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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 22, 2014

Hihōkan: Japan's vanishing sex museums

The real world ends beyond a thick, black curtain. On the other side is one of Japan's last remaining hihōkan (sex museum, literally "treasure palace") in the faded resort town of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture — a strange, dimly lit space of questionable morals and dated fantasies.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Nov 22, 2014

Konami's winning take on 'the beautiful game'

Soccer, more than any other sport, is the world's game. Played by millions, it is unquestionably the most popular sport on the planet.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Nov 22, 2014

Todd Stevens: 'No sense in delaying good things'

Craft beer distributor on sabrage, Cat Stevens and whimsical trademarks
EDITORIALS
Nov 22, 2014

Yet another issue with job hunting

A case involving a revoked job offer highlights problems with Japan's job-hunting system and its view of female employees.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 21, 2014

Blackstone to acquire GE Japan's apartment unit for $1.61 billion

Blackstone Group LP agreed to buy GE Japan Corp.'s residential property business for more than ¥190 billion to expand its apartment holdings in Japan.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Nov 21, 2014

Face masks

Dear Alice,
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2014

Japanese artists and performers find that YouTube brings them pay and applause

Ken Sekine used to be a nameless stand-up comic. Then he turned to cyberspace and changed his stage name to Megwin and in the process became a premier entertainer in Japan, with more than 448,000 fans and counting.
WORLD
Nov 21, 2014

Police arrest protesters as Ferguson awaits grand jury decision

Police arrested five people overnight after they tried to block a street in a protest calling for a grand jury to charge a white police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen in August.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2014

Citizen Watch opens flagship store in New York

New York
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 20, 2014

Something to be thankful for; celebrating the holiday season; East meets West in oyster bar fusion

Something to be thankful for
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 19, 2014

Nomura's European CEO, Jeremy Bennett, resigns after less than two years

Jeremy Bennett, Nomura Holdings Inc.'s chief executive officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has resigned after less than two years in the job.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 18, 2014

Toyota's Mirai FCV to go on sale Dec. 15

Toyota Motor Corp. announced Tuesday it will start selling the world's first commercial fuel-cell vehicle in Japan on Dec. 15.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Nov 18, 2014

Toyoken: Narisawa's take on 'yoshoku' cuisine

Curry-rice, menchi-katsu cutlet, kani (crab) cream croquette, and kaki (oyster) fry... Dinner at Toyoken reads like a roll call of retro comfort food from a long-passed era — but with one big difference.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 18, 2014

Lawsuit links Takata air bag death to delay in Honda alert

Honda Motor Co.'s U.S. unit advised dealers not to contact customers about a potentially fatal defect because of a parts shortage, one week before shrapnel from an exploding air bag left a woman looking as if she had been killed with a knife, lawyers for her family said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 16, 2014

Tokyo: How did you choose your child's name?

Foreign residents married to Japanese spouses share how they agreed on what to name their kids.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 15, 2014

MLB, Under Armour announce tie-up

It remains to be seen if MLB leaves Japan with a victory on the field, but the league feels like it's hit a home run on the business side of things.
EDITORIALS
Nov 15, 2014

Getting a grip on karoshi

A new law aimed at preventing death from overwork is just the first step toward protecting employees' well-being.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2014

Firms overwhelmingly want Abe to delay sales tax hike, poll shows

Companies overwhelmingly want Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to delay or scrap the consumption tax increase planned for next October, a Reuters poll shows, highlighting concerns the hike could derail a fragile recovery.
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2014

Bad precedent for nuclear restarts

As the seemingly last key hurdle for the Sendai restart of the Sendai plant is lifted, a dangerous precedent has been set and many fundamental questions remain unanswered.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Nov 11, 2014

Japan denied a dram of its winning whisky

Of the many things that Scotland has bequeathed to the world — golf, kilts and the baffling culinary phenomenon of fried Mars bars — my favorite by far is whisky. I have an enduring fondness for peaty and powerful Scotch whiskies from Islay and the Islands (as anyone foolish enough to leave me alone...
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 11, 2014

Apple iOS bug makes most devices vulnerable to attack: FireEye researchers

Cybersecurity researchers have warned that a bug in Apple Inc's iOS operating system makes most iPhones and iPads vulnerable to cyberattacks by hackers seeking access to sensitive data and control of their devices.

Longform

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