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Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Nov 12, 2009

Discount Comme de Garcons, thermo threads, extreme styles and bohemian flair

Back to black
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2009

Central banks 'experimenting' to counter deflationary pressure

Second of two parts
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 1, 2009

Japan's sea change should signal a new course for the media, too

The relationship between the government and the press in Japan has, during the past 50 years, been a volatile one of give and take: The government gives the press what it wants it to know, and the press gladly takes it. But this has not always been the case.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 23, 2009

Halloween events planned throughout Japan

Halloween events are taking place in many cities in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 23, 2009

Italian food, wine culture fair

The Hyatt Regency Tokyo is featuring Italian food, wine and culture at an Italia Fair through Nov. 30.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Oct 20, 2009

Abortion still key birth control

People may be surprised to know abortion has been legal in Japan since 1949, more than a decade earlier than in other industrialized countries.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 16, 2009

Fair focuses on France's finest

The Ritz Carlton Tokyo will feature the products of three of France's leading brands — Bollinger, Chanson and Rougie — at the hotel's French restaurant, Forty Five, during a two-week France Fair.
EDITORIALS
Oct 15, 2009

Full military disclosure

The Air Self-Defense Force was engaged in a transportation mission in Iraq from March 2004 to December 2008 under a special law to provide humanitarian assistance for the reconstruction of Iraq. Details of the mission were unknown.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2009

Poupeegirl brings chic twist to business of social networking

Popular social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook and Mixi face a young, chic challenger. Poupeegirl is trying to steal the hearts of fashion-conscious young women, both in Japan and abroad.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 25, 2009

Video-game show offers kids shot at design

This year's Tokyo Game Show 2009 is themed "Game: It's so energetic!" and is targeted at demographic groups both young and old with the latest information on the computer-entertainment market.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2009

Economists banked too much on rationality

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The widespread failure of economists to forecast the financial crisis that erupted in 2008 has much to do with faulty models, which meant that economic policymakers and central bankers got no warning of what was to come.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 15, 2009

How do you keep up with what's going on in Japan?

CULTURE / Books
Sep 13, 2009

Securing the best education for your child

GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS IN JAPAN: From Anxiety to Opportunity, by Caroline Pover. Alexandra, 2009, 667 pp., ¥4,762 (paper) Expatriates in some countries face a scarcity of options when it comes to educating their children, but in Japan the reverse is true: The array of alternatives and the potential...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 28, 2009

Accommodation, Tsukiji Tour plan

The Royal Park Hotel in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, is offering accommodation with a guided tour of Tsukiji's fish market.
COMMENTARY
Aug 22, 2009

The decline of policymaking

I have misgivings about the decline of Japanese policymaking abilities.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Aug 4, 2009

Spontaneous Japanese TV keeps Dave Spector on his toes

Michael Jackson's death meant a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For Japanese television celebrity Dave Spector, it meant being woken on the morning of June 26 at 6 a.m. and spending most of the next two weeks either studying or commenting on the performer for the benefit of Japanese...
COMMENTARY
Aug 1, 2009

Tough times for politicians

Democratic governments everywhere are in trouble. In Britain, the Labour government is tottering. In Japan, defeat looms for Prime Minister Taro Aso's Liberal Democratic Party. In Italy, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is clinging on amid a sea of scandal. In France, hyperactive President Nicolas Sarkozy...
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 29, 2009

Web-based flash cards will dazzle language learners

Remember the days when it took markers, index cards and three hours to assemble a set of 100 flash cards? Remember all that time wasted that could have been better spent studying? It's amazing how much has changed in a few short years thanks to computers and the Internet.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 24, 2009

Tuscan summer food festival

Ristorante il Leone at The Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa will host Summer Italian Festa 2009 from July 26 to 28.
LIFE / Digital
Jul 22, 2009

Google Books leaves Japan in legal limbo

For a long time, the Japanese publishing industry was in the dark about the Google Book Search Library project, the ambitious endeavor by the Mountain View, Calif.-based Internet giant to create a vast online library by scanning millions of books. Google announced the start of the project in 2004, but...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 17, 2009

Miele Guide charity month

The Miele Guide, an annual restaurant profile and ranking survey for Asia, will launch a monthlong charity initiative in cooperation with more than 50 restaurants in the region.
EDITORIALS
Jul 13, 2009

More bricks in the wall

Facing opposition from Chinese citizens and foreign governments, Beijing has postponed a plan to reinforce the "Great Firewall of China." These efforts, ostensibly to protect against pornography, look more like a new campaign to crack down on dissent. One way to protest them is to demand that China respect...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 10, 2009

Enjoy a beer by the bay

The InterContinental Yokohama Grand has opened its Bayside Beer Garden in the precincts of the hotel's outdoor first-floor terrace, offering the perfect spot to enjoy panoramic views of Yokohama port, sea breezes, and a few beers with family and friends on summer evenings.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Delta routes new Airbus plane to Tokyo to sidestep Trump tariffs
Delta Air Lines signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on April 9. The airline is flying a new Airbus SE plane through Japan to skirt U.S. import tariffs.
Underground water leak floods Kyoto streets
A massive underground water leak early Wednesday flooded the streets near an intersection on National Route 1 in Shimogyo Ward in the city of Kyoto.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.
North Korea's Kim sets sights on nuclear-armed navy
An unidentified weapons system is fired from the deck of North Korea's latest destroyer, the Choe Hyon, during two days of tests on Monday and Tuesday in this undated photo released Wednesday.
Single, or not? Japanese dating app launches relationship verification system
Tapple, one of Japan's most popular dating apps, has launched the nation's first feature to verify a user's single status via their My Number card.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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