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CULTURE / Film
Oct 12, 2012

Territorial disputes don't rain on Asia's largest parade of cinema

There was very little talk at the 17th Busan International Film Festival, Asia's biggest movie event of the year, of the ongoing conflict between Japan and South Korea over ownership of those rocks in the Japan Sea. It so happens that the festival's Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award was being given to...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2012

Game show highlights smartphone offerings

Producing more quality social games will be a key to succeeding in the growing smartphone video game market as devices become more powerful and high-speed networks spread, according to Yoshikazu Tanaka, the president of game site operator Gree Inc.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 13, 2012

The woman who could bring Beppu back to life

In Japan's performing arts scene, it's widely believed that 32-year-old Akane Nakamura is one of the country's most famous globally known theater producers. As executive director of the theater production company Precog and the performing arts nonprofit Drifters International — which she founded in...
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Aug 29, 2012

Kim reveals new programs, denies marriage rumors

Kim Yu-na geared up for her much-anticipated return to competition this season by announcing her musical selections for her programs recently through her agency, All That Sports.
Japan Times
LIFE
Aug 26, 2012

Material girls: Japan's preteen model boom

AKB48 has reshaped the landscape of youth culture in modern Japan. The pop-idol group's rapid rise to stardom across a wide array of formats has provided the country's children with a fairly straightforward path to commercial success: fame is ultimately achieved by attracting a broad fan base via popular...
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2012

Fewer auto parts come with 'Made in Japan' on the tag

The nation's automakers have long relied on parts from domestic sources that are part of their "keiretsu" corporate groupings, but now they are turning to imports to cut costs and survive growing global competition.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 16, 2012

Yoko Ono, Kenji Yanobe lend a hand to art biennale in crisis-hit Fukushima

When the Contemporary Art Biennale of Fukushima was first held, in 2004, its objective was not so much to showcase art as to broaden the horizons of the students at Fukushima University's education faculty, which organized the event. As its fourth incarnation got under way on Saturday, it was clear that...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2012

Female parley slaps male dominance

Men need to shed their deeply ingrained leadership mentality and tap female innovation, especially in Japan, where women could be the key to regaining competitiveness and igniting the rapid economic growth being experienced in many other parts of Asia.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 3, 2012

World Cosplay Summit to hit its climax in Nagoya

Last week the London Olympics kicked off with no shortage of spectacle. However, if it's visual delights you're looking for then it might be better to turn your eyes toward Nagoya instead of London. This event is all about cosplay — the very essence of spectacle.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 24, 2012

From baby massage to fostering pets, many options for volunteers

Reader M.S. is looking for volunteer opportunities in Tokyo that don't require fluent Japanese ability, as many — if not most — do. In particular, she'd like to work with animals.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jul 17, 2012

Urbanites urged to head up, not down, to survive tsunami

Sitting across from me at a Naka-Meguro pizzeria, Riccardo Tossani pulled out his iPhone to check his Spyglass app. He glanced out the window to survey the adjacent taller buildings, ignoring the cherry blossoms that were in full bloom.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Jul 13, 2012

Sake production, literally from the ground up

Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 6, 2012

Famed patissier to visit the Cerulean

From July 11-31, the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel in the Shibuya area of Tokyo will hold a special Laurent Jeannin Promotion featuring special lunch and dinner courses at the restaurant Coucagno on the hotel's 40th floor.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 16, 2012

The midlife crisis hotline — dreams to fulfill before you get too old?

I've recently been reading books about athletes. Lance Armstrong's "It's Not About the Bike," Andre Agassi's "Open," and more recently, Scott Jurek's "Eat and Run." All these books are memoirs, but they have something less obvious in common. They all had ghostwriters.
Reader Mail
Jun 7, 2012

Constitutional worries misplaced

Regarding the allegation in the June 2 editorial "Naval exercise tweaks Constitution" that Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) participation in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise violated Japan's Constitution: This could only be stated by people completely unfamiliar with naval exercises....
Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Jun 2, 2012

Sculptor Sato's works at Sagawa Art Museum

The Sagawa Art Museum in Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, is hosting an exhibition of sculptor Churyo Sato through June 24. Sato, who died last year at age 98, was a diligent artist, working from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for 70 years.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 1, 2012

Beer lovers to start summer with new brew

For beer lovers, this weekend could be considered the official kick-off to summer — or, patio season.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 25, 2012

As the summer approaches, firefly-themed events light up Osaka

At the start of the month, Tokyo's Sumida River was filled with thousands of LED lights to create the illusion of fireflies. Nature lovers in Osaka hope you'll want the real thing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 17, 2012

I'm too sexy for my sutras

Monks gone wild? Not quite, but Buddhism is indeed trying out new ways to reach the next generation.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2012

Officials find Oi split on reactor restarts

Officials from the central government announced they made progress on convincing residents that it is safe to restart two idled reactors at Oi's nuclear plant during a meeting Thursday evening.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 20, 2012

Party in the park celebrates Earth Day

Earth Day celebrations have been held in different forms since 1970, but since April 22, 1990, the day has been an international affair.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2012

Ginza stages denim fashion show

Denim-clad models strutted along Tokyo's glitzy Ginza district Saturday as its main street was turned into a catwalk to showcase Japan's fashion industry.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 16, 2012

Champagne brunch in Shinjuku

The Hyatt Regency Tokyo in Shinjuku is welcoming spring by offering a luxurious accommodation plan called Champagne Brunch and Stay, through June 30.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2012

Fukushima soil fallout far short of Chernobyl

In terms of soil contamination, the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant is only about an eighth as severe as the meltdown at the Chernobyl plant, in what is now Ukraine, in 1986, according to a report by the science ministry released Tuesday.
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.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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