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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2017

Why Donald Trump is doomed (and no it's not the Nazi thing)

Trump's defense of Nazis and Klansmen isn't a radical departure from the GOP political norm. Where he's gone off the rails by American standards is a question of style.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 29, 2017

'Keiichi Tahara: Photosynthesis with Min Tanaka'

Sept. 9-Dec. 24
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 28, 2017

Nagoya group looks to turn disposable diaper waste into fuel

Three men whose companies are involved in the manufacture and sales of disposable diapers — the use of which is expected to increase with the aging population — have started an association in Nagoya to research ways to turn them into fuel.
EDITORIALS
Aug 27, 2017

National energy plan needs a major review

The government continues to place too much emphasis on nuclear power despite the Fukushima crisis and negative public opinion.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 26, 2017

Reconnecting with our nature: teamLab's digital revolution

An interactive art collective wants us all to connect and experience a world without boundaries.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Aug 26, 2017

Sushi Masa: Three sushi restaurants, one charm

Getting in and out of Sushi Masa is much like trying to maneuver in a walk-in closet.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 24, 2017

Luxury hotels set to welcome Olympic guests

In 2020, Marriott International Inc. will open for the first time in Japan two "high-grade luxury lifestyle hotels" with the EDITION Toranomon and EDITION Ginza.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2017

When we all must live in fear of online mobs

The internet is transforming the power of social coercion in extremely troubling ways.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2017

For foreign companies in Japan, adapting to local culture seen as key to success

Adjusting to culture in Japan is often a challenge for foreign residents. The same goes for foreign companies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 21, 2017

Japanese war memorabilia pile up at museums, while online auctions of artifacts remain unregulated

More and more people whose relatives lived through World War II are donating inherited personal items to peace memorial museums throughout Japan. Such artifacts offer a lens through which visitors are afforded view of Japan's wartime experience. But many museums face difficulties, including insufficient...
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Aug 20, 2017

Keep cool till after school with these gadgets this summer

Sampling device is as cool as ice
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Aug 20, 2017

Fukushima Medical and Ohio State team up on radiotherapy

Fukushima Medical University has launched an international exchange program with Ohio State University that will focus on developing experts in cancer radiation therapy.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 19, 2017

Gachapon: Tracing the evolution of Japan's colorful toy capsules

Where else but Japan could you buy a miniature version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" figure crouching over a squat toilet, horror-struck? It's one of thousands of ingeniously designed trinkets you can buy for a pittance from toy machines across the nation. They're subversive, beautifully crafted and...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 18, 2017

Searching for traces of a mountain mystic in rural Aichi

Mount Horaiji was said to be home to Rishu Sennin, an ascetic from the mists of antiquity
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 17, 2017

Journeyman Hamilton gives Bambitious boost in frontcourt

The Bambitious Nara's recent signing of Gary Hamilton signals the team's serious commitment to winning.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 15, 2017

Dealing with connectivity and isolation at the Yokohama Triennale

As Akiko Miki, one of the three curators of this year's Yokohama Triennale, tries to wrap up a roundtable discussion titled "The Connecting World and the Isolating World" at the Yokohama Museum of Art, a question is shouted out from the back of the room.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2017

From subculture chic to mainstream style trend: Japanese-themed T-shirts are all the rage

Designers and clothing retailers are spotting what has previously been a niche trend now gaining widespread popularity in Japan, drawing a growing number of fashion-forward customers from within the country and overseas: T-shirts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2017

Aichi's mobile supermarkets keeps seniors stocked with groceries, checks in on aging customers

Mobile supermarkets are beginning to pop up in urban areas, including Nagoya.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Aug 12, 2017

Sesame seed-flavored soft cream: Designed with Instagram in mind

Harajuku has gone gaga over food designed for Instagram. Walk down Takeshita Street and you'll probably see people snapping shots of giant, rainbow-colored cotton candy and the like.
Japan Times
JAPAN / OKINAWA BEAT
Aug 11, 2017

Okinawa positions itself as hub for used rental-car exports

Okinawa plans to export more used cars, making use of vehicles retired from the prefecture's prospering car rental businesses.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 8, 2017

Parkgolf and other netlabel acts are seeing more success offline

Tokyo's first netlabel parties were filled with nods to internet culture. You'd see customers ordering their drinks via Twitter, robotic hands clapping in time to DJ sets, and people live-streaming themselves from the dancefloor.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Aug 8, 2017

Kihira shines as Japan skaters sweep titles

Japanese skaters dominated at the Asian Open Trophy last week in Hong Kong in the first event of the long Olympic season.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 7, 2017

J-pop duo Scott & Rivers on writing Japanese lyrics

When American musician Scott Murphy first came to Japan in 2001, he could only say a few phrases in Japanese.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
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.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
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.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

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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