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BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2017

McDonald's shelves plans to sell Japan unit stake after rebound

McDonald's Corp. said it's shelving plans to sell a stake in its Japan unit that has seen a turnaround since the company announced it was looking for a buyer more than a year ago.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 21, 2017

Home of the cultured pearl, Toba in Ise-Shima has both history and living tradition

"To Bond," Ian Fleming wrote in his 1964 novel, "You Only Live Twice," "they all seemed beautiful in the soft evening light ... the gleaming, muscled buttocks, cleft by the black cord, the powerful thong round the waist with its string of oval lead weights."
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 21, 2017

Festive cakes fete children

From April 29 to May 7, the Royal Park Hotel is selling six different types of cakes to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 15, 2017

Pursuing peculiar passions: the wacky world of Japan's offbeat groups

Play it safe. Follow the rules. Respect authority. And, above all, don't stick out like that silly proverbial nail.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 15, 2017

Preparation for S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2018 contest ramps up in Tokyo

The search is on for the next generation of aspiring culinary stars. Over the next year, up-and-coming chefs around the world will be sharpening their knives and their kitchen skills in the hope of making it to the Grand Finale of the Young Chef 2018 competition in Italy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2017

Spud shortage in Japan makes potato chips a hot commodity

Demand for potato chips surged in Japan this week, with products on offer for six times their retail price online after snack maker Calbee Inc. halted the sale of some of its most popular chip brands.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 13, 2017

Springtime dining in the 'garden of France'

La Tour d'Argent at The Hotel New Otani Tokyo has created a selection of food specialties inspired by the regional cuisine of France's Loire Valley. Two dinner courses, priced at ¥18,000 and ¥25,000 (excluding drinks, tax and service charge), are available until April 25 (closed Mondays).
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Apr 8, 2017

Japanese sake startup finds way to float in sinking industry

Entrepreneur Nao Kohara sits at a table in his favorite neighborhood bar, checking emails on his laptop computer and sipping a glass of sake.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 7, 2017

Drawing on Seattle startup revolution, Fukuoka angling to be entrepreneur hub

From the fifth-floor office of his internet startup, Kazz Watabe can see the sea bass jump in the bay as he works on his fishing website to the sound of jazz and the waves washing on the beach below.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2017

The enemy within: Russia faces changing Islamist threat with metro bombing

Akbarzhon Dzhalilov, the man suspected of blowing up a Russian metro train, represents a new wave of radical Islamists who blend into local society away from existing jihadi movements — making it harder for security forces to stop their attacks.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 6, 2017

Celebration of spring events

The Imperial Hotel Tokyo is offering a limited spring plan through April 25 for guests to celebrate school entrances. The wide variety of sweets and picnic boxes available at Gargantua, the hotel bakery on the first floor, is also perfect for hanami cherry blossom viewing parties.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Apr 6, 2017

'Samurai Gourmet' explores the art of the meal

In the first episode of Japan's latest contribution to original Netflix programming, "Samurai Gourmet," Takeshi Kasumi enters a small teishoku (set meal) joint and grapples over whether to have a beer with lunch. Inspired by an imaginary samurai, he gets one. That's it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 5, 2017

More retailers in Japan accept virtual currency

With the use of virtual currency spreading, especially overseas, more retailers in Japan are opening up to payments from tourists via the blockchain technology.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GASTECH JAPAN 2017
Apr 4, 2017

Chiba Prefecture boasts green parks, long history

Inhabited by people since the pre-historic era, Makuhari is today a conference city that — thanks to its proximity to Tokyo — is highly regarded as a convenient site for holding various events and conferences. Makuhari lies in Chiba Prefecture, which has a land area of 5,156 sq. kilometers and a...
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 30, 2017

New rooms mark anniversary

Hotel Rose Garden Shinjuku, in commemorating its 20th anniversary, opened a new wing with 40 rooms on March 22.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Mar 24, 2017

Pakuchi and Lemonade: Harnessing the thirst-quenching power of coriander

Pakuchi, called coriander in English, has been enjoying its time in the sun as a trendy ingredient in restaurants and recipes across the country as of late.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 24, 2017

Luxury serviced residence offers comfort of home

Visitors to Tokyo will soon be able to enjoy a luxurious accommodation experience at an exquisite serviced residence in Otemachi, the capital's business and financial hub.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 23, 2017

Celebrate spring among blossoms

The Hotel Century Southern Tower's annual spring party plan through the end of April is perfectly timed to coincide with the blossoming of someiyoshino and yaezakura cherry trees, so guests can experience all the beauty that spring in Japan has to offer.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 23, 2017

Samurai drama to put unique spin on evolution of theater

Japanese audiences will soon join those in Holland as the only people in the world with access to a theater whose seating area rotates to face a ring of multiple stages.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2017

Tokyo to build English-language immersion facility for kids in 2018

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announces it will construct a language immersion facility in 2018 to improve the ability of children to communicate in English.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Mar 20, 2017

Premium Friday campaign kicks off

The government-backed Premium Friday campaign encouraging workers to leave the office early once a month has begun.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 18, 2017

Taiwan: Where Japanese go to feel at home on vacation

Taiwan was Japanese soil for about five decades until the end of WWII. Amazingly, this is the one country where the Japanese imperialists managed to do more good than harm when they colonized it in 1895.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 17, 2017

Craft beer collaboration celebrates shared values of three very different businesses

A newspaper and a pub chain walk into a brewery...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 16, 2017

Welcome spring among the blossoms

"All things Sakura," celebrating Japan's blossom-filled spring, will take place at The Peninsula Tokyo from March 25 to April 2. Visitors will find themselves in a hanami (cherry-blossom viewing) wonderland immediately upon arrival, as the hotel lobby is decorated with hundreds of cherry trees.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 15, 2017

Finding a family in Japan's foreign drag scene

Western drag queens living in Tokyo, Kansai and Nagoya discuss the differences between the scene in Japan and back home.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2017

Millennial movers revive Japanese mountain towns amid depopulation

High-speed broadband. An award-winning brewpub built with recycled materials as part of a "zero waste" mission. An artist-in-residence program. Organic pizza from a wood-fired oven.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Mar 12, 2017

Militant approach to collecting fees hurts JASRAC's reputation

At the start of 2017, it was hard to imagine a way that the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) could garner more hate from social media users than its already received. The music copyright management organization has long been one of the most loathed institutions...

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