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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 1, 2018

Artist Asako Iwama explores the relationship between food and language

Food and the desire to eat has always been mysterious to Asako Iwama. When the artist and cook was a young child, she could not understand why she had to eat. Her earliest memories of food are of her grandmother's cooking in a strange yet fascinating kitchen far away from home.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Feb 1, 2018

Return to roots helps Akane Hosoyamada realize an Olympic dream

"She is the one I trust the most."
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 1, 2018

Donte' Hill hoping to return Iwate to respectability in second half of season

In the rapidly changing Japan pro basketball landscape, the Iwate Big Bulls' run to the bj-league Final Four in 2015 is, well, ancient history.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 1, 2018

Will CEO activism take hold in Japan?

Few people expect to see Japanese CEOs weighing in on socially sensitive and divisive issues, but that may be starting to change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2018

Uber plots expansion in Japan and Singapore amid talk of retreat from Asia

If Uber Technologies Inc. is planning a retreat from Asia, no one told Brooks Entwistle, head of the ride-hailing company's business in the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 1, 2018

Watered down measures threaten an 'extremely smoky' Tokyo Olympics, critics say

The criticism comes after the government announced planned revisions to a law on secondhand smoke, saying smoking would be permitted in some small establishments.
Feb 1, 2018

TSUNEISHI KAMTECS CORPORATION Absorbs TSUNEISHI KAMTECS SAITAMA Co., Ltd. By Merger

TSUNEISHI KAMTECS CORPORATION (HQ: 1083, Tsuneishi, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima, Japan, President: Tomonari Soga, below “TKAM”) will absorb its 100%-owned subsidiary TSUNEISHI KAMTECS SAITAMA Co., Ltd. (HQ: 250-1, Mikayama, Yorii-machi, Osato-gun, Saitama, Japan, President: Tomonari Soga,...
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 1, 2018

Despite Trump's climate change denial, Pentagon says warming threatens half of U.S. military sites

Nearly half of U.S. military sites are threatened by wild weather linked to climate change, according to a Pentagon study whose findings run contrary to White House views on global warming.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 1, 2018

EPA delays 2015 Obama-era clean water rule for two years amid bid to repeal and replace it

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday that the 2015 Waters of the United States rule will not be applicable for two years while it works to repeal and replace the Obama-era clean water regulation.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 31, 2018

Rare 'lunar trifecta' battles cloud cover to make appearance in night skies over Japan

Many of the nation's stargazers were treated to a celestial show Wednesday night with the appearance of a "super blue blood moon," a phenomenon caused by the rare confluence of three lunar events.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 31, 2018

'Country of cowards': Comedy duo's political satire stands out in gun-shy Japan

In what was perhaps a make-or-break moment for their careers, comedy duo Woman Rush Hour did something on prime-time television in December that most of their fellow comedians try their best to eschew: They talked about politics.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 31, 2018

The Japan vlogger's gospel, not according to Logan Paul

In the wake of the Logan Paul 'suicide forest' fiasco, YouTubers offer their tips on filming in Japan without infuriating the locals.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 31, 2018

'Blank 13': Dark dysfunctional-family drama offers no easy answers

A father steps back into his family's lives, after a gap of 13 years, to tell them he is dying of cancer.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 31, 2018

'Manhunt': Action maestro John Woo drops the baton

'Manhunt' has got the white doves, gratuitous slo-mo and operatic gunplay that fans of Woo's earlier films would expect, but the whole thing is as slackly executed as an 'Expendables' movie.
EDITORIALS
Jan 31, 2018

The Meteorological Agency needs to beef up its volcano monitoring and alert system.

When Mount Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture erupted without warning Jan. 23, killing one person and injuring 11 others, the Meteorological Agency was unable to issue an alert immediately after the eruption — the first one was issued only about an hour later. The town of Kusatsu, the site of a ski resort...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2018

Kanagawa to test free smartphone rentals for tourists

Kanagawa Prefecture will test a free smartphone rental service for foreign tourists from mid-February to the end of March as the country readies itself for an expected influx of overseas visitors in the run-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 31, 2018

Trump's first State of the Union speech rehashes stances, reveals few new details on North Korea, trade

In his first State of the Union address, U.S. President Donald Trump branded the North Korean regime "depraved" and touted his pushback against "unfair trade deals," but had little new to say beyond rehashed statements about two key issues allied Japan continues to grapple with.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jan 31, 2018

Hard work pays off for good guy Tochinoshin

Tochinoshin finally lifted the Emperor’s Cup on Sunday, 12 tumultuous years after joining the sumo world.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 31, 2018

Japan women's hockey team aiming for medal at Pyeongchang Olympics

The Japanese women's national hockey team hasn't posted a single win in its previous two trips to the Winter Olympics.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 31, 2018

Lingering effects of 2011 disaster take toll in fallout-hit Fukushima, experts warn

There are fewer and fewer headlines these days about the catastrophe resulting from the triple core meltdown in March 2011 at Tepco's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. But participants at a recent symposium stressed that the disaster's lingering effects continue to weigh heavily on people and municipalities...
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

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

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
By Mai Yoshikawa

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