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BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 8, 2014

Sharp putting U.S. solar unit Recurrent Energy up for sale

Sharp Corp. is seeking to sell its U.S. solar-energy development unit Recurrent Energy.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2014

Apple aims to change the game with mobile-payments debut

Apple Inc. is jumping into the mobile-payments market just as retailers upgrade their cash registers to be more secure and ready to receive wireless transactions.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 6, 2014

Kanazawa City: the architecture of tea

One of the first things you see as you exit Kanazawa Station is a giant brass sculpture of a teapot sunken drunkenly into a mound of grass or, depending on your interpretation, tilting to fill a cup of the refreshing green brew the city is noted for. That a municipal piece of art should be dedicated...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 4, 2014

Jaga Jazzist brings the sound of Oslo to Tokyo Jazz Festival

Trying to slot artists into specific trends, genres and an ever-expanding number of subgenres is a constant obsession for meticulous music fans looking to define what they're listening to. Journalists categorize, sometimes to the dismay of the bands they're covering, to make things simpler for their...
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 2, 2014

Poor response to Ebola causing needless deaths, World Bank head says

The world's "disastrously inadequate response" to West Africa's Ebola outbreak means many people are dying who could easily be saved, the head of the World Bank said Monday, as Nigeria confirmed another case of the highly contagious virus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 28, 2014

Former aide to Jasper Johns admits stealing, selling artwork for $6.5 million

A former assistant to renowned American contemporary artist Jasper Johns pleaded guilty on Wednesday to selling nearly two dozen of Johns' works without his knowledge.
CULTURE / Music
Aug 26, 2014

Jazz artist Emi Meyer teams up with guitarist Seiichi Nagai for a warm, poppy album

Jazz artist Emi Meyer had plenty to be happy about in 2008. She had just self-released her debut album "Curious Creature," she was performing shows around Kyoto and major labels in Tokyo were attempting to woo her. The half-American, half-Japanese Meyer, though, says the situation wasn't so sunny.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / EVERYMAN EATS
Aug 26, 2014

Refuel and refresh at Japan's gourmet motoring rest stops

Whoever said it's better to travel than to arrive must have been traveling in Japan. Just ask the folks who hit the road earlier this month for the o-Bon summer holidays. Sure, the nightly newscasts were filled with horror stories of bumper-to-bumper traffic, but motorists and their families knew that...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 23, 2014

Cheap train to the north with Basho

On July 19, the Yamagata Shinkansen debuted a luxury ashiya (foot bath) service. A ticket from Tokyo to Yamagata City, in Tohoku Prefecture, costs around ¥11,000, but 15 minutes in the foot bath car is extra. If Matsuo Basho, Japan's most well-known poet, were to retrace his 156-day-long trek through...
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2014

Protests remain muted in Ferguson as National Guard withdraws

Protests in Ferguson, Missouri, were muted for a third straight evening on Friday as National Guard troops began withdrawing from the St. Louis suburb, racked by nearly two weeks of racial turmoil after a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Aug 20, 2014

A high price to pay for a little peace of mind

Sometimes it's hard to believe the American that emerged, naked and naive, from Narita International Airport back in 2004 and the person writing this column are one and the same. Life in Japan has made me, unmade me and remade me. I've unpacked and sorted through all sorts of koto (generally, things...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 20, 2014

'Babel' dance speaks volumes

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet have lots in common.
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2014

Amazon surge in Japan lifts Yamato's express deliveries

As more Japanese use mobile phones to shop online, Asia's biggest parcel shipper is ready.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 13, 2014

Female anxiety shot from every angle

The Japanese film industry used to be like much of the rest of Japanese society: male-centered and male-run. It made plenty of movies about women and for women, but their directors were all men. That began to change when Naomi Kawase won a Cannes Camera d'Or prize in 1997 for her first feature, "Moe...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 12, 2014

New Kyoto food complex aims to feed the mind and body

On a recent visit to Kyoca Food Laboratory on the edge of Umekoji Park, west of Kyoto Station, I waited more than half an hour for a friend who was "on her way." The mercury was tipping 37 degrees in the midday sun; even the cicadas had given up their racket.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Aug 12, 2014

Why you should never judge a cupcake by its frosting

While the heavy dollop of bright frosting hints at an overwhelmingly sugary dessert reminiscent of those back in the United States, Ciappuccino New York's cupcakes are not too sweet. Flavors include Cookie Cream — which is topped with a mini Oreo-like cookie — Berry Go Round and S'More (¥324 each)....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 12, 2014

Review: File-Under Records 12th Anniversary Party at Huck Finn

Mere seconds after Melt-Banana started into its set, I get kicked in the face and am left with a busted nose. Still, I enjoyed the show.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2014

Russian restaurateurs wrangle with food import ban

Moscow's sweeping sanctions on European food have sent Russian restaurateurs, retail chains and food producers scrambling for alternative supplies and bracing for Soviet-style shortages.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 9, 2014

Sun-dazed on a distant archipelago

It didn't take long for a seasoned group of truck drivers to stake their claim to the best seats in the house or, in this case, ferry. They positioned themselves on tiny plastic seats at the rear of the open deck as the ferry left Tomari Port in Naha City, Okinawa, bound for the island of Kumejima. More...
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2014

Mick Jagger leads celebrities in plea against Scottish independence

Rolling Stone Mick Jagger joined more than 200 celebrities in signing a letter calling on voters in Scotland to reject independence in a referendum next month.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 7, 2014

Contest seeks your best shot of Tokyo; Hard Rock brings global burgers; art and pleasing the palate

Contest seeks your best shot of Tokyo
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 6, 2014

Spy probe heightens China-Canada tensions, reflects split in Ottawa

China's decision to investigate two Canadians for suspected spying highlights a sharp and unexpected deterioration in bilateral ties just months ahead of a trip by Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Beijing.
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Aug 1, 2014

Goods to spruce up the dining experience

This month's Kikof This month, we're focusing on perfecting the kitchen and dining room, kicking off with the aptly named Kikof, a covetable set of dishes and tableware.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 31, 2014

Tokyo Stock Exchange moves toward longer hours as night session eyed

TSE moves toward longer hours as night session eyed
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 30, 2014

Enoshima: Do you think Japan should legalize casino gambling?

Charles Lewis asks interviewees in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, what they think about the idea of relaxing the long-standing ban on gambling and and allowing the establishment of casinos.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 28, 2014

A trip around the Yushukan, Japan's font of discord

Often overlooked in discussions about Yasukuni is the divisive role played by the Yushukan, the war museum built within the shrine grounds to promote the 'Yasukuni doctrine.'
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jul 28, 2014

Genki-wo dashite!

Today we will introduce various meanings and usages of the transitive verb u51fauff08u3060uff09u3059 (to take something out).
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2014

The pathetic state of infrastructure in America

The deliberate starving of public funding for America's roads, bridges, parks, schools, public hospitals, even hospitals charged with caring for U.S. veterans, reflects the economic and political system's ass-backward priorities.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
Takaichi calls for the updating of Japan's economic security law
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to a panel on promoting economic security in Japan on Friday.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ‘Mishima’ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima’s legacy, Paul Schrader’s biopic “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was blocked from screening in the country for decades.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.

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