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Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Mar 4, 2018

Satire 'Get Out' earns top honor at Independent Spirit Awards

"Get Out," a horror thriller that examines U.S. race relations, won the top honor at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, independent film's biggest prize and the final awards ceremony ahead of the Oscars.
WORLD
Mar 4, 2018

Polish group sues Argentine paper under new Holocaust law

A Polish campaign group is suing an Argentinian newspaper it says breached a new law that makes it a criminal offense to suggest Poland was complicit in the Holocaust.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Mar 3, 2018

The color of climate change in Japan's Yaeyama archipelago

Depleting reefs may profoundly reshape Ishigaki Island's tourism industry.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 3, 2018

Japan's media out of step with mental health issues

In January, a couple in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, were arrested for allegedly confining their daughter for at least 15 years before she froze to death in December at the age of 33. The couple told police they had kept her in the tiny room where her body was found because she was mentally ill. They...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 3, 2018

Dive headfirst into the world of nihonshu with a sake education course

Sake has come a long way from the days when it was internationally — and crudely — known as "rice wine." In recent years, sake has been the star of two documentaries, as well as a TV series on Amazon. Sommeliers and chefs around the world are making room for nihonshu — as it is called in Japanese...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Mar 3, 2018

Chef Yoshimi Hayakawa has been on a roll

Since 2001, Yoshimi Hayakawa, 48, from Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, has been living in Galway, a small and vibrant city on Ireland's Atlantic coast. After studying Chinese in Kunming, China, for five years, then traveling around Southeast Asia and spending three years in Hong Kong working for Yamato Transport...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Restaurant Do's and Don'ts
Mar 3, 2018

Getting a restaurant started is hard, but stopping is even harder

We've gotten this far, and now it's time for the final lesson: how to hit the ground running, and how to know if it's time to stop. You're going to need to make sure that when you open, everything is running right, all the food looks and tastes as good as it can, and that little things like your exhaust...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 3, 2018

Anniversaries loom for gum producer Lotte and the Yoshiwara red-light district

In 1941, a 19-year-old Korean chemistry student named Shin Kyuk-ho traveled to Tokyo to study at a technical college. He remained in Japan following the war and, under the name Takeo Shigemitsu, founded Lotte Co. in 1948. The brand's name was inspired by Charlotte, the heroine of Johann Wolfgang von...
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 3, 2018

NHK puppet show offers a rare glimpse into unconventional lives

Arguably the best interview show on terrestrial TV at present stars a bunch of puppets exploring the often unexamined corners of Japanese society.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 3, 2018

Sowing the seeds of a great Tanizaki biography

Into the world of the familial memoir steps this slim, but fascinating volume titled, 'Remembering Tanizaki Junichiro and Matsuko: Diary Entries, Interview Notes, and Letters, 1954-1989.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Mar 3, 2018

Japan Times 1993: Blacks face an image problem in Japan

Many of the dozens of black professionals interviewed last week said they are still struggling to change the racist perceptions of blacks that shadow them wherever they go in this country.
Japan Times
Rugby
Mar 3, 2018

Michael Leitch disappointed by mistakes in Sunwolves debut, but sees positive steps in team's development

Michael Leitch was happy to make his debut with the Sunwolves on Saturday, but it didn't remove the frustration of the Super Rugby team's 37-17 loss from his head.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Mar 3, 2018

Criminals in Japan are profiting from the public's fear of prosecutors

A new type of transfer fraud in which perpetrators take advantage of their victims' fear of prosecution has sparked concern among law enforcement officials in recent weeks.
EDITORIALS
Mar 3, 2018

Immigrant labor contradictions

Despite the nation's tightening manpower shortage, the issue of immigrant labor continues to be shunned in policy discussions.
Japan Times
Rugby
Mar 3, 2018

Rebels stick it to Sunwolves

The Sunwolves fell to their second defeat of the Super Rugby season on Saturday after collapsing early in the second half in a 37-17 loss to Australia's Rebels.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2018

Trump sours NAFTA talks with steel trade war threats

U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to unleash a trade war over steel crushed hopes of substantial progress in the latest talks to rework NAFTA, pitching negotiators into a political maelstrom and heightening fears for the trade deal's future.
WORLD / Society
Mar 3, 2018

Spanish women decry macho culture and domestic violence with first national strike

Women in Spain are poised to stage their first nationwide strike on International Women's Day on March 8 as they demand an end to unfair wages, domestic violence and the country's prevailing "macho" culture.
EDITORIALS
Mar 2, 2018

Relief for victims of eugenics law

The government should follow Germany and Sweden's lead and provide official compensation to people who were sterilized under the nation's Eugenic Protection Law.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 2, 2018

Speculating on the future of initial coin offerings

Governments are only now waking up to the need to regulate ICOs and their related tokens.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 2, 2018

The surfing life is no breeze for Olympic hopefuls in Chiba Prefecture

Sixty years since its introduction to the country, Japan will host the world's first Olympic surfing competion. But where did Japan's surf scene begin?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2018

Demand skyrockets for sweets, masks and sports goods popularized by Japan's Olympic athletes

Products related to Japanese medalists at the Pyeongchang Olympics are seeing an explosion in popularity after Japan won 13 medals — its best-ever performance at the Winter Games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 2, 2018

Mitsubishi Motors clings to Ghosn-led alliance as closer integration fuels revival

After helping Mitsubishi Motors Corp. get back on its feet, Carlos Ghosn is aiming to keep the automaker on stable ground — and benefit the two other carmakers he leads along the way.

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