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BASKETBALL / B. League
May 13, 2021

B. League playoffs kick off with plenty of things to watch

After being forced to cancel the playoffs last season, eight B. League teams are ready to vie for the title this year.
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LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jan 30, 2021

Handy gadgets and apps for at-home life during Japan’s current state of emergency

What's new in the “new normal”? Pop-up teleworking modules, toilet paper tech and pocket-sized painting studios.
Reader Mail
Aug 14, 2020

We can still do many things this summer

The Aug. 20 article “Despite rainy season’s end, summer chilled by COVID-19” was really impressive. The spread of the novel coronavirus has prevented us from participating in routine summer events such as festivals, fireworks displays, climbing Mount Fuji and swimming in the sea in the areas around...
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 21, 2020

Mornington Crescent: Great British baking finds a home in Tokyo

Stacey Ward couldn't find the home-style British baked goods she craved in Tokyo. So she took things into her own oven and opened Mornington Crescent, a combination bakery and teaching space.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2019

Five things to know about the scandal enveloping top Japanese comedy agency Yoshimoto Kogyo

From one channel to the next, almost every comedy and variety show on Japanese TV features personalities from entertainment powerhouse Yoshimoto Kogyo Co.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 8, 2019

Stranger things: Weird ways to get festive in Japan

Men in straw capes wearing ferocious horned masks with gleaming eyes and long, pointed fangs stare down at a group of reporters. Others donning masks of a devil, monkey and a long-nosed tengu birdman squat as they pose for photographs during a news conference on Nov. 30 — the day after UNESCO added...
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Places
Apr 19, 2019

Things to do in Tokyo during Golden Week

This year's unprecedented 10-day-long Golden Week is a chance for people to travel and see the world. Unfortunately, with sky-high plane tickets and sold-out bullet trains, many of us will be staying in Tokyo for long staycation. If you are living in the capital and have seen most of the big tourist...
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BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2019

Are a small Japanese firm's China-linked woes a harbinger of things to come?

In snow country along the northwest coast of Honshu, a small manufacturer of precision molds is feeling the pain of China's economic slowdown.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Dec 24, 2018

Redoing things with the help of naosu and kaesu

Sakki no shorui, tsukurinaoshita-n-desu kedo, mite itadakemasu ka? Those documents from before, I've done them over again. Could you take a look for me?
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WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 12, 2018

With Brexit fiasco hanging over her, Theresa May does things her way, one day at a time

Theresa May sat quietly sipping tea in the corner of a small room at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester last October. The British prime minister had just delivered a speech meant to restore her authority over a ruling party that was sliding in the polls and riven by the country's decision...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2018

'Things have not changed': Mother of gang rape victim backs India's rank as 'most dangerous for women'

The mother of a female student who was gang raped and killed on a Delhi bus more than five years ago supported a Thomson Reuters Foundation poll of experts on Wednesday that ranked India as the world's most dangerous country for women.
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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 28, 2018

A day after Sagawa's testimony, where do things stand on Japan's Moritomo scandal?

Following the high-profile Diet testimony by a key former Finance Ministry official, ruling lawmakers are trying to bring an end to the Moritomo Gakuen scandal, which allegedly involved Akie Abe, the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 13, 2018

5G is here: Super speed makes worldwide debut at Winter Olympics

The first to experience the future of wireless technology, well before most humans, will be South Korea's wild boars. That's because 5G, the fifth-generation wireless network, is making its worldwide debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Dec 31, 2017

New things for the new year

Now that the festive season of partying and extravagance is over, now's the time to take a breather with a return to some of the calmer things in life — tea, coffee and books.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 17, 2017

Japanese players stay in swing of things even during winter

While it might be the time of year when temperatures are a little cooler and the regular season for almost every major baseball league is weeks in the rearview mirror, that doesn't mean there aren't a host of players still darting around a diamond somewhere.
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JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Sep 30, 2017

Gangsters prefer to do things by the book

Japan's gangsters esteem tradition and prefer to do things by the book. As a result, they appear to love manuals — they have manuals for committing certain crimes as well as guides on how to avoid punishment for carrying out those crimes. Lately, however, gangsters don't appear to be paying as much...
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CULTURE / Film
Aug 16, 2017

'Baby Driver': Things go fast with Baby on board

Banzai to fossil fuels! Lots of love to gas-guzzlers! That's the basic sentiment behind "Baby Driver," which is all screeching tires and revving engines, unfolding to what has got to be the coolest movie soundtrack of 2017.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 1, 2016

A celebration of all things Snoopy; enjoy European Christmas meals; luxurious holiday stay in city center

A celebration of all things Snoopy
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 11, 2016

Thomas Ruff: in the grand scheme of things

Thomas Ruff is one of the key figures of photography in the postmodern era, and his retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, will probably already be pencilled into your calendar if you have any interest in contemporary art.
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CULTURE / Music
Sep 4, 2016

Elvis Costello: 'Don't just stick to one way of doing things'

I've just mentioned to Elvis Costello the publicity stunt he pulled on his first trip to Japan in 1978.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 21, 2016

Fukuoka inn taps 'Internet of Things' fad for smartphone crowd

A small hotel in the city of Fukuoka is adopting "Internet of Things" technology so some of its guests can adjust their room conditions via smartphone.
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LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
May 21, 2016

Bright new things in Japan's gaming world

Nintendo's summer colors
CULTURE / Music
Mar 20, 2016

Bump of Chicken keeps things nice on 'Butterflies'

Bump of Chicken "Butterflies" (Toy's Factory)
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BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Mar 13, 2016

Wi-Fi leaps higher in speed, range

To support the explosive growth of information and communications technology, wireless Internet connectivity is now considered essential infrastructure and is sometimes referred to as the fourth utility, after electricity, water and gas.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Feb 29, 2016

Joining Japanese words together to reveal the true nature of things

Once you understand how the pieces fit together, you can magically turn verbs into nouns and vice versa, expanding your Japanese vocabulary by leaps and bounds.

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