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BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2012

Nuke share may fall 50%, Tokyo Gas exec says

Japan may cut its reliance on nuclear power in half through 2030, according to Shigeru Muraki, executive vice president of Tokyo Gas Co.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Photo essay
May 28, 2023

Does the pure joy seen at this year's Sanja Matsuri hint at a summer of celebration?

After scaled-down celebrations became the norm during the COVID-19 pandemic, one of Tokyo's biggest festivals returns in full form.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 8, 2023

Retiring great Shingo Kunieda departs after helping raise profile of wheelchair tennis

Kunieda is known as the Roger Federer of wheelchair tennis and won 50 Grand Slam titles and four Paralympic gold medals.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2023

Heat continues to bake Japan, but some relief is on the way

The government issued heatstroke alerts in 23 of the nation’s 47 prefectures Tuesday, affecting tens of millions of people.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 9, 2022

Brittney Griner's Olympic coach calls for compassion as WNBA star released

Dawn Staley watched Griner grow from a first overall WNBA draft pick in 2013 to one of the dominant forces in the league.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 13, 2022

Chef Kiyoki Umeda dreams of 'Pretty Good’ doughnuts

Don't let the humble name fool you — these doughnuts are serious business.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 17, 2022

Buffaloes and Swallows prove last season's success was no fluke

The Swallows and Buffaloes will meet in the Japan Series for the second straight season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 26, 2022

Swallows overcame various challenges to repeat as Central League champions

The Swallows went from back-to-back last-place finishes to consecutive Central League titles.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jul 4, 2022

Swallows' Munetaka Murakami may use red-hot June as springboard to bigger things

The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami was one of the hottest players in baseball last month.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 3, 2022

Across Tokyo, a retro-chic izakaya revolution

Neon on the walls, K-pop on TV, and, of course, cheap eats and drinks up. Have izakaya (Japanese pubs) found the secret to success with young revelers?
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jul 1, 2022

Groundbreaking NATO summit means work for Japan

If peace in the Asia-Pacific and around the world is to be strengthened and secured, NATO and its partners must make their summit pledges meaningful.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
May 14, 2022

Fashion’s retail revolution: What’s old is new again

As pandemic precautions appear to ease, retail fashion grapples with a return to business as usual.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Apr 12, 2022

Japan’s approach to Ukrainian evacuees is what its refugee policy ought to be

Japan's willingness to embrace Ukrainian evacuees stems from its hierarchical view of the world and its economic-first view of migrants.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2022

Future proofing the Olympics: Lessons from Beijing and Tokyo

The most obvious future-proofing strategy is to spread the Olympic Games in any one year to multiple venues, much as a company enhances resilience by diversifying markets or supply chains.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Dec 10, 2021

Sports, silent meals and 'Shut Up!': What Japan was talking about in 2021

The year's top buzzwords were announced to great fanfare, but the real word on everyone's lip last week was 'omicron.'
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Dec 1, 2021

Papermaker Oji forms solutions to environmental, social needs

The 2021 U.N. climate summit, COP26, closed with nations that are accelerating their measures against climate change announcing new and renewed targets for reducing emissions. Such measures ought to differ from country to country, industry to industry and company to company. The global community should...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 20, 2021

Buffaloes rally for three runs in ninth to win Game 1 of Japan Series

Masataka Yoshida gave Orix the victory with a sayonara double to center.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 15, 2021

Kenyan police arrest Agnes Tirop's husband in connection with her death

Police say they now have the 'main suspect' in custody.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 30, 2021

Beijing Olympics to allow spectators from mainland China

Tickets for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will be sold to spectators from mainland China only, while unvaccinated athletes must spend 21 days in quarantine ahead of the Games.
PARALYMPICS
Sep 3, 2021

Turkey routs U.S. to take gold in goalball

After six dominant performances, it was hard to imagine Turkey's Sevda Altunoluk finding a way to top herself.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Sep 3, 2021

Japan's women take goalball bronze with win over Brazil

Japan built a five-goal lead in the first half and held on to complete a run to the bronze medal at Makuhari Messe on Friday afternoon.
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
Tropical Storm Peipah brings heavy rain to parts of western Japan
Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in western Japan on Friday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue warnings of landslides and other disasters due to heavy rainfall in several areas.
Trump signs order reducing tariffs on Japanese autos
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, shake hands.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Japan alerting consumers to cash-on-delivery problems
In fiscal 2024 through March this year, the National Consumers Affairs Center received inquiries and gave advice on problems associated with cash-on-delivery services.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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