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BASEBALL
Dec 2, 2013

Giants now banking on Kataoka to shore up second base

The Yomiuri Giants have, at long last, finally found their second baseman.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Nov 30, 2013

For once, MVP voters got things right

One thing that's always surprising when NPB voters get both the Pacific and Central League MVP winners right.
BASEBALL
Nov 26, 2013

Tanaka, Balentien earn MVP honors

Masahiro Tanaka pitched his way into the record books. Wladimir Balentien slugged his way there.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 24, 2013

TV sports broadcasts as a language-learning tool

Another exciting grand sumo tournament ended yesterday, and brought back memories of my first encounter with sumo, in Okinawa back in September 1965.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 22, 2013

Prostitute goes on trial for slaying of U.S. diplomat in Johannesburg

The trial of a South African prostitute charged with murdering a U.S. diplomat, Christopher 'Norm' Bates, in January began this week in Johannesburg.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 20, 2013

The Charles in Charlie Brown

The advertising surrounding "Ever and Never: The Art of Peanuts" focuses on the cutest character from the classic American comic strip. So much so, promotions for this exhibition at the Mori Arts Center Gallery has been dubbed the "Snoopy Exhibit," a title that also graces the Twitter and Facebook accounts...
LIFE
Nov 16, 2013

Fifty years later, conspiracy theories live on

"Any concerted plan that placed Lee Harvey Oswald in the gunner's seat," wrote Norman Mailer in "Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery," "would have had to have been built on the calculation that he would miss." Yet Mailer, whose research took him back to the city of Minsk, where Oswald had lived under...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 13, 2013

Where's the beef? Japanese taste buds dictate processing methods

Is that steak you're eating technically a steak?
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 3, 2013

Eagles blank Giants in Game 7, capture first Japan Series title

More than 25,000 roared in unison as a light rain suddenly got a little bit harder. They were now one out away from their first Japan Series title, and had their ace, Japan's ace, on the mound to do the honors.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2013

Opportunistic Giants force Game 7 as mighty Tanaka handed first defeat of 2013

The mighty Yomiuri Giants weren’t about to relinquish the Japan Series title without a good fight.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Nov 2, 2013

At a loss for words to explain Tanaka's loss

For awhile it was a joke even to ask the question.
BASEBALL
Oct 28, 2013

Flawless Tanaka wins Sawamura Award

Masahiro Tanaka followed up an amazing career first with something even more impressive the second time around.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 28, 2013

Smashing ideas on future design and technology

While contemporary art is still transfixed by its own reflection, veteran Japanese curator Yuko Hasegawa has focused her cultural microscope on something quite different. "Bunny Smash Design to touch the world," the current group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, is a hit-and-miss...
BASEBALL
Oct 27, 2013

Tanaka handcuffs potent Giants lineup, lifts Eagles to Game 2 triumph

When you're in desperate need of a win, a pretty good strategy is to give the ball to the guy who never loses and get out the way.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2013

Veteran skipper Hoshino continues quest for elusive title

Senichi Hoshino isn't ready to give up the fight.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 24, 2013

Kawasaki has a plan for Tokyo Designers Week

Born in Toyama Prefecture in 1948, Kenji Kawasaki is the founder and producer of Tokyo Designers Week (TDW), as well as chairman of Design Association, an NPO seeking to create a new culture of “innovation” in Japan.
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Oct 23, 2013

No secret to consistency of Cardinals

Time was when nearly every baseball team, from Little League to the majors, endeavored to play the game "The Dodger Way" or "Cardinal Style."
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 19, 2013

Tanishige to become rare player-manager for Dragons

Kind of a surprise was the announcement last week that Motonobu Tanishige was named the new manager of the Chunichi Dragons.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 19, 2013

White Sox lock up slugger Abreu

AP — Cuban slugger Jose Abreu has agreed to a six-year, $68 million contract with the Chicago White Sox, a person familiar with the situation said Friday.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.

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

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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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