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BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Mar 29, 2017

U.S. congressional vote to repeal broadband privacy rules sparks interest in VPNs

A decision by Congress on Tuesday to repeal rules limiting how internet service providers can use customer data has generated renewed interest in the internet technology of virtual private networks (VPNs).
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 26, 2017

The confessions of a Japanese-to-Hungarian translator

Over some Hungarian wine, a translator who does not wish to be identified spills the beans on the juicier bits of her job.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Mar 25, 2017

Allowing the arty side of kids to blossom

Spring is a season of art. As winter recedes, the air fills with creative energy. Tokyo's art fairs at this time of the year can be fun with kids, but the crowds and sheer volume of exhibitors can be overwhelming. The city does, however, offer plenty of other art opportunities if you know where to look,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 25, 2017

Hakone: a paradise for the 'onsen' aficionado

Those seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of Japan's big cities will find what they are looking for in a hot-spring paradise hidden deep in a forest.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KNOWING KISSATEN
Mar 24, 2017

Tokyo's classical music cafes are time capsules for audiophiles

In this age of musical abundance, it's hard to fathom that an LP once cost the equivalent of a few days' wages in Japan. In the 1950s, audiophiles who couldn't afford to buy their own music did their listening at coffee shops known as meikyoku kissaten ("musical masterpiece cafes"), which boasted high-end...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 24, 2017

Entrepreneurs use their diseases as springboard for business success

Despite calls for diversity in the workplace and "work-style reforms" being debated in the government, Japan has yet to come up with a way to fully utilize the talent of all who wish to work, especially those with rare and incurable diseases.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 20, 2017

Watch, read, rewind: using Netflix to boost your Japanese

It's a great time to be studying Japanese. As well as the internet, students can mine online video streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu to improve their language skills.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 17, 2017

Craft beer collaboration celebrates shared values of three very different businesses

A newspaper and a pub chain walk into a brewery...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 17, 2017

Champagne & Gyoza Bar: A fine new pairing in the backstreets of Akasaka

It's gyōza time. These 1½-bite pan-fried dumplings — crisp and brown underneath, moist and meaty inside — may have their roots in China, but they're as deeply embedded in Japanese hearts and the daily diet as ramen and chahan (fried rice).
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 16, 2017

Welcome spring among the blossoms

"All things Sakura," celebrating Japan's blossom-filled spring, will take place at The Peninsula Tokyo from March 25 to April 2. Visitors will find themselves in a hanami (cherry-blossom viewing) wonderland immediately upon arrival, as the hotel lobby is decorated with hundreds of cherry trees.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2017

No shopping rush seen in Tokyo from 1,000-strong Saudi delegation

Despite expectations that a 1,000-strong delegation traveling with Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud Salman would go on a shopping spree during their four-day visit to Tokyo through Wednesday, shops reported low numbers of Saudi shoppers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Mar 13, 2017

Old, past it, over the hill: expressing aging and old stuff in Japanese

Introduce some Japanese words and phrases that translate to 'old' in English.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2017

A wry squint into the grim future of the U.S.

Novelist Lionel Shriver imagines America slouching into dystopia merely by continuing current practices.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 11, 2017

Namie: one step forward, a few steps back

Evacuees from the Fukushima town of Namie are struggling to find a good reason to return to their homes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Mar 10, 2017

Asano: Sake tasting as an antidote for the shopping blues

This one is for the shoppers, or for those who have to go shopping but would rather be drinking sake. On the ground floor of Kyoto Aeon Mall, directly behind Kyoto Station, and just beyond the cash registers at Kohyo supermarket, you'll find Asano, a sake shop that has a small counter where they serve...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Mar 8, 2017

New Zealander is on a mission to turn Japan green, one balcony at a time

Quakes of 2011 in Christchurch and Tohoku put Kiwi on the path to self-reliance and sustainability.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Mar 6, 2017

Belly nice — and nasty: the many uses of 'hara' in Japanese

Introduce a wide range of phrases using the noun u8179 (u306fu3089, belly).
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 3, 2017

Delifucious: Fish burgers and 'anago' dogs prepared by an experienced sushi chef

Let's hear it for Nakameguro. Tokyo's hippest neighborhood has some of the best artisan pizza, craft beer and third-wave coffee outlets in the city. Now with the arrival of Delifucious, we can add premium fish burgers to that list.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 3, 2017

Asia's top pastry chef Kazutoshi Narita on what inspires his creations

Over the past three decades, master patissier Kazutoshi Narita has worked in half a dozen countries alongside some of the world's most acclaimed chefs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 2, 2017

SoftBank Robotics plans app store for humanoid Pepper robot

The team behind Pepper, the humanoid robot from SoftBank Robotics, are planning a platform for the machine where developers create applications for everyday use, such as guarding your home or vacuuming the floor.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 25, 2017

Premium Friday is not about taking a holiday

The anonymous writer of Asahi Shimbun's finance-related Keizai Kishodai column pointed out in the Feb. 18 edition that Japanese people only think of time off on a day-by-day basis, whereas Europeans tend to conceptualize it in week-long blocks, as 'vacations.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / NEIGHBORHOOD HOP SPORTS
Feb 24, 2017

Koenji's alehouses and brewpubs put the craft back in beer

Often touted as Tokyo's apex of cool, Koenji is a maze of narrow mixed-use streets, where the city's trendsetters, en route to hip cafes, cross paths with pensioners browsing cheap vegetables and various knickknacks.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KNOWING KISSATEN
Feb 24, 2017

Tokyo's retro coffee palaces are in a class entirely their own

The archetypical kissaten (traditional coffee shop) would probably be a cozy neighborhood joint with faded '60s decor, one of those vintage pink pay phones that only take ¥10 coins and a couple of elderly customers smoking furiously as they squint over their newspapers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 23, 2017

Welcome the season with sushi

The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho, a Luxury Collection hotel in Tokyo, is offering the "Karin Temarisushi" sushi lunch plan — inspired by flower gardens — until May 31.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 22, 2017

Pedophile sting ops roil U.S. forces on Okinawa

Controversial operations in which sailors pose online as underage girls lead to dozens of NCIS arrests.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Feb 20, 2017

Investing big but wisely in Japanese study aids can reap dividends

An expensive dictionary, a big TV — and a wedding ring: just three of the big purchases that could give your Japanese a lift.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Takaichi plans pay cuts for herself and her ministers
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi chats with her Cabinet members in parliament in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Mother of Thai girl forced into sex work in Tokyo detained in Taiwan
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ‘Mishima’ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima’s legacy, Paul Schrader’s biopic “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was blocked from screening in the country for decades.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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