Search - shop

 
Menu
Search
 
May 16, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
7,967 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Aug 18, 2009

Do you have an emergency kit ready for when the Big One hits Tokyo?

Kazuyoshi Nakano, 27Assistant hair stylistNo, I don't. I'm not worried about earthquakes. My house is strong and there are no buildings around it. There's just farmland, so it's really safe.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 16, 2009

Striking it rich on the Izu Peninsula

Gold may be heavier than water, but all that's rattling around the bottom of my panning bowl are lots of multicolored pebbles.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Aug 13, 2009

Variations on Dynamite Cabarets, Tiger, togas, Yohji Yamamoto and Comme des Garcons

Aki and Kuzu get smart Cabaret Aki and Jackal Kuzu are known as the designers of scandalously flagrant men's brand Gut's Dynamite Cabarets, but with the launch of their impressive new line, JhonAG, their alter-egos may soon fade as the two are set to be reverently known as just Aki and Kuzu.
Japan Times
Events / WHERE IT'S AT
Aug 11, 2009

Aloha Yokohama marks Hawaii's 50th

Every July, Yokohama hosts Aloha Yokohama, featuring authentic Hawaiian music, hula dances, food and cultural events.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 10, 2009

Free java, no jive

Step back Starbucks. McDonald's is making a power move on the coffee market in Japan with free java.
LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Aug 9, 2009

Uniqlo rocks the T-shirt

Madonna did it with H&M, Kate Moss did it with Top Shop and now Puffy Ami Yumi are doing it in Uniqlo.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 26, 2009

Japan's maglev on track for financial crash

About 40 people are crowded onto the observation deck of the Yamanashi Linear Test Line Center, holding their cameras at the ready and waiting for the world's fastest train — an experimental maglev model that's called a "linear motor car" (LMC) — to make its appearance.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jul 25, 2009

Why I fly the coop

There's this foreign fellow I know that when asked about his favorite place in Japan, always answers like this . . . "The departure lounge at Narita."
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 24, 2009

Alums happy to suit up once again for Fighting Irish

The Notre Dame Legends team offense had just botched a play when someone kicked a football across the field.
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.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 24, 2009

Franz Ferdinand ready for Fuji to rock

Barely a minute into our conversation, and without prompt Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thomson begins talking up the virtues of Japan
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 23, 2009

Fashion Rio and the casual lifestyle

A teensy-weensy, zebra-striped, strapless bikini was just one of the many sexy little numbers worn by Brazilian beauties as they energetically bounced — one step short of a samba — down the catwalks of Fashion Rio in Rio de Janeiro last month.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 17, 2009

'Futoko'

Since its start in 1978, the Pia Film Festival has served as a proving ground for young Japanese indie filmmakers, with many of its prize winners going on to greater fame, if not always fortune. Among them are Ryosuke Hashiguchi ("Gururi no Koto"), Shinobu Yaguchi ("Happy Flight"), Naoko Ogigami ("Kamome...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 17, 2009

From Okinawa, and they're singing the Japanese blues

It's somewhat ironic that after years of scouring the world for music, Japan's very own "Mr. World Music," Makoto Kubota, has ended up a bit closer to home than he ever imagined. "I never thought there was such a deep, rich folklore in my own country. It was a big surprise" he says.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 12, 2009

'Campaign' star no longer life of the party

Takafumi Horie, the former CEO of Livedoor Inc., has nothing to do with the documentary "Campaign," which had a special public screening at the Rise X theater in Shibuya the morning of June 30. However, the subject of the movie, politics, is close to his heart, so he agreed to discuss it with the film's...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 10, 2009

Rebranding the Aussie image

What with wildfires, drought, the economic downturn and competition from overseas, Australian winemakers are now facing a crisis that's taken on Biblical proportions. What have they done to incur such divine wrath?
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Jul 9, 2009

Maria H. at the beach, Peaches in Japan, denim art at Diesel and limited editions at Gap

Stylish swimmers Finnish designer Maria Hietanen wants to give the hard bodies of summer a sophisticated makeover with her Maria H. line of beachwear.
Japan Times
Events / WHERE IT'S AT
Jul 7, 2009

Charity clothes swap proves big hit, perfect fit with Tokyo ladies

For many people, clothing has a way of accumulating. Heaps of clothes rise ever higher in rooms and closets and stay there for months on end. Much of the clothing is outgrown, unwanted or rarely worn at best. It's a familiar scenario, especially for those people who love to shop.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2009

Pitching aroma puts firms on profit scent

Because advertisements are ubiquitous, it's hard to make them stand out.
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2009

$500 million to boost Toyota Indiana plant

Toyota Motor Corp., grappling with excess North American plant capacity as sales wither, plans to spend about $500 million to upgrade an Indiana SUV assembly plant, its biggest single such investment this year.
LIFE / Travel
Jul 5, 2009

Taking an Izu Islands tonic

Through half-closed eyelids, the sea sparkles. A bamboo screen dapples the sunlight, and the world is reduced to contrast, to flashes of light and shade. The air is a hot, distilled essence of summer. Each time the salt dries on my skin, I make the small commute from towel to waves and dive in. The water...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 5, 2009

Taking an Izu Islands tonic

Through half-closed eyelids, the sea sparkles. A bamboo screen dapples the sunlight, and the world is reduced to contrast, to flashes of light and shade. The air is a hot, distilled essence of summer. Each time the salt dries on my skin, I make the small commute from towel to waves and dive in. The water...
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Rich Japanese still fear yen crash, wealth manager says
The yen slumped more than 2% on Monday alone, nearing ¥150 to the dollar, after the U.S. and China temporarily lowered tariffs, triggering a reversal of bearish dollar bets.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Podcast

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

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?
By Tomoko Otake

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Tsukuba massif granite, one of the world’s few heritage stones
Tsukuba massif granite, one of the world’s few heritage stones

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER