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Japan Times
SUMO
Jan 19, 2019

Sumo 101: Championship portraits

One of the most striking features of Ryogoku Kokugikan is the ring of giant portraits hanging from the rafters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2018

Finns respond to Trump by 'raking' their country great again

Puzzled Finns have taken to Twitter to post pictures of themselves raking the forest after U.S. President Donald Trump said California should learn a lesson from the Nordic country about how to protect itself against wildfires.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 3, 2018

Shibuya's Halloween havoc may tarnish future festivities

Less than a decade ago, finding any sort of Halloween celebration in Tokyo would have been tough. Then, suddenly, October revelry was everywhere you looked in the capital. And in 2018, the spookiest event of the year has evolved once again in Japan: It’s now being held up as an example of hedonism...
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 2, 2018

A master of Zen wisdom and dad jokes

If you are an older chubby man with a receding hairline and facing nothing but a decline into old age and death, there's always the work of Zen monk Sengai Gibon (1750-1837) to fall back on.
EDITORIALS
Sep 30, 2018

Postcards from the heavens

For a real change of perspective, head over to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) website to see videos and photographs from the Hayabusa2 mission. The pictures are courtesy of two tiny robot rovers, Minerva-II1A and Minerva-II1B, that landed late last month on the asteroid Ryugu. In addition...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2018

Myanmar army seen falsifying photos to smear Rohingya 'Bengalis'

The grainy black-and-white photo, printed in a new book on the Rohingya crisis authored by Myanmar's army, shows a man standing over two bodies, wielding a farming tool. "Bengalis killed local ethnics brutally," reads the caption.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 25, 2018

At least 19 dead, more than 3,000 in need of rescue after Laos dam collapse: report

Nineteen people have been confirmed dead and more than 3,000 need to be rescued after a dam collapsed in a remote part of land-locked Laos, local media reported Wednesday.
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CULTURE / Art
May 8, 2018

The funny side of Edo Period culture

Sometimes vulgar or ridiculous, and occasionally cliched, the toba-e of Nichosai, Kuniyoshi, Hokusai and Kyosai at the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts offer a panorama of what the historically amusing.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 22, 2018

Seventeen rowers die after two dragon boats capsize in southern Chinese river

Two dragon boats practicing to race on a river in China have overturned and 17 people drowned, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday.
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 14, 2018

Handbag hashtag turns tables on misogynist social media conversation

When does posting a photo on social media of something you use on a daily basis represent more than simply sharing a slice of your life with your followers?
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2018

Akita banks on namesake dog to fetch overseas tourists

After winning gold in women's ice skating at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February, 15-year old Alina Zagitova has her eyes set on another prize — a Japanese puppy named after Akita, the prefecture from which it originates.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 18, 2018

China propaganda kicks into overdrive as 'helmsman' Xi basks in glow of presidential reappointment

With pictures of ecstatic citizens standing in applause, happily tearful legislators and even a social media game, China's propaganda drive has kicked into high gear following Xi Jinping's unanimous reappointment as president.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Restaurant Do's and Don'ts
Mar 3, 2018

Getting a restaurant started is hard, but stopping is even harder

We've gotten this far, and now it's time for the final lesson: how to hit the ground running, and how to know if it's time to stop. You're going to need to make sure that when you open, everything is running right, all the food looks and tastes as good as it can, and that little things like your exhaust...
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 2, 2017

Japan Times 1942: 'Public to be trained to stab enemies with bamboo spears'

The simplest form of suicide for any enemy parachutist would be to attempt a landing on Japan, for the Dai Nippon Martial Arts Association and the Dai Nippon Physical Training Association will train every Japanese in the manly art of stabbing enemy paratroops with bamboo spears.
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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Oct 30, 2017

Some war-displaced return to Marawi to find their homes either leveled or looted

Khaliluddin Ismail returned home Sunday after five months of war in the southern Philippines to find his house ransacked. But he's still smiling.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 3, 2017

In the right light, every detail counts

At the tail end of an unexpectedly long conversation, the last question I ask photographer Keizo Kitajima is why it's important for him to have even lighting across the image. The photographs he is showing at the Photographers' Gallery in Shinjuku are part of his long-running "Untitled Records" series...
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 27, 2017

Surviving sexual assault in Japan, then victimized again

Despite signs of progress, some women still face secondary ordeals at the hands of police after rape and other sexual attacks.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Aug 20, 2017

Learning to become snap happy with an instant camera in Japan

My 5-year-old daughter has something precious in her hands. It's perfectly square, with a bright orange body, a black lens, a neck strap, a distinct red dot logo — and it's making me nervous.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jul 1, 2017

Blogger Namiko Chen satisfies an appetite for Japanese fare

Every day for the past six years, Namiko Chen has been sending recipes from her cookbook of Japanese dishes out into the world from her home in San Francisco via her website and through a mix of social media channels.
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CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 2, 2017

'Wonder Woman' sets out on her quest to transform Hollywood

"Wonder Woman," the comic-book epic poised to dominate the box office this weekend, also shatters one of the remaining glass ceilings for women — directing big-budget, Hollywood superhero movies.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 23, 2017

Symantec says 'highly likely' North Korea group behind 'WannaCry' ransomware attacks

Cybersecurity firm Symantec Corp. said on Monday it was "highly likely" a hacking group affiliated with North Korea was behind the "WannaCry" cyberattack this month that infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide and disrupted hospitals, banks and schools across the globe.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 18, 2017

U.S. aircraft carrier strike group still thousands of kilometers from South Korea, photos show

The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier, initially believed to be arriving soon in waters off the Korean Peninsula as part of a show of force to Pyongyang by the U.S., appears to still be thousands of kilometers away, photos posted to the navy's website have shown.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 14, 2017

A year after Kyushu quakes, Sony's sensor business expands to AR, robots

The earthquakes that jolted Kyushu a year ago killed dozens, left tens of thousands homeless and were a reminder of how much the global supply chain for smartphones and digital cameras depends on Sony Corp.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 28, 2017

Publishing pioneer Kikuko Ireton introduced the world to Japanese film

Kikuko Ireton, who co-founded "Movie/TV Marketing," a pioneering English-language trade journal about the domestic film industry, died in Tokyo on Thursday from complications of pneumonia.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 26, 2017

China may be developing 'breakthrough' long-range air-to-air missile

China may be testing a new, long-range air-to-air missile that could take out early warning aircraft and aerial refueling aircraft, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday, after pictures of the new missile surfaced online.
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JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jan 14, 2017

Recalling the ins and outs of our memory

In the Harry Potter films, Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore shows the young wizard memories that he keeps in glass vessels. The franchise portrays memories as things that possess a physical structure that can be moved around. Although they appear to look like wispy bits of fluff, they are given...
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JAPAN
Jan 11, 2017

Japanese women see aspirational qualities in 'de facto first lady' Ivanka Trump

Miyu Toyonaga was thrilled when she discovered who had visited her Instagram account last April. It was Ivanka Trump, her fashion icon, and she had liked a photo of Toyonaga with a leather clutch purse from Ivanka's namesake brand.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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