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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Dec 10, 2021

Sports, silent meals and 'Shut Up!': What Japan was talking about in 2021

The year's top buzzwords were announced to great fanfare, but the real word on everyone's lip last week was 'omicron.'
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Dec 1, 2021

Paris hoping to sell record 3 million tickets for 2024 Paralympics

Should all the tickets on sale for the 2024 Paralympics be purchased, Paris will break the record set by London 2012 when 2.7 million tickets were sold.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Oct 6, 2021

Early American sumo trailblazer earned rare honor at Miyagino stable

In the summer of 1976, high-school teacher John Jacques traveled to Japan in order to learn what he could and promote the sport's development in Hawaii.
Figure Skating
Oct 3, 2021

Shoma Uno overcomes shaky start to win at Japan Open

The 23-year-old, who won silver at the Pyeongchang Olympics, fell on his first quad attempt but landed the other three quad jumps to earn 181.21 points and finish ahead of Shun Sato.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Sep 26, 2021

Aces Nick Martinez and Kodai Senga keeping Hawks' playoff hopes alive

The formidable duo will be a significant asset for SoftBank should it manage to earn a spot in the Pacific League's Climax Series.
SOCCER / WE LEAGUE
Sep 10, 2021

Japan's ambitious WE League aims to empower in historic first season

Japan's first professional women's soccer league will launch on Sunday with the goals of promoting gender equality and raising the country's level of play.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 28, 2021

Fuji Rock tests the waters in a ‘return to normal’

The drama surrounding this year's Olympics plays out on a smaller level at Fuji Rock 2021.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / FOCUS
Aug 17, 2021

Virus surge in Japan overshadows excitement ahead of the Paralympics

Athletes and officials are caught between worries over COVID-19 and their belief in what the Paralympics can do for inclusiveness and disability sports.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021

Tokyo Games marked by weightlifting firsts, but recent scandals cloud outlook

The sport has recently been mired by doping scandals and an International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) official last month cast doubt on its inclusion at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 26, 2021

A summer of competition for the LDP-Komeito coalition

Japan's big cities are not reflective of national level politics, so even if the LDP and Komeito suffer a poor outcome in a few weeks, it will not portend some sweeping movement.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 23, 2021

Can Japan fix the gender gap in its politics?

Currently, only 10% of Diet members in the House of Representatives and around 20% in the House of Councilors are female.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 22, 2021

Filmmaker Naomi Kawase eager to improve WJBL's reach as new chair

The award-winning director is among seven women appointed to the Women's Japan Basketball League's expanded board as it seeks to capitalize on basketball's rising popularity in the country.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 16, 2021

The party politics behind the annual no-confidence motion

All LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai needed was something to justify his outspoken preference for a snap election, and the no-confidence motion was just that.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 2, 2021

‘Tokyo Junkie’: Robert Whiting recounts a lifelong addiction to his adopted city

The author and longtime Japan resident tackles his hardest writing project ever — “interviewing himself” for a memoir on his life, the changing urban landscape and, of course, baseball.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 1, 2021

Japan's political state of play following the by-elections

The LDP's inability to pick up seats in the by-elections was unsurprising; after all, two of those seats were only up for election because of highly publicized scandals.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2021

Vaccine minister says inoculation pace to accelerate in May

Taro Kono said he expected to be able to get 10 million doses of vaccines each week in May but that the Olympics are not a factor in his scheduling.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 12, 2021

Naoya Inoue and Takashi Uchiyama highlight packed field at charity boxing event

Thursday's exhibition at Yoyogi National Gymnasium brought together some of Japan's greatest boxers, while highlighting the potential for rapid virus testing at large-scale events.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
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