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CULTURE / Art
Dec 4, 2018

'Like a Star: Leaving and the Things That Are Left'

Dec. 8-Feb. 11
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Dec 1, 2018

Seiichi Yamamoto's 'Ginga': Musings from an underground music legend

Seiichi Yamamoto's 'Ginga,' originally released in Japanese in 2009 and translated into English by Kato David Hopkins this year, compiles highlights from Yamamoto's column for Guitar Magazine.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Nov 30, 2018

Taking a perch with the hip birds of Uguisudanicho

One of two places in Tokyo named after valleys favored by the melodious uguisu (Japanese bush warbler), Uguisudanicho is a small neighborhood wedged between Daikanyama, Ebisu and Shibuya straddling the line between old-school businesses and gentrification.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2018

Faced with Japan's changing habits and demographics, delivery firm Sagawa looks to diversify

Sagawa delivery driver Keisuke Kawabe has seen the video that went viral on the internet two years ago of one of his colleagues smashing up parcels out of frustration that the customer wasn't home, and he doesn't approve.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 28, 2018

'Michael Kenna: A 45 Year Odyssey 1973-2018'

Dec. 1-Jan. 27
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 28, 2018

China will retaliate 'in proportion' to any U.S. sanction over Muslim Uighurs, ambassador says

China will retaliate "in proportion" if the United States sanctions its top official in the restive region of Xinjiang over alleged human rights abuses, China's ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday, adding that Beijing's policies in the region are to "re-educate" terrorists.
JAPAN / History / Defining the Heisei Era
Nov 24, 2018

Defining the Heisei Era: Examining the rise of otaku culture

With the number of children shrinking, popular entertainment naturally began targeting the otaku population that didn't hesitate to open their wallets for material many considered juvenile.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 24, 2018

The Jomon Period: Modern Japanese art with ancient beginnings

Japanese art has a quality all its own. The ancient and the avant-garde merge. Prehistoric figurines seem 10,000 years deep rather than 10,000 years old. And modern art takes us back even as it propels us forward. Manga, for instance, predates its name by centuries — millennia even, you might suppose,...
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2018

U.S. accuses China of continuing IP and technology theft amid trade war

The U.S. on Tuesday accused China of continuing a state-backed campaign of intellectual property and technology theft even as the world's two largest economies have descended into a tit-for-tat tariff war.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 20, 2018

'Quattro Ragazzi: Hopes and Illusions of the Momoyama Renaissance'

Nov. 23-Jan. 27
Japan Times
Singapore report 2018
Nov 15, 2018

The leader of looking forward

This year, Makino Asia Pte. Ltd. celebrates 45 years in Singapore as the Asian headquarters of Makino Milling Machine Co. Ltd.
Japan Times
SUMO
Nov 13, 2018

Sumo 101: Nobori

Go to any sumo tournament and the first thing you'll notice is the array of giant colorful flags on bamboo poles in front of the stadium.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 11, 2018

Michael Jackson's 'Bad' tour leather jacket sells for $298,000 at auction, three times asking price

Michael Jackson's iconic black "Bad" jacket, which he wore on his first solo tour, sold for $298,000 late Saturday, about three times its original asking price, at a New York auction which featured items from music legends Prince, Madonna, John Lennon and others, officials announced.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2018

LGBT+ people erased from books in Russia under 'gay propaganda' law

"Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls," a bestselling children's book featuring 100 stories of prominent women, was published in Russia this year — but with one story missing.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2018

'Seeing Through a Glass'

Nov. 10-March 31
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 5, 2018

To what extent will Japan's 2014 downturn repeat with the new tax hike?

The wallets of Japanese residents may get a little lighter next year, as the prices of most goods and services are set to rise under a new consumption tax system starting in October 2019.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Cultivating Craft
Nov 3, 2018

Minoh Beer: A father's dream, a daughter's reality

A vibrant part of Japan's craft beer community since 1997, family-run Minoh Beer has been pushing the boundaries of brewing by harnessing local flavors — and they have the international awards to prove it.
EDITORIALS
Nov 3, 2018

Cut back on disposable plastic

The government is finally tackling Japan's outsized production and consumption of single-use plastic product.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2018

Japanese towns that thrive on once-abundant squid suffer as numbers decline at alarming rate

Takashi Odajima picked up a cracked and faded photograph and dusted it off with his sleeve. He smiled a little sadly at the image from long ago, back when he was a baby boy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 1, 2018

World's top consumer drone maker scores U.S. wins despite security concerns as China trade war takes toll

DJI, the world's top seller of drones for consumers, has snagged a pair of wins in its effort to court businesses.
EDITORIALS
Nov 1, 2018

China expands its presence in Antarctica

It is essential that China be a good citizen of Antarctica, and honor the legal and diplomatic conventions that govern behavior there.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2018

Transparency for tuna

Global fish stocks are in decline, but a new tuna management scheme by the Federated States of Micronesia offers a blueprint for recovery.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 30, 2018

Naomi Osaka needs more consistency next season

Naomi Osaka made her Centre Court debut in July at Wimbledon and looked every bit the part of a player who wasn't ready for prime time.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 30, 2018

The ghosts that have been haunting cinema-goers in Japan for over a century

Twenty years ago, people packed theaters to watch a couple of Japanese teenagers view a strange videotape and soon after receive an ominous phone call with a cryptic message: "Seven days."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 30, 2018

'The Fruit and Vegetable in East Asian Painting'

The symbolic use of fruit and vegetable imagery in East Asian paintings can be traced as far back as the Song Dynasty (960-1127) of ancient China, where it became a pictorial trend that spread across the Korean Peninsula to Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Oct 27, 2018

Kei Yoshioka: More than a dash of personality

Kei Yoshioka spent three years transforming a former pawn shop into a restaurant. The result is Maker — a fitting name given how much of his time and personality have gone into metamorphosing a simple one-room operation into one of Kyoto's most distinctive restaurants.u3000
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Oct 27, 2018

'Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window': Charming vignettes pay homage to an unconventional education

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's 'Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window' became a runaway bestseller when it debuted in Japanese in 1981, and has since been translated into over 30 languages. With increasing awareness of the importance of catering to children with diverse needs in Japan's classrooms, Totto-chan's story is more relevant today than ever.
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Oct 27, 2018

No stories for the squeamish in Asa Nonami's 'Body'

In each macabre tale from the short story collection 'Body,' Asa Nonami zooms in on a particular superficial fixation of modern society and proceeds to follow a 'what if' question down a twisted rabbit hole.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
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