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JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2015

Opposition assails Abe over Nishikawa resignation

Opposition parties refused Tuesday to convene a scheduled session of the Lower House Budget Committee and instead unleashed a salvo of taunts over the surprise resignation of farm minister Koya Nishikawa the day before.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 23, 2015

Farm minister Nishikawa resigns over donation scandal

Farm minister Koya Nishikawa steps down amid questions over political fundraising, the third minister to quit since Shinzo Abe became prime minister in 2012.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Feb 23, 2015

Badges of honor: What Japan's legal lapel pins really mean

I finally have a lapel badge. After almost two decades of working in Japan-related law jobs, this is a big deal.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN TIMES BLOGROLL
Feb 23, 2015

Sharla in Japan

Sharla of Sharla in Japan is a 29-year-old, Canadian-born, Tokyo-based “YouTuber” (“That's what they call it here,” she says). With over 200,000 subscribers to her channel, she documents her life.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 23, 2015

Meet the man who helped Sony get its game back

"How many people came for video games?" asks a keynote presenter at Sony Corp.'s PlayStation bash in Las Vegas last December. The crowd roars. "And how many came to give Shu Yoshida a hug?" The roar gets even louder.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 23, 2015

Blackstone draws Tokyo junk investors amid warnings of froth

Blackstone Group LP filled a Tokyo ballroom earlier this month with locals seeking riskier U.S. loans as regulators in New York try and avert a credit bubble.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2015

Three reasons why Merkel acts so stubborn

There are three possible explanations why German Chancellor Angela Merkel seems so relentlessly uncompromising in the standoff between Greece and its euro creditors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2015

Ramen dividends: Holders of some firms' shares fancy 'yutai' gifts

Many stock investors collect dividends. Hiroto Kiritani, however, collects melons. And ramen noodles, McDonald's hamburgers, the clothes on his back, anything, really, that Japanese companies send him, gratis, just for owning their stock.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 21, 2015

Virginia ex-first lady sentenced to prison for corruption

Former Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell was sentenced Friday to 12 months and one day in prison for her federal corruption conviction for taking bribes from a businessman.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 20, 2015

Gay marriage push in Japan faces constitutional barrier

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has fought to alter the Constitution on matters of security, is less eager to oppose its principles when it comes to same-sex marriage.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 19, 2015

Student wrestlers learn the ropes ahead of university 'battle royale'

Want to be a lawyer? Go to law school. A doctor? Med school. But where do you enroll if you want to learn how to fly off the top rope to deliver a brutal body slam?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 18, 2015

The mysterious attraction of an aging, domineering chauvinist

Love never was and never will be logical. Your 20-year-old daughter rolls her eyes at May-December romances in the movies — until she gets engaged to a 50-year-old guy. And you will declaim loud and long against her choice, until you start dating a 20-year-old yourself. I am speaking in a general way,...
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2015

Discount chain Don Quijote to accept payment in foreign currencies

The service represents the retailer's latest attempt to cater to foreign tourists, which it says are becoming an increasingly important part of its customer base.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Feb 18, 2015

The 6th Japan Times Spelling Bee to be held March 14

Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 18, 2015

Oil train fireball seen adding pressure for U.S. safety decision

Video images of a fireball boiling from the wreckage of a derailed train hauling Bakken crude are adding to pressure on federal regulators to act on new safety standards for oil shipments.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 17, 2015

A little shiokara goes a long way at Surugaya Kahei

The specialty at this little counter-type sake bar is shiokara, the salty, odoriferous innards of assorted seafood.
Places
Feb 17, 2015

Tokyo theme restaurants put fun and fetishes on the menu

Some people enjoy dinner and a show, but sometimes in Japan, dinner is the show. Tokyo in particular has  number of popular themed restaurants, including those that feature giant robots, ninjas and vampires, but it also has a wealth of  lesser-known ones devoted to a variety of fetishes ranging from...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2015

Picasso ceramics at Spanish Embassy

Through March 13, ceramic masterpieces by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, are on display at the Embassy of Spain in Tokyo.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Feb 16, 2015

The magical word that means 'hello' and 'sorry' and 'thank you'

Today, we will introduce various ways to use the adverb u3069u3046u3082, which is difficult to translate into English.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2015

Japan has more car chargers than gas stations

There are more electric-car charging points in Japan than there are gas stations.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Feb 15, 2015

Spare a thought for the junior-high students going through 'exam hell'

Adolescence has never been easy, but add the pressure of having to pass an important high school exam and you have what's commonly known as 'entrance exam hell.'
Bank of Japan to start unloading ETFs in surprise move that rattles market
BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said it would take a century for the bank to sell all its ETFs at the pace proposed.
Japan may see its first female PM despite limited progress on gender gap
Hard-line conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi has consistently been a public favorite in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election scheduled for Oct. 4.
Boom in business class travel from Japan fuels airlines profits
A business class suite of an Airbus SE A350-1000 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines is seen during a media preview at the company's hangar at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January last year.
40 years after Plaza Accord, Japan still at mercy of forex swings
The Plaza Hotel in New York, where finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Five countries met and struck the Plaza Accord on Sept. 22, 1985.
Anime’s ‘Demon Slayer’ hit is a watershed for Japan
Channing Tatum, one of the English-language voice actors, and others attend the premiere of “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle” at the TCL Chinese 6 Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 9. Japanese anime has surged from niche fandom to global box-office powerhouse with the latest “Demon Slayer” installment.
Behold the glory of Japan’s fruit boxes
Otherwise common sights in Japan's supermarkets, the country's fruit and veggie boxes can hide surprising symbols of local pride.
YouTuber Gigguk shifts from talking anime to making anime
The process of making “Baan” was personal and enlightening for Maneetapho, who spent years talking about anime on his YouTube channel and podcast before making the jump to becoming an anime creator himself.
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
Robot tour guides in Tokyo offer way for those with disabilities to work
Tours are being offered in Tokyo using a shoulder-mounted robot equipped with a camera, speaker and microphone. The robot twitches its wing-like arms, which it can fold together as if in prayer when visiting a temple.
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.

Podcast

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

Longform

"Shake hands with Lima-chan," a statue that shares the name of the Peruvian capital looks in the direction of Peru, where a sister statue, "Sakura-chan," is located. Erected in Yokohama's Rinko Park in 1999, it commemorates Peruvian-Japanese friendship.
The journey of Peru’s Nikkei: Finding identity in Japan
By Christoph Sponsel

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