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LIFE / Style & Design
Jan 28, 2018

Eat, sleep and shop at Muji Hotel

It all feels faintly familiar. There are the neutral textiles, the pale wood furniture, the green plants, the clean-lined gadgets and an aesthetic that is as calming as it is minimal.
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CULTURE / Art
Jan 28, 2018

Minakata: Japan's pioneer of ecology

In an old black-and-white photograph on show at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Minakata Kumagusu — with a shaved head and dressed only in a waistcloth — stands by a huge tree, arms crossed in seeming defiance. He could easily be a lumberjack or a rural monk whose life of seclusion...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 28, 2018

Launch a tourist-friendly Seto Inland Sea ferry system and they will come

The 250 or so inhabited islands scattered like pebbles between Honshu and Shikoku have been unfairly relegated to guidebook sidebars labeled 'Off the beaten track.'
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jan 28, 2018

Destined to be: Dog Chucker finds a family in Tokyo

Chucker was first featured here in June, at a time when he had actually already met his family-to-be at an adoption event some months before.
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COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jan 28, 2018

Japan's shocking decline of rural doctors

A new medical system threatens to deprive residents in rural communities of the opportunity to receive proper medical care.
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JAPAN
Jan 28, 2018

English teacher challenges students to plug in to the world

The English-language learning programs in Japan's public schools have long been criticized for being too focused on rote learning.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 27, 2018

Game on! Japan's live-action games offer players a fleeting escape from reality

A group of surly guards inspect a line of inmates on death row standing in front of a prison.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 27, 2018

Is artificial intelligence killing Japan's banks?

As part of an ongoing series about artificial intelligence, the Asahi Shimbun on Jan. 11 published a story that asserts the financial industry has adopted AI more readily than any other. Because finance is a data-driven endeavor, designing AI software to do things such as read and analyze reams of economic...
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 27, 2018

North Koreans express cynicism and enthusiasm over nuclear crisis

The fate of the world hangs on two volatile characters of doubtful sanity.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jan 27, 2018

Yumiko Oho teaches the ABC's of life in Italy

The desire to escape Japan's old-school notion of gender roles paved the way for a former bank employee to discover business opportunities overseas.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 27, 2018

Okinawa soba: Noodle of the island king still popular today

Okinawa soba: Noodle of the island king still popular today
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 27, 2018

Shukan Bunshun shoots itself in the foot with Komuro scandal

Another month, another celebrity controversy in Japan. This time, however, the commotion over J-pop producer Tetsuya Komuro’s alleged affair and subsequent retirement might mark the moment that netizens rejected the country’s obsession with scandals. It also allowed those who might fall under the...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 27, 2018

Sosuke Kitamura: A man of painted words

Name: Sosuke Kitamura
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 27, 2018

It's snow big deal: Tokyoites share wintry fun

The Meteorological Agency issued its first heavy snow advisory in four years for all 23 wards of Tokyo on Jan. 22, sending social media sites into overdrive.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2018

Cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck loses ¥58 billion in hacking attack

Echoing the Mt. Gox fiasco that happened nearly four years ago, Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck disclosed Friday that a hacker had stolen about ¥58 billion ($532 million) worth of its holdings, sending clients into a panic about the fate of their virtual assets.
EDITORIALS
Jan 27, 2018

Monitoring use of secret funds

A Supreme Court ruling provides an opportunity to retool information disclosure on the use of secret government funds.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2018

Why scientists solve harder problems first

We've found thousands of distant planets, but not a cure for the common cold. What gives?
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 27, 2018

Groups promote Olympic legacy

"Legacy" or "legacies" has been a key world in the recent history of the Olympic Games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 27, 2018

BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda didn't revise price outlook in Davos remark, central bank says

The Bank of Japan said Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda wasn't revising the inflation outlook when he said in Davos on Friday that consumer prices are finally moving close to the 2 percent target.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2018

Biggest bunker-buster bomb upgraded by U.S. for B-2 bombers amid North Korea crisis

The U.S. Air Force has deployed an upgraded version of the country's largest non-nuclear bomb — a 30,000-pound "bunker-buster" that can only be carried by the B-2 stealth bomber and could be used against adversaries such as North Korea.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2018

White House counsel McGahn 'fed up' with Trump, threatened to quit job last year

White House Counsel Donald McGahn threatened to quit last June because he was "fed up" after President Donald Trump insisted he take steps to remove the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, a person familiar with the matter said.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2018

Coincheck hacked in ¥58 billion cryptocurrency heist, four years after Mt. Gox

Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange discloses it had lostu00a0about u00a558 billion ($532 million) worth of its holdings, sending clients into a panic.
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LIFE / Digital
Jan 26, 2018

With EVO Japan 2018, Japanese gamers finally get the home advantage

The video game tournament known as Evolution Championship Series had humble beginnings. Starting in California as a 40-person tournament between friends in 1996, it has since grown into arguably the world’s most celebrated fighting game tournament, complete with large cash prizes and major corporate...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 26, 2018

Moment of truth for the Bank of Japan

The BOJ continues to provide significant stimulus to the economy, but with inflation still well below target the central bank finds itself between a rock and a hard place.
EDITORIALS
Jan 26, 2018

Trump takes a hard line on trade

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on solar panels raises the prospect of retaliation and shows a disregard for the WTO's dispute settlement mechanism.

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