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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 7, 2023

A year after unrest, Sri Lankans languish in poverty and hunger

A year after the toppling of former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa almost a third of the country lives below the poverty line.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Longform
Jul 3, 2023

Sixteen hours in Marina Abramovic's nightmare hotel

In rural Niigata Prefecture, you can stay overnight in an artwork dreamed up by the world’s most infamous performance artist. If you don’t mind sleeping in a coffin.
Japan Times
Film / Reviews
Jun 29, 2023

'Hoarder on the Border': A film that gets better as the layers pile up

Hoarding is a serious social issue, but it’s given a disarmingly breezy treatment in Takayuki Kayano’s “Hoarder on the Border.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jun 23, 2023

Smaller aerospace suppliers scramble for titanium and workers in shadow of travel boom

Labor shortages and delays are expected to remain a key concern for planemakers and large suppliers for more than a year.
Japan Times
LIFE
Jan 24, 2023

Efforts underway toward practical use of 'flying bikes' in Japan

It is thought that in the future, the use of such vehicles could be helpful in disaster relief missions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2023

Kyoto's Kinkakuji to raise admission fees for the first time in 30 years

The temple, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, will raise the admission fee for adults and high school students to ¥500 from ¥400 on April 1.

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes