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Japan Times
Sep 26, 2017

al+ Will Speak at 2 International AI Summits About Artificial Intelligence

alt Inc. which has developed ”P.A.I.”, the Personal Artificial Intelligence　(Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, CEO, Mr. Kazutaka Yonekura) will be speaking at “The AI Summit” to be held on 27-28 September 2017 in San Francisco, California and on 3-4 October 2017 in Singapore, respectively.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2017

Tokyu unveils new tram with beckoning cat livery to mark 110th anniversary of Tamagawa Line

Tokyu Corp. on Monday unveiled a new tram painted with manekineko (beckoning cat) livery to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the Tamagawa Line and promote use of the Setagaya Line to tourists.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2017

MUFG plans to make inroads into Canadian market with capital markets platform

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is looking to build a capital-markets platform in Canada, with plans to hire as many as 10 people in Toronto to manage bond deals and stock sales by early next year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Sep 25, 2017

Buying a house in Japan can be an investment in joy

The 'return' on your investment in a home in Japan is best measured in terms of the pleasure it will yield and the doorway to the intimacies of community and the Japanese mind it will lure you into.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2017

Gundam's 20-meter replacement statue unveiled in Odaiba

Gundam's upgrade was unveiled in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront district on Sunday, giving hope to its corporate sponsors that the giant robot statue will become a new tourist attraction ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2017

Parched nations tap cloud seeding

Threading through clouds, often with shaky turbulence and occasional thunder, 71-year-old pilot Gary Walker burns the flares on his plane's wings, releasing chemicals as he flies.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 24, 2017

Japanese fashion goes pop

Cast your mind back to the giddy days of 2010, when the group of subcultural artists Chaos Lounge issued its first proclamation. While its stated goal was earnest and postmodern, the output was seen as a shock to the art world as it brought the dregs of Japanese pop culture to "white cube" galleries....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 24, 2017

'Red Culture' training camps aim to rekindle Chinese faith in communism ahead of key party congress

A man in Red Army garb hits the pavement in a simulated attack during a re-staging of part of the Long March.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2017

Quiet energy revolution underway in Japan as dozens of towns go off the grid

A Miyagi city's efforts to rebuild its electrical power system after 3/11 mark a quiet shift away from Japan's old utility model and toward self-reliant, local generation and transmission.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2017

Firms seeking foreign help get guidance on visas

The Justice Ministry has drafted guidelines to help companies that want to hire international students understand the types of jobs eligible for granting visas.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 23, 2017

Conductor Tonio Shiga: Overcoming communication struggles with a baton

As a conductor for the City Theater of Bremerhaven in the north of Germany, Tonio Shiga is used to being at the center of the action whenever he leads a musical performance with his orchestra. He is equally at home, however, sitting behind a piano and accompanying the theater's performers for a rehearsal...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 23, 2017

Mayuko Okada's last meal: Pancakes over nattō

Japanese cooking teacher on the joys of Bills' famous creation and fermented soybeans.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Sep 23, 2017

Beer Belly: Minoh's Tenma branch has solid suds, tapas

The first time I had a Minoh beer was on a stool years ago at a makeshift bar out the front of its brewery in the affluent suburb of Osaka that gave the beer its name. Since then, the award-winning brewery has been transformed into a brew house and pub, and they have added a second pub in Tenma, central...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 22, 2017

Amazon's Twitch ready to take on Japan's game-streaming market

Amazon's game-broadcasting and social-video company, Twitch, is stepping up efforts to expand its presence in the nation that invented Mario, Pokemon and the PlayStation.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 22, 2017

Ex-SMAP trio launch fan site hinting at October debut under new management

Three ex-members of the disbanded all-male pop group SMAP have launched an official fan site with a video alluding to freedom from the group's past troubles and a fresh start under new management.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 22, 2017

WeWork Japan set to debut in February with three central Tokyo locations

WeWork Cos., a co-working space startup backed by SoftBank Group Corp., is making its debut in Japan with three locations in downtown Tokyo starting February.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2017

FSA shakes up asset-management firms with cheap funds to get individuals to move cash into stocks

An outspoken regulator has unleashed an unusual tactic to shake up Japan's asset-management industry.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2017

Hokkaido 'workations' breathe fresh air into telecommuting

With a view of Mount Shari in the distance and an ocean breeze wafting in from the Sea of Okhotsk, working in this coastal community in northeastern Hokkaido is certainly an escape from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 21, 2017

BMW calls Brexit an 'uncomfortable scenario' amid tariff concerns

BMW AG became the latest carmaker to weigh in on the Brexit debate as an executive warned that the introduction of any tariff would have repercussions for the German firm's business.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage / Backstage Pass
Sep 21, 2017

Theaters in Japan are increasingly looking at longer runs for their productions

As I turned the pages of a free magazine in London this summer, a picture of a beaming woman clutching a signed CD and program for the West End musical "Kinky Boots" caught my eye. She was a 27-year-old named Emily who'd seen the show 199 times in the past two years without ever being the least bit bored....
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2017

Russia becomes Iraq Kurds' top funder, quiet about independence vote

Russia, the only major power that has not called on Iraq's Kurds to cancel a referendum on independence next week, has swiftly become the top funder of Kurdish oil and gas deals, with as much as $4 billion pledged in less than a year, industry sources say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2017

Distrustful U.S. allies force spy agency to back down in encryption row

An international group of cryptography experts has forced the U.S. National Security Agency to back down over two data encryption techniques it wanted set as global industry standards, reflecting deep mistrust among close U.S. allies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 21, 2017

St. Louis OKs trial year for police body cameras ahead of sixth night of protests

St. Louis officials decided on Wednesday to supply police officers with body cameras for a year as the city prepares for a sixth night of protests after a white former police officer was acquitted of killing a black man.
Japan Times
Sep 19, 2017

TSUNEISHI GROUP (ZHOUSHAN) SHIPBUILDING, Inc.
operates world’s largest 19 MW shipyard solar station

TSUNEISHI GROUP (ZHOUSHAN) SHIPBUILDING, Inc. (Location: Xiushan Island, Daishan County, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, P. R. of China; President: Sachio Okumura) has completed a building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system with a gross demonstrated capacity of 19 megawatts and began operations...
A beloved Tokyo penguin’s end presages Suica’s shift to payments giant
JR East is retiring the beloved Suica penguin as part of a rebrand to transform the contactless payment platform, used for both transit and retail, into a mobile fintech powerhouse.
Fears rise of rupture in Japan-China ties in wake of Taiwan remarks
Two Chinese tourists wearing kimonos take a selfie as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
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.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Ashfall warning issued in southern Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Japan uses series against South Korea to prep for World Baseball Classic title defense
Japan's Ryuhei Sotani pitches against South Korea at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.

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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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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