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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 17, 2015

A jazzy way to kick off the new year; enjoying lunch in chic, relaxing space; taking tea in luxurious atmosphere

A jazzy way to kick off the new year
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JAPAN
Dec 14, 2015

Two new Olympic stadium designs unveiled by Japan Sport Council

The Japan Sport Council on Monday unveiled two new stadium designs for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that blend in better with the greenery-rich Yoyogi area and currently don't break the ¥155 billion budget.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 9, 2015

Abe's dubious 'new arrows'

Abenomics has shifted from economic growth driven by the private sector to relying on government spending, and is even moving toward state capitalism.
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Dec 9, 2015

Jury still out on new J. League championship format

The J. League's new playoff format produced a worthy champion and a thrilling finale in its debut season, but only time will tell if it is a success.
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BASKETBALL
Dec 8, 2015

Politicians launch support group for new men's basketball circuit

A group of nearly two dozen Diet members launched a basketball-supporting parliamentarians' association and held its kickoff meeting on Tuesday at the members' office buildings of the House of Councilors in Tokyo's Nagatacho district.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Dec 7, 2015

Let's discuss the contest to find a new Tokyo Olympics logo

The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics begins accepting entries for a new logo.
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CULTURE / Music
Dec 6, 2015

Punk survivor Phew changes direction on 'A New World'

Even as a child, Phew realized she was a bit different. "When I was at school, if the teacher told a joke and everyone else in the class laughed, I was always the one who couldn't see what was funny," she says. "I've always been like that."
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 26, 2015

Enjoy a calm, relaxing New Year's Eve; satisfying the holiday sweet tooth; delicious cakes add flavor to festivities

Enjoy a calm, relaxing New Year's Eve
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Nov 23, 2015

Let's discuss the new Mitsubishi Regional Jet

Mitsubishi's new jet takes off on its debut flight from Nagoya, half a century after the country last introduced a new passenger plane.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 23, 2015

Sixteen people hospitalized following shooting incident in New Orleans park

Up to 16 people were hospitalized Sunday after a shooting in a New Orleans park where hundreds of people had gathered for the making of a music video, local media reported, citing police.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 23, 2015

Liberia puts 153 under Ebola surveillance after new outbreak sickens boy, 15

Liberia has placed 153 people under surveillance as it seeks to control a new Ebola outbreak in the capital more than two months after the country was declared free of the virus, health officials said.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 15, 2015

Spangle call Lilli line returns with a new sound and a familiar vibe

'Ghost Is Dead," the 10th album from Tokyo's Spangle call Lilli line, shouldn't exist. Regular life caught up with the trio, leaving them with little time to contemplate creating new music: Lead singer Kana Otsubo had a baby and her bandmates saw their day jobs eat up more and more of their personal...
CULTURE / Music
Nov 15, 2015

Electronica producer Madegg gets warped on 'New' album

Something has gone awfully askew in the music of Madegg. The 23-year-old producer, real name Kazumichi Komatsu, used to delight in creating warm, shimmering electronica that seemed to come bathed in the lambent glow of a late summer evening.
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LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Nov 14, 2015

Going for new and old-school tech

Get your claws on an old-school game
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CULTURE / Music
Nov 12, 2015

Cero helps radio station InterFM897 celebrate its new look

The members of Cero have just finished recording their radio show, "Night Drifter," when I meet them at the InterFM897 studios in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. When I walk into the studio, one of the group immediately points out my T-shirt, which has an air-brushed depiction of a beach at sunset with the word...
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2015

Nissan plans to double South Africa output with new pickup model

Nissan Motor Co. plans to build a new model of pickup at its South African plant starting in 2018 and will increase production from the facility as the carmaker seeks to capitalize on growing demand for new vehicles on the continent.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 10, 2015

Apparent ice-spewing volcanoes show Pluto still geologically active, 'weird'

Scientists have discovered what appear to be ice-spewing volcanoes on the surface of Pluto, raising questions about how the tiny, distant world has been so geologically active, according to research presented on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2015

The new Trudeau's new Canada: what to expect

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promises to bring Canada back to multilateral engagement, offering a stark contrast from his predecessor's divisive foreign policy.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 7, 2015

Heart of darkness: Nostalgic Tokyo disappearing amid construction boom

The Shinagawa neighborhood of Musashi-Koyama — a vibrant maze of tiny alleyways that once housed dozens of small eateries, tapas restaurants and bars — is now a virtual ghost town.
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LIFE / Travel
Nov 7, 2015

Sewing the seeds of new craft ideas

'I never thought I'd be taking over my father's position. At first, I wasn't even interested in the tradition of the stitching," says Sadaharu Narita, president of crafts company Hirosaki Kogin Kenkyujo. "But now that I'm in that position, I feel grateful that I can seek out and produce new values...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 7, 2015

New Giants skipper Takahashi faces major challenge replacing Hara

Not sure what to think about the Yomiuri Giants choosing Yoshinobu Takahashi as the team's new manager. He is just 40 and did not even get a chance to retire as an active player before being selected to lead the club as its field boss in 2016.

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