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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Jan 27, 2015

Flavor without the fireworks at Osaka's Ajikitcho

Rene Redzepi, currently Denmark's second most famous export — behind Lego but ahead of Carlsberg — in an interview with Japan Times food columnist Robbie Swinnerton paid high compliments to the wait staff in Japan calling them "some of the best on Earth."
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jan 27, 2015

In praise of Hakuho, from those in the know

In the days since yokozuna grand champion Hakuho pushed ozeki Kisenosato from the ring on Day 13 of the Hatsu Basho at Ryogoku's Kokugikan to claim his 33rd Emperor's Cup, the man from Mongolia has been featured in media around the globe.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2015

'Shining lies' and distortion: how the West creates wars

Today 'theology' has taken over from morality in the efforts to construct a new world. Laws, truth and justice are readily sacrificed so that the West's version of good can prevail.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 26, 2015

Japan's media grapple with free speech, faith and immigration after Charlie Hebdo attack

What does the Japanese media have to say about the recent events in France? The weeklies have got something for everyone.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2015

Survivor detailed camp life in his book

In a little leather book, the kind some men used to use to list lovers, Holocaust survivor Hy Abrams keeps the names that still haunt him: Auschwitz, Plaszow, Mauthausen, Melk and Ebensee.
WORLD
Jan 26, 2015

Obama backs India's solar goals, seeks support for climate talks

U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday offered to help finance India's ambitious solar energy target and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's support at global climate talks in Paris later this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jan 25, 2015

Latest video a wake-up call to oil-dependent Japanese

Analysts say the gruesome video released by the Islamic State group has shocked the public about how the complex politics of the Middle East can affect the lives of fellow Japanese.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 25, 2015

Potential Republican presidential candidates compete for support in Iowa

For Republicans, the long road to the 2016 presidential election began in earnest on Saturday in Iowa when a group of potential candidates jockeyed for support among conservatives in the state that will hold the country's first nominating contest.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 24, 2015

Stephen Gill: 'Don't believe everything you hear or read'

University lecturer Stephen gill on haiku, hiking barefoot and Kyoto ice-cream
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jan 24, 2015

Unclear on the concept

Would you like some couscous with your sauce?
Reader Mail
Jan 24, 2015

Ties with West to be renewed

Regarding Harsh V. Pant's Jan. 19 article, "Even with a change of regime in Colombo, China's sway will continue to grow in Sri Lanka": Pant is vaguely accurate in most of his analysis of Sri Lanka's recent history, but his description of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa's 2010 post-civil war election...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 24, 2015

Pediatricians urge measles vaccinations amid Disneyland-linked outbreak, movement against shots

The leading U.S. pediatrician group on Friday urged parents, schools and communities to vaccinate children against measles in the face of an outbreak that began at Disneyland in California in December and has spread to more than 50 people.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2015

Tourists tempted by paid, free Wi-Fi access campaigns

As tourists visit Japan in increasing numbers, mobile phone operators are moving to tap the market by providing better Wi-Fi services.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 23, 2015

Little hope on horizon for long-suffering Aston Villa

Such is the apathy among Aston Villa fans that even a planned protest against manager Paul Lambert and owner Randy Lerner failed to materialize.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 23, 2015

There's an etiquette to dealing with bouts of flu

If you think that etiquette is limited to which fork to use, think again. Etiquette is simply kindness with a heavy helping of common sense. That's why etiquette helps get things done, and it responds to what's going on in the world at any given time.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2015

Hostage's mother pleads for his release as Islamic State ransom deadline looms

The distraught mother of a Japanese journalist held captive by the Islamic State group made an eleventh-hour plea for her son's safe release Friday morning.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2015

Chinese buy up overseas real estate

What do New York's most famous hotel, the Lloyd's of London building and the headquarters of the U.K.'s top law firm have in common? They are all owned by Chinese insurers.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 22, 2015

Takamatsu searching for solution as season slips away

There's a fine line between average and bottom-of-the-pack status.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2015

Japanese officials silent as hostage clock ticks

As Tokyo insists it has not 'received any contact' from the Islamic State group, the nation wonders what will happen to the two men it has taken hostage.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 22, 2015

On the Internet, opinion swings against hostages

As the lives of two Japanese appeared to hang in the balance Thursday, their plight touched off a range of responses on the Internet, with many sniping at them for choosing to go to a war zone and others urging understanding.
EDITORIALS
Jan 22, 2015

Testing elderly drivers for dementia

The National Police Agency will propose a revision to the traffic law to have drivers at least 75 years old who are suspected of suffering from senile dementia submit a medical certificate to the police indicating whether they should be allowed to keep driving.
COMMENTARY
Jan 22, 2015

Hindu zealots drag down India's great-power destiny

A tussle is going on between the cultural and economic right wings of India's ruling party. The former helped to bring the Bharatiya Janata Party to power, but only the latter can ensure it retains power by using it for the common good.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 22, 2015

Israeli arrested over Madonna song leak

An Israeli man was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of hacking Madonna's computer and selling the pop icon's songs online, a private investigator involved in the case said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 22, 2015

Social media pressure Cambodian leaders

The CCTV footage is blurry but graphic. A gunman stands over a cringing victim, firing bullet after bullet into his body until the Phnom Penh street is spattered with blood.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2015

Islamic State's social media tactics mocked by Japanese Twitter users

The Islamic State group is known for its extensive use of social media.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 21, 2015

Jemaine Clement: Bloodsucking and bored at the end of the world

The newest vampire movie to take film festivals by storm, "What We Do in the Shadows," is the work of two New Zealanders: actor Jemaine Clement ("Flight of the Conchords") and actor/director Taika Waititi ("Boy"). Together they wrote, directed and star in a movie that was made on a small budget — "a...
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Ashfall warning in Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Suspect on run after woman stabbed by stranger in Tokyo’s Akasaka area
Tokyo Metropolitan Police examine the building where a woman was stabbed, in the capital's Minato Ward on Sunday.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.

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

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
By Kathryn Wortley

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