libraries might not be much use to blind people, but there's one place in Tokyo where they can not only read and borrow books and meet others in similar situations, but also get advice on improving their quality of life — and even buy a range of everyday goods.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2010

Mixi feels Facebook lacks local appeal

Mixi Inc., owner of Japan's largest social networking service, expects to fend off Facebook Inc. because its website is better suited to domestic users and personal data are more secure, President Kenji Kasahara said recently.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 17, 2010

Hatano best Japanese board man

Who is the bj-league's top Japanese rebounder?
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 17, 2010

Can you tell me how to get to 'Avenue Q'?

In March 2003, "Avenue Q" opened at the Vineyard Theatre in New York as one of dozens of off-Broadway productions. Audiences described the show as quirky, cute and unique, and within five months it moved to Broadway and won three Tony Awards — including the best musical for that year.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 12, 2010

Era of American managers in NPB finished for now

Flash back to 2007. One-third of the teams in Japanese pro baseball (including half the Pacific League clubs) had American managers. There was Marty Brown with the Hiroshima Carp, Terry Collins leading the Orix Buffaloes, Trey Hillman guiding the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and Bobby Valentine at the...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 10, 2010

Palmer making big contribution for Golden Kings

Veteran forward David Palmer has made a profound impact for the Ryukyu Golden Kings this season.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 10, 2010

Time for league to get wise, promote names

Here's a brilliant idea: Expose the masses to the bj-league's most prized assets, its former NBA players — Kyoto Hannaryz guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Tokyo Apache center Robert Swift and Saitama Broncos guard Kenny Satterfield and Apache coach Bob Hill, a veteran bench boss of four NBA teams — during...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2010

Dead American's kin seek justice

Family and friends of Hoon "Scott" Kang say the 19-year-old's death in Tokyo in August left too many questions unanswered and are seeking ways to shed more light on the case.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Dec 7, 2010

Italian baker gives new life to old Tochigi warehouse

Paolo Aggio, 48, born and raised in Venice, Italy, bakes traditional Italian country-style bread in a stone warehouse in the middle of the serene and quiet town of Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, a town famous for its pottery.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 7, 2010

Kansai: What was your favorite moment of the 2010 J. League season?

Kazuhiro HayatsuManufacturing, 33 (Japanese)(Albirex Niigata supporter)My highlight — as an Albirex Niigata fan — came when Marcio Richardes scored a great hat trick against Vegalta Sendai, with all the goals coming from set pieces including one direct from a corner kick. Pure genius!
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan Post to stop accepting some parcels for shipment to the U.S.
Japan Post's UGX will still be available for many rejected packages.
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

Podcast

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

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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