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LIFE / G7 Ise-Shima Summit Special
May 25, 2016

Modern take on traditional medicine

"The practice of medicine is an art, based on science."
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CULTURE / Music
May 19, 2016

Karin Nakagawa's path to the koto was a discovery of Japan's musical tradition

Born into a musical family, koto player Karin Nakagawa's destiny seemed to be mapped out for her from birth — still, she put up a fight.
EDITORIALS
May 17, 2016

Disaster-proof supply chains

Japanese companies must rethink their supply-chain strategies to make them more resilient to natural disasters.
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CULTURE / Art
May 17, 2016

'The Present Areas Affected by the Catastrophe: The Art of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima'

Until June 26
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LIFE / Travel
May 14, 2016

A landscape of life and death in Kyushu

Despite my short stature, I have to bend nearly in half to enter the underground chamber of reconstructed fifth-century tomb in the Kumamoto Prefecture Decorative Tumulus Museum. The entire tomb is modeled after an actual mound in the nearby city of Yamaga, and inside the chamber, a replica stone altar...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 7, 2016

Matthew Ireton: 'Continuation is the key to success'

Radio/TV show host on calligraphy, singing shirtless and waking up ridiculously early.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 7, 2016

Tall tale

Dad, I can see the shinkansen. Can you see it?
JAPAN
May 5, 2016

Holiday travelers inconvenienced after electronic signboards fail to display shinkansen line information

East Japan Railway Co. said Thursday it has resolved a computer malfunction that caused all electronic signboards for shinkansen bullet trains to shut down the previous day, causing confusion for travelers during the Golden Week holiday period.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 5, 2016

Sugano earns complete-game victory over Carp

Tomoyuki Sugano allowed himself a brief expression of frustration after allowing an earned run for the first time in more than a month.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 3, 2016

Giants edge Carp, climb back into first place

Garrett Jones knew Hayato Sakamoto had the speed to make it home; he just needed the chance.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
May 2, 2016

Let's discuss what to do with pets in quake-hit Kumamoto

As evacuees with pets in quake-hit Kumamoto shy away or are even banned from moving into evacuation shelters, Ryunosuke Animal Hospital has opened its doors to pets and their owners.

Longform

After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic