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Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 12, 2019

Episode 32: What's the secret to Prime Minister Abe's longevity?

What has allowed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to stay in office for such a long time?
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Oct 23, 2019

Episode 27: The enthronement of Emperor Naruhito — pomp, splendor and a ¥16 billion bill

Emperor Naruhito became Japan's 126th emperor at an enthronement ceremony on Oct. 22, 2019. Japan Times politics reporter Sakura Murakami joins Oscar Boyd to discuss.
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Mar 28, 2019

Music program returns as a monthly broadcast

"Songs of Tokyo," a program aired on NHK World-Japan and NHK General TV in 2017 and 2018, will begin airing monthly starting this spring. Shingo Murakami of Kanjani Eight will reprise his role as the program's host.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / WORKS BY JAPANESE WOMEN
May 12, 2018

Where would we be without the words of Japanese women?

Often overlooked, female writers in Japan, such as Ichiyo Higuchi and Raicho Hiratsuka, have a staying power that surpasses their male contemporaries. To help amplify these female voices, over the next few months we'll be highlighting some of the lesser read in translation but equally deserving Japanese female writers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 17, 2016

Analysts point to Japan's untapped potential to boost the economy

Japan's population is declining, deflation has returned, and the nation's economy is still stuck in cycle of weak, stop-start growth. And yet, there are a number of hidden and underutilized resources that Japan could tap to try to escape this economic malaise.
CULTURE
Nov 21, 2015

Yukio Mishima's enduring, unexpected influence

Forty-five years ago this week — at just after 10 a.m. on the bright, cold morning of Nov. 25, 1970 — a telephone rang at the Tokyo home of popular enka singer Hideo Murata. On the line was author Yukio Mishima, a man who in the short space of his 45 years had lived life more fully than perhaps seemed...
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2014

Yamagata co-op markets bank account that offers love interest

Deposit your money at a bank in northern Japan and you could get more than interest payments. You might end up getting married.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2014

Famed bedroom trader Takashi Kotegawa reveals his wealth secrets as he guns for $1 billion

It was six minutes after the opening bell on Feb. 4, and dozens of big-name stocks were still untraded in Tokyo. Telecommunications giant SoftBank Corp. was among those that hadn't budged. The offer price fell 5 percent, then more, and still there were no takers.
OLYMPICS / ICE TIME
Feb 18, 2014

Mao's path to gold difficult, but not impossible

Mao Asada returned to practice here on Sunday following several days of training in Yerevan, Armenia. Mao trained for 40 minutes at the Iceberg Skating Palace along with teammates Akiko Suzuki, Kanako Murakami and three other skaters.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 30, 2014

Fifteen minutes . . . and counting

Across the ages, individuals standing at the peak of each society's pyramid of power and fame have depended on artists to ensure their immortality: Khafre, pharaoh of Upper and Lower Egypt, conscripted an army of artisans to carve his likeness into the Great Sphinx to preserve it through the eternal...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2011

Students credit survival to disaster-preparedness drills

March 11 started out as another ordinary Friday at Kamaishi East Junior High School, which stands by the mouth of the Unosumai River that runs through the city into Otsuchi Bay. Classes were over for the day and students were about to start their after-school club activities when the magnitude 9.0 earthquake...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 17, 2010

The fab four of Japan's art scene

Yutaro Midorikawa looks like what in Japan is known as a soshoku-kei danshi — a herbivorous male. The carefully sculpted goatee, Clark Kent glasses (lensless, of course) and tight-fitting suit seem to advertise membership of that bracket of young men who have few goals in life other than to preen and...
MORE SPORTS
Dec 14, 2010

X Bowl coaches begin mind games

With a week still to go before the Japan X Bowl, the players have yet to pick up their helmets and pads and the coaches have yet to put on their headsets. But it appears the mental game has already kicked off.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 9, 2010

Tokyo's 2010 Fashion's Night Out ups the ante

In 2009, Anna Wintour, fashion icon and editor in chief of American Vogue, announced the launch of Fashion's Night Out (FNO), a mass shopping festival organized to not only celebrate but also help keep the fashion industry vibrant in a declining economy. New York's first FNO, which took place just in...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 5, 2010

This 'Garden of Painting' needs to be perennial

I can imagine walking out of "Garden of Painting: Japanese Art of the '00s" and feeling immensely satisfied.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 6, 2009

Kim triumphant in GP Final

World champion Kim Yu Na fashioned a near flawless free skate to overtake Miki Ando and win the Grand Prix Final on Saturday night.
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Oct 14, 2009

Mao faces early test against Kim in Grand Prix opener

Coming off an uneven performance at the Japan Open, Mao Asada will get an early test as she begins her Grand Prix season on Friday at the Trophee Eric Bompard in Paris, where world champion Kim Yu Na will be waiting.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 10, 2009

The monster that was made of fear

What's a nue? A sobbing thrush? A splendid monster? Or the shattered souls of those excluded from society?
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 7, 2008

Bamboleo brings on the salsa

One of the world's most renowned Cuban salsa bands will bring their passionate and romantic performance to a Tokyo audience on Nov. 14.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Oct 22, 2008

Skate America kicks off GP season

Former world champion Miki Ando will once again be looking for redemption and Yukari Nakano, the fourth-place finisher at the world championships last March, will be out to raise her profile even higher as the 2008 Grand Prix season gets under way this weekend with Skate America in Everett, Wash.
Reader Mail
Oct 12, 2008

How to waste an athlete's time

Jack Gallagher's Oct. 10 sports column, "Murakami case shows JSF short on skater support," gives a clear example of what happens when a lack of communication combines with a lack of knowledge regarding the rules and procedures. The 17-year-old skater Daisuke Murakami could have been training with his...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 3, 2008

Nice to nestle at Japan's hometown

One could be fooled into thinking Onomichi was an island, where the ocean air whisps about the often deserted streets and the locals thrive from eclectic arts and hospitality industries. That would all be true, except the island part.
Hypothermia in the land of the rising Sanae
Amid the election of Sanae Takaichi as Liberal Democratic Party president, and possibly the next prime minister, Japan's economy shows signs of recovery, but weak wages, a conservative corporate culture and currency issues raise doubts about a true economic thaw.
Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister
Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi (right) celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4.
After plenty of ups and downs, Osaka Expo concludes with message of unity
The sun sets on the Grand Ring on the final day of the Osaka Expo on Monday.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister
Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi (right) celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4.
Pace eyes great strides for Japan’s art market
Pace Japan Vice President Kyoko Hattori, the de facto head of the nation’s business, believes a larger, more lucrative art market will allow Japan to be more attractive for collectors.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
At Osaka Expo, gas giants promote a greener future. But is it a lot of hot air?
The Gas Pavilion had welcomed around 500,000 visitors by the end of August, making it one of the most popular exhibits at the Osaka Expo.

Podcast

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

Longform

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building
By Patrick St. Michel

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