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Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Jul 1, 2018

Progressive approaches to workplace health

The Kenko to Keiei o Kangaeru Kai (roughly translated as the Study of health and management group) hosted a symposium recently in Tokyo to discuss health and productivity management, as well as effective use of health-related data.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 30, 2018

Shinzo Abe's Kake Gakuen scandal refuses to lie down and die

Most people believe politicians lie, though the reflexive skepticism with which the current U.S. president’s pronouncements are met is probably exceptional. The secret to successful lying is to never admit to it in the slightest way.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2018

In fintech bet, Line to launch overseas cryptocurrency exchange

The firm sees a key role for financial services in its growth strategy, and plans to integrate them into its messaging app used by 75 million people in Japan.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2018

How ready are you for Japan's next big earthquake?

Emergency kits are a must-have in earthquake prone Japan, but a survey by The Japan Times has found that a number of people did not use theirs when a deadly quake rocked Osaka Prefecture and its vicinity last week.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jun 19, 2018

Rika Kihira making right call by moving up to senior ranks

Japan junior champion Rika Kihira, one of only eight women in history to land the triple axel in international competition, has decided to move up to the senior ranks for the coming season.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2018

Japan and U.S. to conduct first joint anti-ship drills

Over 600 Japanese troops, including the MSDF's version of the U.S. Marines, will join the RIMPAC naval exercises to coordinate a defense of Japan's Nansei islands.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 15, 2018

Two wheels, not four, the best way to explore Okinawa

Tokashiki Island has all the sun, sand and surf you'd expect from an island in Okinawa. But cycling around the island is another way to experience the area's scenery and history.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 14, 2018

Tournament director Alan Gilpin confident 2019 Rugby World Cup organizers will be ready for extravaganza

The tournament director of the 2019 Rugby World Cup admitted Thursday that Japan's 12 host cities have yet to fully grasp the scale of the event but expressed confidence that they will be able to cope when an estimated 400,000 overseas fans arrive in 15 months' time.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jun 14, 2018

Get ready for summer: Night pools, outdoor concerts and Pikachu armies

You know when you go on YouTube — or Spotify, or Netflix — and you’re faced with so many options for entertainment that you don’t know where to start? It can feel like that with Japanese summer festivals, too.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 9, 2018

Takaoka crafts a new tourism industry

In the entrance of Nousaku in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, a group of schoolchildren skip by and point excitedly at an eclectic display of hundreds of brightly colored objects. Other visitors, meanwhile, look down in wonder toward the concrete floor, where a huge golden silhouette of the Japanese archipelago...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 6, 2018

Brace for the rise of the 'Japan question'

Whether or not North Korea denuclearizes, in the future Japan will be pushed to become more self-reliant on defense.
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 Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2018

Why neutral, peaceful Sweden is preparing for war

In this most liberal, progressive and peaceful corner of Europe, those in charge now fear an era of gloom could return.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 31, 2018

Raise a glass on 'Moet & Chandon Grand Day'

"Moet & Chandon Grand Day 2018," celebrated in more than 80 countries, will be held in Japan at Hotel Koe Tokyo in Shibuya Ward on June 9. A series of events will take place throughout the day, celebrating a variety of Moet & Chandon Champagnes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
May 25, 2018

Yap, the Pacific island Japan has almost forgotten

Ancient traditional culture, imperial Japanese influence and modern tourism blend together in the Pacific island of Yap.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
May 21, 2018

Slips of refined time in Aomori Prefecture

The city of Mutsu is located at the tip of the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost part of Japan's main island, Honshu.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
May 20, 2018

Angels manager Mike Scioscia won't stop Shohei Ohtani from participating in Home Run Derby

If Los Angeles Angels two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani wants to take part in the Home Run Derby during the All Star festivities in July, his manager, Mike Scioscia, won't stand in his way.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
May 20, 2018

Cultural education can be fun for kids

Japan's traditional matsuri (festivals) are great, but it's also important to expose the kids to cultures further afield. Here are a few Tokyo international festival recommendations. They're all fun, free and full of opportunity.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2018

Satellite imagery shows first evidence of buildings being dismantled at North Korean nuclear test site, monitor says

New commercial satellite imagery has provided the first definitive evidence that North Korea is dismantling its Punggye-ri nuclear test site ahead of a scheduled ceremony next week to mark the event, U.S. researchers said Monday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 12, 2018

War games: Examining the fascination with recreational airsoft combat games in Japan

I know that scores of heavily armed people are out there lying in wait to shoot me, but I can't see them.
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.
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.
Jesse Kirkwood: ‘Languages are entire cultural universes with all sorts of baggage’
Jesse Kirkwood is part of a vibrant field of translators who have nurtured what might be called a “post-Murakami era of Japanese literature and translation,” one book at a time.

Podcast

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

Longform

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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