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LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Aug 13, 2018

The good, the bad and the 'by all means' of 'zehi' in Japanese

A closer look at u662fu975e(u305cu3072), which means 'good and/or bad' or 'by all means.'
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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 13, 2018

Arrested and killed: Inside the Bangladesh prime minister's war on drugs

Bangladesh police arrested Riazul Islam as he was walking home from his in-laws' house. At 3:15 a.m., he was shot dead in a sandy field beside a set of railroad tracks north of Dhaka.
Japan Times
Aug 13, 2018

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Launches its First Completed LRI Product Tanker

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. (HQ: 1083 Tsuneishi, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan; President: Kenji Kawano) launched its first completed 77,000 DWT (LRI) (*1) Product Tanker at its Group company, TSUNEISHI GROUP (ZHOUSHAN) SHIPBUILDING, Inc.(Location: Xiushan Island, Daishan County, Zhoushan...
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MORE SPORTS
Aug 12, 2018

Ippei Watanabe makes statement with gold at Pan Pacs

Despite having set a world record, Ippei Watanabe has sort of been overlooked because of the struggles he's had after the achievement.
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WORLD
Aug 12, 2018

Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, 'a literary circumnavigator,' dies at 85

V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as "A Bend in the River" and "A House for Mr. Biswas" and brittle, misanthropic personality made him one of the world's most admired and contentious writers, died Saturday at his London home, his family said....
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 11, 2018

Vegalta Sendai capitalize on second-half chances to beat Kashiwa Reysol

Hiroaki Okuno and Takuma Nishimura both scored in the second half as Vegalta Sendai beat Kashiwa Reysol 2-0 on Saturday to claim their first J. League win in four games.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 11, 2018

Unsolved mysteries: Japanese fans of the occult are engaged in a never-ending search for the truth

Whether it's tales of hauntings, spirits or paranormal phenomena, Yuki Yoshida loves a good scare.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 11, 2018

Hoarding in Japan isn't as dark as NHK makes it out to be

Thanks to Marie Kondo, everyone knows about the Japanese art of katazuke, or "tidying up." Kondo's books on organizing your things and deciding what items you should throw away have been translated into numerous languages and she's been interviewed by myriad international media outlets.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 11, 2018

Social media takes a dim view of the daylight saving proposal for the 2020 Olympics

People in Japan have been complaining about the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics since Japan’s capital was awarded the games. Netizens have railed against everything from the apparent insensitivity of hosting the two-week competition while the Tohoku region continues to recover from the Great Eastern...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Aug 11, 2018

Duo Yumeno: Making music across the Pacific

Contemporary classical duo bring together the cello, koto and shamisen for original classical contemporary compositions.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Aug 11, 2018

Designer Linda Polgar gives vintage textiles a new lease of life

Longtime Tokyo resident on choosing fabric, fashion designers and surviving Japanese summer.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / THE HIGH GROUNDS
Aug 11, 2018

Tokyo cafes serve up coffee with a side of cyclo-tourism

Although Tokyo's nascent cycling tourism sector is ostensibly aimed at inbound tourists, 'cycle cafes' are designed to create sustainable communities by combining coffee and culture.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Aug 11, 2018

Cebada: Kirin's new 'coffee-like' beverage tastes like dirt

Kirin's attempt to tap into demand for decaf coffee misses the mark.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 11, 2018

Solitude appears to have an image problem in Japan

"Is solitude an illness?"
CULTURE / Books
Aug 11, 2018

'The Penguin Book of Haiku': Morsels of poetry from the mountaintop to the gutter

According to author and translator Adam L. Kern, there's a pervasive myth that haiku is only nature poetry, that it is always serious and connected to Zen, that there are hardly any women haiku poets. But haiku covers far greater ground.
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CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Aug 11, 2018

'The Bear and the Paving Stone': Whimsical stories celebrating language, friendship and life

Toshiyuki Horie's collection of stories embrace small moments, deep thought and cross-cultural connections.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight