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JAPAN
Jun 20, 2018

Japan's interest in World Cup spikes after Samurai Blue's surprise win over Colombia

Japanese fans were reveling in victory Wednesday, a day after their team's surprise win against Colombia in its first match in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2018

Takatsuki residents mourn death of 9-year-old girl, as cleanup in quake-hit Kansai continues

The tributes came as life in the city appeared to be improving on Tuesday with train lines resuming operation.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2018

Osaka quake highlights dangers posed by concrete-block walls

The death on Monday of a 9-year-old girl in Osaka Prefecture highlights the potential dangers of violating building codes and of concrete-block walls, which can turn lethal when major earthquakes strike.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 18, 2018

Criticism aimed at Japan over ocean plastic issue

Environmental groups slam Japan and America's failure to sign a G7 document setting targets for mitigating the increasingly serious problem of plastic waste in the ocean.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2018

At least four killed, more than 300 injured after strong earthquake rattles Osaka

One of the most powerful earthquakes to rock the Kansai region in decades struck Osaka and neighboring prefectures Monday morning, leaving at least four people dead and more than 300 injured.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2018

Osaka quake could be sign of more shaking to come, experts warn

While details of the fault movements behind the fatal quake have yet to be determined, it struck in an area where active faults are concentrated.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2018

Marines' Mike Bolsinger earns complete-game victory over Giants

Takashi Ogino legged out the double and Shogo Nakamura drove in the run.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2018

Abductees' relatives hope Trump-Kim summit will lead to return of loved ones

As they watched footage of the historic summit between leaders of the United States and North Korea on Tuesday, relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago expressed hope that the landmark meeting in Singapore will lead to the return of their loved ones.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 11, 2018

Japanese astronaut Kanai in rehabilitation in Houston

Astronaut Norishige Kanai, 41, has returned to Earth after finishing his stay on the International Space Station.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 9, 2018

Undocumented workers in Japan in a constant state of uncertainty

People who live in a state of daily desperation sometimes react to their circumstances with violence against others or themselves and, while such actions are a manifestation of frustration, they can also alert the larger world to that frustration, even if it wasn't intended.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 4, 2018

J. League's Vissel Kobe welcomes Spanish soccer legend Iniesta

Vissel Kobe holds an event at the Noevir Stadium Kobe to welcome midfielder Andres Iniesta, who joined J1 team Vissel Kobe from Spanish La Liga team Barcelona.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 1, 2018

Breaking down the Kake Gakuen scandal: Who's lying, Abe or his political opponents?

Opposition camp lawmakers roared in anger. Stenographers were ordered to stop transcribing. The prime minister accused an opposition leader of lying.
JAPAN / Politics
May 31, 2018

Rising LDP star Shinjiro Koizumi, like his charismatic dad, finds growing fan base

Young, debonair and eloquent, Shinjiro Koizumi has, in a way, become the political equivalent of a pop idol.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
May 28, 2018

License plates with regional designs to be introduced across Japan

On May 22, the transport ministry announced new designs for license plates that will be introduced in 41 regions nationwide.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
May 28, 2018

Let's discuss unfair play from Nichidai

The head coach of Nihon University's American football team says he will quit after apologizing to a Kwansei Gakuin University player over a controversial play.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
May 21, 2018

Let's discuss the scandal surrounding Tokio's Tatsuya Yamaguchi

Tatsuya Yamaguchi, a member of Japanese all-male pop group Tokio, intends to leave the band after coming under fire for kissing a high school student.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
May 21, 2018

Island of monkeys once again connected to the mainland

For the second consecutive year, the island of Koshima is connected to the mainland thanks to a lack of major typhoons, raising fears of trouble between visiting humans and resident monkeys
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Top Japan trade negotiator canceled U.S. trip over rice, report says
Ryosei Akazawa
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, U.S. appeals court rules
Workers hang a large poster of U.S. President Donald Trump on the facade of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Washington on Wednesday.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Japan is warming up to tattoos — just not permanent ones
Tattoos have a complex history in Japan, but new types of temporary ink are letting locals curious about body art experiment without the commitment.
YouTube Music Weekend is where Japan’s internet-born performers go global
Headlining the second day of YouTube Music Weekend is Vocaloid artist Kikuo, who, with 1.46 million YouTube subscribers, is one of the most popular artists in the genre.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.

Podcast

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

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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