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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Sep 20, 2019

Sapporo group to equip emergency shelter for people with special needs

A Sapporo-based association providing support to people with rare and intractable diseases is planning to establish its own shelter early next year allowing people with special needs to find a safe place in the event of an emergency.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 20, 2019

Roger Federer, John McEnroe push for Laver Cup's place in team tennis

Team events are having quite the resurgence on the men's tennis circuit, with three different competitions scheduled in the next four months. What's still unclear, though, is whether they can all co-exist in the long term.
Rugby
Sep 19, 2019

Japan hosts groundbreaking Rugby World Cup

The eyes of the world will be on Tokyo on Friday when Japan kicks off the 2019 Rugby World Cup in the opening game against Russia, taking the tournament outside its traditional heartlands for the first time.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2019

Chiba Prefecture tourism takes hit after Typhoon Faxai

The tourism industry in Chiba Prefecture has suffered a heavy blow from powerful Typhoon Faxai, which struck the prefecture last week.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 19, 2019

Christina Valdez ecstatic after fulfilling dream of seeing Yuzuru Hanyu skate in person

There is nothing greater in life than fulfilling a dream.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2019

Saudi Arabia drone attacks and trilateral coordination

Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility, but nobody in Tokyo believes that.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Sep 14, 2019

In the shadow of giants: Are high-rise condominiums in Japan destroying local communities?

Tsukishima is among many districts being gentrified by giant condominium projects popping up in the most populous city in the world.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 12, 2019

Bringing Japanese opera into the 21st century

Kazushi Ono, artistic director of opera at New National Theatre, Tokyo, is using his experience of working in Europe to help stage operas with a nod to the digital age in Japan
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 6, 2019

The National Police Agency and the Senkakus

The next step in the evolution of Japanese security practice will involve growing pains, but for better or worse, the Abe administration has demonstrated its willingness to endure some friction to posture against China's steadily increasing presence in the East China Sea.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Sep 5, 2019

Giving anime strength overseas

The Crunchyroll Expo in California sees Japanese animation enthusiasts gather to meet their heroes and embrace all aspects of anime fandom.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2019

Organizers for Tokyo Games considering using artificial snow to fight heat

The organizing committee for the Tokyo Games is considering using artificial snow to ease the expected summer heat during the events, officials said Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 3, 2019

Lithuania criticizes Chinese diplomats for raucous behavior at pro-Hong Kong protest

Lithuania said on Monday it had lodged a protest with the Chinese Embassy after some of its diplomats were involved in disruptions at a pro-Hong Kong protest in the capital of Vilnius last month.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 3, 2019

Shun Sato stellar in Lake Placid JGP victory

Shun Sato's debut on the Junior Grand Prix circuit was a smashing success.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2019

SpaceX's Mars rocket prototype rattles nearby residents in Texas test flight

SpaceX test-launched an early prototype of the company's Mars rocket on Tuesday, unnerving residents near the Texas site and clearing another key hurdle in billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's interplanetary ambitions.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 28, 2019

French investigators focus on Dentsu partner in sports corruption probe

French authorities investigating corruption in international sports believe a Swiss partner of Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Inc. played a "central and essential role" in deals used to embezzle sponsorship money and have asked Switzerland to raid its office and seize evidence, according to a person...
EDITORIALS
Aug 27, 2019

TICAD an eye-opener for Japan

Africa merits more of Japan's attention.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 27, 2019

Japan's history in global basketball tournament

The Japan men's national team will make its first appearance at the FIBA World Cup, which was formerly called the FIBA World Championship, since the 2006 edition in Japan. The Akatsuki Five have punched a ticket to it on their own for the first time since 1998.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / TICAD 7 Special
Aug 27, 2019

Businesses encouraged to invest in key future market

The Japan Times recently interviewed Shigeru Ushio, who heads the African Affairs Department of Japan's Foreign Ministry and is a key senior bureaucrat managing The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7) to be held in Yokohama from Aug. 28 through 30.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / TICAD 7 Special
Aug 27, 2019

Africa commerce succeeds through new partnerships

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / TICAD 7 Special
Aug 27, 2019

Strengthening bilateral ties at business fair

A record number of over 150 Japanese organizations from the private and public sectors are set to showcase their latest technology to visiting African leaders and officials at an exhibition in Yokohama on the sidelines of The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7).
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2019

One year countdown begins for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

With exactly one year to go, the countdown begins for Tokyo to become the first city to host the Paralympic Games twice.

Longform

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building