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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 22, 2008

Italian dining in Kasumigaseki, Hina Matsuri at the Keio Plaza

Ristorante di Hokkaido Mia Angela in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki offers sophisticated yet unpretentious Italian dining, using the freshest ingredients direct from Hokkaido. With a 60-seat casual main dining area, private rooms and a chic party space, partitions can create private space for two to 50 people....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2008

Sweets makers using more than chocolate to woo

Valentine's Day, whose star product is chocolate, is no longer a business opportunity for Western-style producers only.
Japan Times
LIFE
Feb 10, 2008

Stricken land of soldiers and slaves

The Saffron Revolution is Burma's 9/11; much will never be the same again after the killing, arrest and torture of monks by the government.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 8, 2008

Aussie tucker, real ale and Michelin favorite Don Alfonso comes to Tokyo

Australian buffet The Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel in Urayashi City, Chiba, near Tokyo Disney Resort, is holding an Australian buffet fair at its Grand Cafe restaurant throughout February.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2008

Nations swap papers limiting MSDF fuel use

Diplomatic notes were exchanged Tuesday in Tokyo between Japan and nations whose ships will receive fuel when the Maritime Self-Defense Force resumes its Indian Ocean support mission, with the understanding that the fuel will be used only for U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and around Afghanistan....
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 1, 2008

Bruno Oger at the Royal Park, a cocoa curriculum at the Nikko Tokyo and a gourmet chocolate dinner in Osaka

Royal Park anniversary courses
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2008

New approach for the DPJ

When the Lower House of the Diet passed the antiterror special measures law on Jan. 11, it became clear that the Democratic Party of Japan is not in control of the political situation. After briefly setting the agenda in the aftermath of the July 29 Upper House election by opposing the refueling mission...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2008

Stopgap bill eyed to keep gas, auto taxes

The ruling coalition is considering taking the unusual move of submitting a stopgap bill to the Diet to maintain provisional gasoline and other auto-related tax rates until May 31, triggering angry protests from the opposition parties.
COMMENTARY
Jan 28, 2008

Haves and have-nots in golf

Two recent scandals reflect the Japanese weakness for golf. In one, former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya allegedly provided favors to a Japanese trading company involved in defense contracts, after taking more than 100 one-day golf trips at the invitation of the company. In November, Moriya was...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 27, 2008

Bae Yong Joon, superstar, how many hits have you had so far?

Few stars have been cannier with their stardom than Bae Yong Joon, the South Korean actor who won the hearts of Japanese women in the 2002 soap opera "Winter Sonata."
BASEBALL
Jan 20, 2008

Whiting pays tribute to Boyer, Halberstam

In an exclusive piece, best-selling author Robert Whiting reminisces about two men, Clete Boyer and David Halberstam, both of whom died in 2007, who had a profound impact on his distinguished career.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2008

Fukuda opens Diet, lays out his agenda

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda vowed Friday to start Diet discussions on the establishment of a permanent law that would authorize the dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces overseas to engage in peace operations so that Japan can fulfill its duties as a "peace-cooperating nation."
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 18, 2008

Chinese New Year, Strawberry tea sets and Orca wine

Lunar New Year celebration To celebrate the Chinese New Year on Feb. 7, the Hilton Tokyo's Dynasty restaurant is preparing special lunch and dinner menus from Feb. 5 to 8.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2008

Bill's passage lets Japan save face

Friday's enactment of a new special law that will let the Maritime Self-Defense Force resume multilateral refueling operations in the Indian Ocean will also allow Japan to save face and avoid jeopardizing its relations with the U.S., analysts said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2008

Ward plans disaster maps for commuters' walk home

A magnitude-7 earthquake on a workday in the capital would strand an estimated 6.5 million commuters due to the ensuing transportation paralysis.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2008

Lower House rams through antiterrorism bill

For the first time in half a century, the Lower House on Friday overrode the Upper, ramming a bill through the Diet to resume the Maritime Self-Defense Force refueling duty in the Indian Ocean.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2008

Work-life balance starts at home: Rengo chief

As part of efforts to stem the nation's depopulation, a guide to promoting a better work and family life balance among workers was recently adopted by a special government panel.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 1, 2008

Peace, prosperity come at a price

It is self-evident that international peace is the foremost prerequisite for national security and prosperity. This is the common recognition of all advanced nations, but Japan, with regard to national interests.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 30, 2007

Odds for Big Sam's future at Newcastle starting to look grim

LONDON — Bookmakers are rarely wrong and Sam Allardyce, who took charge at Newcastle six months ago, should be worried that he is favorite to be the next Premier League manager to be sacked.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 29, 2007

League, fans preparing for annual All-Star festivities

The bj-league staged its inaugural All-Star Game on Jan. 27 in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture. Indeed, it was a terrific chance for the league to reach out to a new fan base in the nation's southernmost region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Dec 24, 2007

Tree goes up for 70th Christmas

Warren Nobuaki Iwatake's family has seen more than its share of calamity.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2007

Financial disclosure bill passed by Lower House

Spurred to action by a series of money scandals, the Lower House approved a bill Thursday requiring political organizations to fully disclose all expenses other than salaries.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
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