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JAPAN
Dec 28, 2018

Raking it in: Kumade craftsmen carry on Edo Period tradition making ornamental talismans

On a chilly night in late November, Seizo Hashimoto, 65, was stood beside his stall at Otori Shrine in Asakusa, Tokyo, selling ornamental bamboo rakes that are believed to "catch and rake in" wealth and good luck in the coming year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2018

For Nigel Farage and a Brexit pollster, a world of gamblers and gambling

Behind the luxury hotels lining London's Park Lane, just across from a service entrance, Nigel Farage stood outside a squat office building streaked with soot. Britain's famous anti-European Union campaigner was flanked by a couple of minor sports celebrities and two young women in matching dresses who...
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2018

Unknown overseas, Garigari-kun popsicles year-round best-sellers in Japan

It's Japan's top-selling popsicle — yet still virtually unknown overseas.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 22, 2018

Full stomachs and wallets at Osaka Hanten

At Osaka Hanten, Hisao Tanaka's mission to provide hearty meals at affordable prices comes from the chef's past experiences with hunger.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Dec 21, 2018

A weekend in Seoul: Relaxing on the cheap

Everyone needs a break from the stress-percolator that is Tokyo. But heading off to a different sprawling metropolis for some peace of mind might not seem the most obvious play. Sometimes, though, heading to a new metropolis and surrounding yourself with new sights, smells and sounds can prove the refreshing...
Dec 21, 2018

Announcement: awasake specialty site "awasake.com" OPEN

ima Inc. (Headquarters: Taito-ku, Tokyo, Founder CEO: Miura Ami) has opened on 21st of December, 2018, an awasake online shop: “awasake.com". Until now, awasake could not be easily compared, reviewed or even purchased within the same website. Through opening an ecommerce site specializing in
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 20, 2018

Battling 'biopiracy', scientists catalog the Amazon's genetic wealth

In a bid to stop "biopiracy," researchers are building a giant database to catalog genetic material from the world's largest rainforest.
Japan Times
Qatar report 2018
Dec 18, 2018

Delivering executional excellence across the entire life cycle

Qatar’s oil and gas, petrochemical, industrial and infrastructure sectors continue to show healthy signs of growth. 
Japan Times
Qatar report 2018
Dec 18, 2018

Alderbasti Audit & Advisory firm: Supporting international business in Qatar

Qatar has been steadily easing its processes for international business over the years. The country’s first special economic zone, set to launch by early 2019, is a key milestone in this regard. The first free zone called Um Al Houl is situated next to the sea port and has an area of 34 square km....
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 17, 2018

Seven-Eleven tries out a store in Tokyo with unmanned payment system

Major convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has launched an experimental outlet in Tokyo with an unmanned payment system and facial recognition technology.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Dec 13, 2018

Glass fragments embedded in Hiroshima hibakusha are grim reminders of the day the atom bomb dropped

Fragments of glass that pierced her skin as a result of the U.S.'s atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 are still lodged in the right arm of Mineko Yonezawa, now age 86. She said the glass penetrated deep into her arm and muscles developed around them.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 12, 2018

Shared spaces, locally produced goods and everyday objects

Making physical connections with people, whether via large-scale events and spaces or design concepts, and a continued celebration of traditional crafts, appeared to be a key direction for design in Japan this year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Dec 8, 2018

A weekend in Saitama: Coffee, temples and a spot of river rafting

Kick off a weekend in Saitama Prefecture in Kumagaya, an excellent starting point for a trip that will take you all across the region — from river rafting in the forested mountains of Chichibu to the historical alleys of Kawagoe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Dec 7, 2018

Visitors wowed as Okinawa aquarium becomes world's first to exhibit giant oceanic manta ray

At the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, a giant oceanic manta ray can be seen gliding effortlessly through the Kuroshio Sea attraction's large ocean aquarium, drawing exclamations of delight from onlookers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Cultivating Craft
Dec 1, 2018

Ise Kadoya: Bringing craft beer into the mainstream

Compared to the typical American craft beer company, many craft beer companies in Japan belong to larger, sometimes much older, parent companies. One of the clearest examples of this is Ise Kadoya Microbrewery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2018

After aiding GM rescue, Canada feels blindsided by Oshawa plant closure; workers walk out in protest

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday expressed his "deep disappointment" in General Motors Co.'s decision to close its Oshawa plant, a move Canadian officials only learned about on Sunday and which led workers to walk off the job on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2018

Malaysia growers bet on durian as China goes bananas for world's smelliest fruit

The stinky, spiky durian is set to become Malaysia's next major export as the Southeast Asian nation rushes to develop thousands of acres to cash in on unprecedented demand for the fruit from China.
JAPAN / History / Defining the Heisei Era
Nov 24, 2018

Defining the Heisei Era: Examining the rise of otaku culture

With the number of children shrinking, popular entertainment naturally began targeting the otaku population that didn't hesitate to open their wallets for material many considered juvenile.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 24, 2018

Pheasant's Tears: Preserving Georgia's wine tradition

On Dec. 1 and 2, John Wurdeman will visit Japan with a group of Georgian wine producers to participate in the first Tokyo edition of Rootstock, Sydney's popular natural wine festival. He's not sure if they will sing, but one thing is certain: There will be no shortage of viniferous magic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 23, 2018

Chinese e-commerce sites remove Dolce & Gabbana products following backlash over 'racist' advertising campaign

Chinese e-commerce sites have removed Dolce & Gabbana products amid a spiraling backlash against an advertising campaign that was decried as racist by celebrities and on social media.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2018

3,000 foreign employees join ramen noodle shop's workers union

Ramen noodle restaurant operator Hiday Co. says its workers formed a labor union, with some 3,000 foreign employees — mostly part-timers — joining the union's ranks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 19, 2018

SoftBank's new robot Whiz skips the chit chat, gets to work mopping office floors

SoftBank Group Corp. is introducing a new robot that, unlike the talkative Pepper, skips the chit chat and just mops the floor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Nov 18, 2018

Exports of Fukushima-brand alcohol hit record in fiscal 2017

Exports of sake, liquor and other alcoholic beverages produced in Fukushima Prefecture reached a record high of about 296,000 liters in fiscal 2017.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 17, 2018

Forget Kyoto's temples, try the coffee instead

Though kissaten (old-style) coffee shops like have long been a part of Kyoto, the third-wave coffee boom has increased the number and variety of coffee shops in the city.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 17, 2018

Flamboyant 'host club king' Takeshi Aida given an extravagant sendoff

An extravagant wake and funeral was held earlier this month in memory of host club Ai Honten's flamboyant founder, Takeshi Aida, who passed away on Oct. 25 at the age of 78 after a prolonged illness.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2018

What Trump gets right in his spat with Macron

The U.S. president is correct that Europe could fall apart without the trans-Atlantic alliance, but he's the one who's endangering it
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
Takaichi calls for the updating of Japan's economic security law
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to a panel on promoting economic security in Japan on Friday.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ‘Mishima’ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima’s legacy, Paul Schrader’s biopic “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was blocked from screening in the country for decades.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.

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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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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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