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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 10, 2018

'Emerging 2018'

July 14-Sept. 24
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 9, 2018

Doctor and researchers use Japanese strategy game go to help children with developmental disabilities

In a new approach to helping children with developmental disabilities, a doctor who is also a go enthusiast has been using the strategy game to augment his efforts.
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2018

Reducing Japan's plutonium stock

Japan is under pressure to shrink its 47-ton stockpile of plutonium.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Jul 6, 2018

History is woven into the very fabric of Ome

Ome has a long history of high-quality textile production, and today's designers are trying to preserve old fabrics and techniques while still giving them a contemporary update.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 5, 2018

Experience the flavors of the Great White North

Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel and Towers is holding a Canada fair at two of the hotel's restaurants, Bay View and Sagami, until July 31.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2018

Japan's online fashion revolution gathers speed as brands bid to catch up with industry leader Zozotown

Zozotown, which swooped in as a little-known retail website and prodded once-reluctant Japanese consumers to shop online for clothes, is now facing stiff competition in the industry whose image it remade.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2018

‘Deep’ tourism explores the darker side of Tokyo

Hidden behind the capital's glassy high-rises and bustling shopping streets are dusty remnants of red-light districts and smoky bar alleys preserving traces of an older Tokyo — pockets of history Hisaki Kurosawa explores to catch glimpses of the other, more textured face of the slickly modern metropolis....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 3, 2018

Gordon Matta-Clark: Out of the rubble

It's New York in the 1970s. The optimism of '60s America has faded into cynicism and despair. The city is so broke that it's almost bankrupt. People are fleeing to the suburbs and industry New York is shutting down, leaving abandoned warehouses, homes and tenements scattered throughout. Meanwhile, artists...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 3, 2018

'Women: Through the Lens'

July 12-Sept. 1
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 2, 2018

Nagoya firm's high-tech service aims to prevent sudden infant death syndrome at nursery schools

Unifa Inc., an IT venture firm in Nagoya, has begun offering a monitoring service that can alert nursery school teachers to the warning signs of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), the leading cause of death among babies at day care facilities.
Japan Times
Jul 2, 2018

QBIT Robotics partners with Rethink Robotics and Sumitomo Heavy Industries to enter the service robotics market

~New business includes consulting, robot service design, system integration, maintenance, and sales promotion~
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jul 1, 2018

From Tokyo to London: This is the house that Japan built

As London's new cultural hub of all things Japanese, Japan House London's minimalist interiors, striking central spiral staircase, displays of nnovative design, art and architectural works and classy top-floor restaurant impressively avoid the all-too-easy preconceptions about Japan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 1, 2018

The season of economic policy

Fundamental structural reforms must be pursued with the leadership of the prime minister and his office.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jun 30, 2018

Playwright Aya Ogawa: Seeing theater as a stage for cultural identity

Director believes her multicultural upbringing helped open doors to the theatrical business.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 30, 2018

A culinary tour of Yokohama, the historical juncture of Western-Japanese fusion

Several of Japan's beloved Western-style dishes, such as doria and Napolitan spaghetti, originated in the culinary melting pot of Yokohama.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Jun 30, 2018

Embrace traditional Japanese flavors with Seven-Eleven's brown sugar kuzukiri

Seven-Eleven's mix-it-yourself brown sugar kuzukiri is a cool, refreshing summer treat.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 30, 2018

Implementation of minpaku laws lambasted

One year ago, the Kasumigaseki Watch column in the monthly business magazine Keizaikai (August 2017) noted that while the government has set an annual target of 40 million foreign visitors by 2020, the tourism ministry was unable to formulate an effective strategy due to "insufficient" staistical data....
Jun 28, 2018

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING celebrates its centennial by publishing Archipelago Travelogue

Illuminating the charm and value of Setouchi culture through stunning visuals and profound observations of intellectuals
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 26, 2018

Behind the ever-changing sound of Wednesday Campanella

It's a sure bet that when Wednesday Campanella plays a festival lineup, frontwoman Kom_I will steal the show.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 26, 2018

'Demokrato Artists from Kansai: Izumi Shigeru, Yamanaka Yoshikazu, Yoshida Toshitsugu and Yoshihara Hideo'

July 3- Sept. 17
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 25, 2018

Aichi team develops self-driving robots to tackle labor shortage in farming

Amid a severe shortage of manpower, a team comprised of researchers from private companies and a university in Aichi Prefecture is working on developing a self-driving robot that uses cutting-edge technology to support flower-growing farmers.
CULTURE / Music
Jun 24, 2018

Review: Gorillaz at Zepp DiverCity

The most successful moments in Gorillaz' enviable five-studio-album career have always come as eclectic pairings with the greats of the music world.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2018

'Dokaben' baseball manga series to end after nearly half a century

"Dokaben," a popular Japanese baseball manga series that has been published on and off in a weekly magazine since 1972, will end its run in the next issue due out on June 28.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jun 21, 2018

Guest chefs work to create unique artisanal dishes

The Peninsula Tokyo's signature restaurant Peter will collaborate with four award-winning Japanese artisan chefs during a limited edition culinary series from August to November.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2018

Kumamoto company turns to brown rice paste in bid to revive Japan's abandoned farmland

Alarmed by an increase in abandoned rice paddies amid the Westernization of the Japanese diet and a graying population, a Kyushu dealer of major agricultural machinery-maker Kubota Corp. began producing rice flour in 2010 as an ingredient for bread and pasta to make up for declines in rice consumption....
Japan Times
Jun 20, 2018

Yamaha Motor Launches Wolverine X2 in North America

- New 2-seater Model Expands ROV Product Lineup -
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 18, 2018

Rail car mover, used to carry bricks in Gifu, to be restored 40 years after retirement

Efforts are underway to restore an abandoned freight car mover that was used until some 40 years ago to carry firebricks at a brick factory in the major ceramics production town of Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 16, 2018

The trials and tribulations of the self-published zine

From the modern ukiyo-e prints of the Edo Period (1603-1868) to contemporary du014djinshi (self-published) fan comics, there has always been an outlet in Japan for artistic self-publishing. But where do zines slot into this system?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 16, 2018

Online Japanese releases under fire after missing the mark

Even the most innocuous upload can carry political baggage online in 2018. It’s a truth Western users have become used to, where a pancake restaurant’s idiotic rebranding strategy can become a discussion about the appropriation of gang culture. Recent examples show that Japanese netizens are just...
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.
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.
U.S. and Ukraine sign resources deal after fraught negotiations
The United States and Ukraine signed a minerals deal on Wednesday, offering a measure of assurance to officials in Kyiv.
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.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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.
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.
North Korea's Kim sets sights on nuclear-armed navy
An unidentified weapons system is fired from the deck of North Korea's latest destroyer, the Choe Hyon, during two days of tests on Monday and Tuesday in this undated photo released Wednesday.
Single, or not? Japanese dating app launches relationship verification system
Tapple, one of Japan's most popular dating apps, has launched the nation's first feature to verify a user's single status via their My Number card.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.

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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.
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