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EDITORIALS
Sep 29, 2018

Takanohana exit a big loss for sumo

The departure of Takanohana from the Japan Sumo Association should never have been allowed to happen.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2018

Countdown to Okinawa's critical election

The Okinawa gubernatorial election is an important one for the prefecture, for the central government, for the Japan-U.S. alliance and for the Indo-Pacific region as a whole.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 27, 2018

Scientists look to Chinese soup ingredients to treat dementia

The ingredients in this experimental brain treatment may be better known to enhance cooking, not cognition.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 25, 2018

Keiichi Tanaami's visually trippy past

Sometimes innocent, sometimes pornographic, influences percolated, exploded and re-formed in multiple and mutant ways during Keiichi Tanaami's career, which took off in the 1960s and is still going strong.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 16, 2018

Tourists targeted to shore up popularity of dwindling ¥2,000 bill

Despite a much-heralded debut 18 years ago, ¥2,000 bills failed to find wide appeal, and sightings have recently become scarce. But the government is hoping to turn that around.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 15, 2018

Ensuring Tokyo Bay is fit for swimming ahead of the 2020 Olympics

If you squint your eyes, it almost looks like Club Med: an expanse of blue sea, a stretch of beach, white tents and umbrellas on the sand, and plenty of staff ready to help out. However, this isn't a tropical paradise, it's Tokyo Bay and Odaiba Plage is an attempt to turn it into a swimming spot.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2018

Anonymous insider Trump resisters are not heroes

The peoplpe inside government who believe America is at motral risk should do something more than gossip to a celebrated journalist.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 12, 2018

Revisit the biggest albums of Namie Amuro's career

From 'Sweet 19 Blues' to '_genic,' Namie Amuro covered a lot of musical ground.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2018

'World-class' skeleton of herbivorous dinosaur excavated in Hokkaido

Announcing the completion of time-consuming "cleaning" work, a research team in Hokkaido has unveiled what it claims is the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2018

Jailed Lula to bow out of Brazil's presidential race: sources

Jailed former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will throw in the towel Tuesday in his legal battle to run in the Oct. 7 election and allow his Workers Party to announce running mate Fernando Haddad as its candidate, party sources said.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 8, 2018

Variety shows seek insights into people's lives

One of the better Japanese reality shows in the first decade of the new millennium was TV Tokyo's "Inaka ni Tomaro" ("Let's Visit the Countryside"), which premiered in 2003. Ostensibly a travelogue, it featured second-tier celebrities who were dispatched to rural areas where they had to secure a night's...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 8, 2018

Koki Nakano: Notes on moving to France

Fukuoka-born pianist Nakano takes classical music to new heights in Paris
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 7, 2018

Turmoil continues for Hannaryz

It's been a tumultuous offseason for the Kyoto Hannaryz.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 5, 2018

Suzuki to pull out of China market amid sluggish sales of small cars

Suzuki Motor Corp., a Japanese manufacturer known for its minicars, has exited China as consumers in the world's biggest auto market have shifted purchases to larger sedans and sport utility vehicles.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2018

Israel signals it could launch attack on Iranian weaponry in Iraq

Israel on Monday signaled it could attack suspected Iranian military assets in Iraq, as it has done with scores of airstrikes in war-torn Syria.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 1, 2018

Chef Rica Maezawa puts a fresh face on Edo Period cooking

At her restaurant, Nanakusa, and now for Finnair, Maezawa adjusts traditional Edo Period Japanese flavors for an international audience by using familiar aromas from herbs and spices to evoke dishes guests may already know.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 31, 2018

Warriors' West retires after 15 seasons

Golden State Warriors forward David West announced his retirement on Thursday, one day after celebrating his 38th birthday.
Japan Times
Aug 31, 2018

Yamaha Motor Invests in Bioventure Firm Evec, Inc.

Promoting Strategic Partnering in the Biomedical Field
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 29, 2018

British rockers Reef make a revelatory return

The thriving British music scene of the mid-1990s was awash with techno, Britpop and newer genres like jungle and trip-hop. When Reef burst onto the scene, the group's heavier style of rock must have felt like an actual oasis to some listeners.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 29, 2018

'The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan': It's never too late to make your move

Chess pops up in a surprising number of feature films. Just look at all the documentaries and dramas about the outrageously gifted Bobby Fischer. Shogi, or Japanese chess, is a different and smaller story, though "Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow," a 2016 film about prodigy Satoshi Murayama, garnered awards...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 27, 2018

Myanmar generals had 'genocidal intent' against Rohingya, must face justice: U.N. report

Myanmar's military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with "genocidal intent" and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for orchestrating the gravest crimes under law, U.N. investigators said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 22, 2018

Amnesty International Japan program aims to help schools fill the gender information gap

Amnesty International Japan introduced the Gender Human Rights Education Project, with an aim to provide a forum and tools for students to learn about and discuss gender, discrimination and human rights protection
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 15, 2018

Dramatist Hideto Iwai connects with his audiences in ways he never could have imagined by being honest about his own life experiences

When he was 16, Hideto Iwai was perplexed as to why everyone around him unquestioningly jumped onto society's student-to-salaryman conveyor belt. So, he broke free, dropping out of high school and picking up casual jobs where he could find them.
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2018

Illinois attorney general sues Trump Tower Chicago for river environmental violations

Illinois' attorney general announced a lawsuit on Tuesday against Trump Tower in Chicago, alleging the violation of environmental laws and a threat to fish in the Chicago River.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 14, 2018

'Gendai Gokan and Haruo Tomiyama: A Photographer Who Transcended Language'

Aug. 1-Oct. 31
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Truck driver's body recovered from huge Japan sinkhole after three months
Workers stand around a vehicle carrying the body of a person recovered from a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Friday.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.

Podcast

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

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
By Alex K.T. Martin

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