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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Oct 6, 2019

Defending champions Alvark win second straight to open season

The Alvark Tokyo improved to 2-0 on the new season with a hard-earned 94-84 victory over the visiting Niigata Albirex BB on Sunday afternoon.
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SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Oct 6, 2019

New ideas for local rejuvenation, livelihoods

At an inaugural awards ceremony recently hosted by the Japan Times Satoyama and ESG consortiums to recognize parties for their activities in their respective fields, three winners in the satoyama category shared their efforts with the audience.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Oct 6, 2019

Dealing with the 'boss from hell'? You could be getting 'power harassed'

Insults, physical violence, unreasonable demands — coming from a superior at work these and other types of similar behavior are definitely not allowed.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Oct 6, 2019

Enduring lessons on the importance of community

Throughout his career spanning close to 22 years in the technology business — the last year and a half at Adobe — James McCready has adhered firmly to lessons he learned at home, as well as during a six-year stint playing professional baseball.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 6, 2019

Japan coach Jamie Joseph looking forward to 'real ripper' against Scotland

Japan head coach Jamie Joseph is looking forward to "a real ripper" of a game when his team plays Scotland in its final Rugby World Cup pool match next Sunday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 6, 2019

Rockets train in Tokyo ahead of Saitama series

Superstar duo James Harden and Russell Westbrook and other Houston Rockets players have arrived in Japan and held their first practice in Tokyo on Sunday ahead of their two-game preseason series against the Toronto Raptors.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 6, 2019

Fighting against Bank of Japan may not be crazy after all

Going against a central bank is an investment strategy fraught with peril, but some bond market analysts think the Bank of Japan will fail to steepen the yield curve.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2019

Pigs as big as polar bears: Chinese breeders go large amid pork shortage

In a farm deep in the southern region of China lives a pig that is as heavy as a polar bear.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 6, 2019

Trump aims to use trade deal to win election

Japan continues to find ways to please Trump while avoiding a worst case scenario for Japan's economy.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Oct 6, 2019

Why mess with the originals?

Games so good that high-def re-releases are worth the wait.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2019

Japan and Europe can build their own silk road

Together they should be able to unlock the massive pools of capital needed to finance clean, high-standard infrastructure projects.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2019

China won't be able to save the world economy this time

Beijing played a pivotal role in reviving global growth after recessions in 2001 and 2008, but things are very different now.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 6, 2019

Studio Ghibli attracts a new generation of fans with August tradition

Family movie nights used to mean sitting around the television set waiting for a scheduled film and enduring annoying commercial breaks. Such nights tend to look a little different these days, with streaming services such as Netflix and on demand television dominating the market and allowing us to watch...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 6, 2019

When everything in life boils down to a bad smell

An 8-year-old schoolgirl having trouble making friends thought it might be because she smelled bad. She sweated heavily. There's not much you can do about it, except wash, and wash, and wash, but the smell remains — in your own mind if not in the nostrils of your classmates — and it grows on you...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2019

The world is watching as Japan deals with severe population decline and rural flight

When it comes to the nation's economy, there's actually two of them.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2019

Climate change finally concerns Americans

U.S. public opinion is slowly catching up to the scientific consensus.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 6, 2019

Film director Hirokazu Kore-eda steps out of his comfort zone

Award-winning director makes rare move overseas with latest release in a bid to experience various types of filmmaking.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Oct 6, 2019

Japan Times 1944: 20,197 war dead enshrined at Yasukuni

With all lights extinguished in the traditional manner, ceremonies of utmost solemnity for the deification of the nation's fallen heroes were held last night at Yasukuni Shrine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / CEATEC 2019 Special
Oct 6, 2019

An innovative peek into tech of tomorrow

CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) is an annual event where innovative technologies, products and services are all exhibited together in one place to illustrate what a future society may be like.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / CEATEC 2019 Special
Oct 6, 2019

Connecting realities through cyberspace

One of the highlights of this year's CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) is Society 5.0 Town, an exhibition area where companies from diverse sectors such as retail, banking, construction, transport and local governments will showcase their technologies to connect people, information...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / CEATEC 2019 Special
Oct 6, 2019

Sci-fi no more: Creations to address societal dilemmas

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), 5G wireless networks and other technologies are making our lives more exciting and convenient, but a young entrepreneur, professor and media artist is also keen to harness them for other ambitions: addressing social challenges unique to Japanese society.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Oct 5, 2019

Popra Nakayama: Diversity works in the U.S.

Not satisfied with just one genre of performance, Popra Nakayama finds the U.S. a great place to branch out into singing, dancing and even martial-arts action film acting.
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
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 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.
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.
Japan ranked one of the most peaceful places in Asia as global tensions rise
Visitors look at paper cranes hung at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary of the World War II atomic bombing of the city.
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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