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CULTURE
Jun 18, 2015

A festival for every weekend of your summer

Festivals (matsuri) of all kinds are a staple of Japanese culture and summer is the premier season to experience them. In recent years, the country has seen a bit of a boom in cultural festivals, to the point that it's possible to book every weekend of your summer around them. We're here to help by highlighting...
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CULTURE / Books
Jun 13, 2015

Cultural historian James Vardaman reflects on his journey into Japanese publishing

Between two sips of coffee, Waseda University professor James M. Vardaman comes clean to me about his decades of addiction.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Jun 13, 2015

Carr starred at Tokyo Games

Henry Carr didn't have the longevity of Olympic track legends like hurdler Edwin Moses or sprinter/long jumper Carl Lewis. But to those who witnessed and remembered what he accomplished at the Tokyo Olympics in October 1964, his greatness as a runner left an indelible impression.
Japan Times
SPORTS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Jun 13, 2015

Tokyo 2020 plans changing like the wind

"A promise made is a debt unpaid." — Robert Service
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 13, 2015

Jeter website nabs outside investors

Derek Jeter is raising $15 million for The Players' Tribune, a website formed by the former New York Yankees captain to host articles and videos by professional athletes.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 10, 2015

Life inside a Nepalese cable car in 'Manakamana'

One summer in Tokyo, as I was unemployed and without any better ideas about how to occupy myself, I spent an entire day riding the Yamanote Line. It takes roughly one hour to complete a loop of the line and, in the course of the day, I managed 19 laps before having to stop and catch the last train home....
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2015

Lions' Akiyama delivers game-winning double against Carp

Shogo Akiyama got the best of one of the best pitchers in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 6, 2015

Blame batted about for stadium blunder

The media is still very positive about the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but its ardor has cooled significantly with regard to the way the central government is holding up its end of the bargain.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 6, 2015

New interleague format divides opinion

We're already more than halfway through Japan's interleague season, and I overheard a member of the Japanese media say last week, "The interleague games are not interesting."
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Jun 2, 2015

Shibamata offers a step back into a Tora-san time warp

Tokyo's Shibamata district has preserved much of its townscape, which is reminiscent of old downtown Tokyo.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
May 30, 2015

Flora, fauna and fellows on the river

With summer's heat punching in early this year, I'm already angling for riverside relief. I trundle down to Ota Ward's Rokugodote, the southernmost train station in Tokyo's 23 wards, and a stone's throw from the Tamagawa (Tama River). The 138-km-long Tamagawa, which in this location divides Tokyo from...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 14, 2015

Messenger, agent disappointed with how Hanshin handled demotion

Matt Sosnick, the agent for Hanshin Tigers ace Randy Messenger, says both he and his client are very disappointed in the way the Tigers handled the right-hander's demotion to ni-gun earlier this week.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 11, 2015

Lions cub Mori beginning to show tremendous potential

In his last nine games, Tomoya Mori, the Seibu Lions' 19-year old sensation, has 14 hits (and at least one in nine straight contests), four home runs and has driven in seven runs. For the young season, he's hitting .325 with seven home runs and 20 RBIs.
CULTURE / Music
May 8, 2015

The quirky sounds of indie music find a voice in Boys Age

Around 50 people are watching Kaznary Mutow of the band Boys Age thrash his guitar on a Friday night at Shimokitazawa club Three. He's in the middle of a 10-minute-plus psychedelic freakout, locked into an intense slow-burning session with drummer Takamasa Kobayashi.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 4, 2015

40,000 converge on Omaha for Warren Buffett's Berkshire 'Woodstock for Capitalists' gala

Warren Buffett puts on a good show. Especially when he is the show.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
May 3, 2015

'Omotenashi' a facade, wheelchair-bound consultant says

Unlike other students who enjoyed full mobility and could easily find jobs as convenience store clerks or waiters, the choices available to Toshiya Kakiuchi, 26, were limited as he sought to finance his studies at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 27, 2015

Wake held for Baltimore man who died in police custody

Mourners gathered at a Baltimore funeral home on Sunday to remember a 25-year-old black man who died a week ago while in police custody, an unexplained death that has brought thousands to the city's downtown to protest police violence.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 24, 2015

Natsume Mito gets a few choice cuts for a song about her hair

Sometimes all it takes to jump-start a music career is one viral video. Japanese acts such as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Babymetal attracted attention domestically and abroad thanks to memorable clips uploaded to YouTube, earning millions of views in the process.

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Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
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