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Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Aug 24, 2019

Crafts that connect food and the table: Captivated by clay and awamori — Paul Lorimer

With multiple interests in things Okinawan to occupy him alongside his ceramics pursuits, Lorimer seems to have become even more of an Uchinanchu, as Okinawans call themselves, than many of the islands' native residents.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 21, 2019

Water pollution an 'invisible threat' to global development goals, economists warn

Water pollution threatens nearly all the globally agreed upon development goals to end environmental destruction, poverty and suffering by 2030, economists warned in a report on Tuesday, citing the largest-ever database on the world's water quality.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 13, 2019

How to deal with the Islamic Republic

Japan should do what it can under existing laws and regulations. Nothing more and nothing less.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2019

Greenland's rapid melting is a hugely underplayed story

It's officially time to panic — or at least pay more attention.
Japan Times
SOCCER / From the Spot
Aug 7, 2019

Soccer commentator turned dream into reality

Foreigners living in Japan have few opportunities to introduce their favorite sports teams. For English teachers, it's usually in front of a class of attentive elementary or junior high school students. For others, it's an easy way to start a conversation at their local bar, especially while a Premier...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2019

Watchmaker sets stage for young musicians

The lively season for jazz lovers is on the horizon as the Seiko Summer Jazz Camp (SSJC) prepares for its fourth annual round of jazz seminars in the heart of Tokyo from Aug. 12 to 15.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2019

Boris Johnson and the triumph of gullibility?

New research suggests a startling explanation for the recent success of populist politicians.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 29, 2019

Think the European heatwave was bad? Climate already hitting key tipping points

"Shall we all just kill ourselves?"
LIFE / Language / Fiction
Jul 27, 2019

Leaving Happy Road: Dawn of the Dad

Chapter 5
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jul 26, 2019

The happiness of the otaku: Daydreaming to well-being

Using the imagination to daydream may be more useful than we thought. But who would have guessed that a key to unlocking its benefits would be pursuing manga, anime and games — otherwise known as 'otaku' culture.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 17, 2019

The fork is mightier than the wall

The single most powerful driver of migration may well be food — or, rather, the lack of it.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 16, 2019

Yokoyama Kazan: The Edo Period influencer

The Edo Period painter Yokoyama Kazan's imaginative works depicting Kyoto, inspired not only artists but also intellectuals and writers, including the novelist Natsume Soseki.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 8, 2019

Get in tune with the sound of Japanese vocabulary

Certain Japanese words sound like they should represent an action, can you guess what a word means by how it's pronounced?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jul 6, 2019

Hitoshi Miyazawa: Taking a multicourse adventure in Australia

Kaiseki, the multicourse meal that is the height of refinement in Japanese cuisine is the modus operandi of Hitoshi Miyazawa, head chef for Ishizuka in Melbourne, Australia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2019

Facebook doesn't know if you're psychotic

Big data is still pretty bad at figuring out your secrets. That's a relief, and a disappointment.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / Fiction
Jul 5, 2019

Leaving Happy Road: On a Sunday

Chapter 1
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 29, 2019

Into the eye of the storm: Video producer James Reynolds goes to extreme lengths to document the impact of a typhoon

James Reynolds has his eyes on his camera's viewfinder, but also on the debris from a broken roof that's darting about in the wind as Typhoon Jebi leaves its mark on the city of Gobo, Wakayama Prefecture, in September 2018.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019

Chuo's two new faculties to promote further internationalization

Society is undergoing dynamic changes and so that its students can "Be ahead of the world," Chuo University has introduced two new courses to best enable today's learners become tomorrow's leaders.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019

Pursuing sustainability and diversity in global activities

Since its establishment over a century ago in 1913 as a Jesuit school, Sophia University has steadfastly embodied its mission: "Men and Women, For Others, With Others."
Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019

Cultivating a setting, opportunities for future leaders

In today's increasingly unpredictable world, where borders seem transparent and change happens at lightning speed, Toyo University President Makio Takemura has a resolute vision.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 26, 2019

Japan-China warming: People power at work

The impact of Chinese tourists is more than economic; the visitors to Japan are having a diplomatic impact as well.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 22, 2019

'The Fourth String: A Memoir of Sensei and Me': Music, life and reflections on the space in between

Janet Pocorobba's 'The Fourth String' reconfigures the typical Japan fish-out-of-water memoir into a meditation on music and mastery, relationships, culture and narrative.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 22, 2019

Virtual reality could help prompt people to flee storms, research says

Virtual reality simulations work better than traditional alerts in motivating people to evacuate ahead of hurricanes, research said on Friday, part of efforts to improve alert methods as the risk of extreme weather increases.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2019

New law holds government responsible for teaching Japanese to all foreign residents

The legislation places the onus for providing learning opportunities on the state but does not contain any concrete measures to fund.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 19, 2019

'Handling Method for Grumpy Woman': A battle of the sexes, cliches and all

To talk about the differences between men and women now is to step into a minefield. One rhetorical foot wrong and off goes the tripwire.
EDITORIALS
Jun 17, 2019

Long overdue fight against plastic pollution

Japan is attacking the plastic waste problem on two fronts.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 3, 2019

Governor looks to draw up Mount Fuji railway plan in two years

Yamanashi Prefecture Gov. Kotaro Nagasaki, who was elected for the first time in January, on the 22nd revealed an idea to draw up a plan that includes an outline to work toward connecting the bottom and fifth station on Mount Fuji via a mountain railway on a route scheduled for two years later.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 3, 2019

World leaders falling short on gender equality pledges, research shows

World leaders are failing 1.4 billion girls and women on promises of a fairer future, according to a global index launched at the world's biggest gender equality conference.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 29, 2019

Swiss court blocks Italy's bid for possible da Vinci portrait

Switzerland's highest court has rejected Italy's request for the return of an oil painting attributed by some to Leonardo Da Vinci, ruling no Swiss laws were broken when the work was brought over the border.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Japan ranks 66th in press freedom, lowest among G7
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with Reporters Without Borders noting that "the principles of media freedom and pluralism are generally respected" in the country.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
Kawasaki can hold its head high after spirited Asian Champions League effort
Frontale players grimace during the final of the Asian Champions League on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kawasaki lost 2-0 against heavily favored Al-Ahli.
Japan’s ‘tabi’ sock mecca runs on thread and memories
A seamstress at Kineya Tabi sews together split-toe "tabi" socks, once a major industry for the town of Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture.

Podcast

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

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
By Hanako Lowry

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