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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 15, 2019

Britain's next great Brexit mistake

A short delay before the U.K. leaves the EU won't work — Brexit should be canceled.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Heisei Icons,Heisei Icons
Mar 13, 2019

Takashi Murakami: The face of Japanese contemporary art abroad, underappreciated at home

In Tokyo alone, Murakami's commercial work can be seen in the official mascots for the Roppongi Hills complex and Tokyo MX TV station.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 12, 2019

Mai Mihara mesmerizing in victory at Winter Universiade

It was a mixed bag of results for Japanese skating over the weekend.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Mar 10, 2019

#MeToo allegations roil U.S. anime conventions

Over the past two months, the #MeToo movement breached the American anime convention industry. Most feel it was inevitable. Many say it's about time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 3/11: Moving forward
Mar 7, 2019

Eight years after triple nuclear meltdown, Fukushima No. 1's water woes show no signs of ebbing

This is the first in a series examining how the northeast and the nation are progressing with efforts to deal with the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 7, 2019

Actress Junko Abe breaks into the world of international films

Following her breakthrough role in Naomi Kawase's 2014 Palme d'Or nominated film "Futatsume no Mado" ("Still the Water"), Junko Abe looked as though she was destined to go on to become a big star in Japan. Back then she was known by her stage name Jun Yoshinaga and was viewed as one of the brightest...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 6, 2019

Creating opportunities for 'inclusive dance' with Stopgap Dance Company

"I believe people with almost any kind of physique can do contemporary dance. Yet though there are many courses for able-bodied people, there is almost nothing for people with disabilities," says Sho Shibata, executive producer of U.K.-based Stopgap Dance Company.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 6, 2019

Reform the labor practices peculiar to Japan

Many of the labor practices prevalent in Japan are quite extraordinary in light of global standards.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 6, 2019

Akatsuki Five players make quick return to club grind

Many Japanese basketball fans may have been nursing hangovers after Japan successfully qualified for the FIBA World Cup.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2019

The real threat to your children isn't Momo

What's fundamentally wrong with the hoaxes is that they establish a false link between internet use and suicide where plenty of real links exist.
LIFE / Travel / G20 host cities special
Mar 5, 2019

Japan's lively 'gateway to Asia'

Fukuoka, the biggest city in Kyushu and considered a gateway to Asia with its historical and geographical background, is a lively metropolis that has both urban and countryside charm with its fantastic shopping, eateries and abundant nature to explore.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 4, 2019

Is Pyongyang slicing the salami too thin?

The second U.S.-North Korea summit meeting in Hanoi was a fiasco and provided no relief for Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2019

The upside of 'no agreement' in Hanoi

By walking away at the Hanoi summit, both the U.S. and North Korea now have an opportunity to reconvene talks at the working level and allow for greater creativity in reaching long-term, sustainable solutions that summit diplomacy was unlikely to achieve.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Mar 4, 2019

Navigating the tricky world of permission when speaking Japanese

When speaking Japanese, getting the basics of language relating to permission can be helpful, from asking a colleague to pick up your slack to requesting a photo with a celebrity.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 3, 2019

Birhanu Legese overcomes wet conditions to win Tokyo Marathon

Ethiopia's Birhanu Legese hit the pavement in arguably the worst conditions in the 13-year history of the Tokyo Marathon and performed as if the weather wasn't much of a problem. For Suguru Osako and other Japanese runners, it was much more of a struggle.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 1, 2019

Burden falls back on diplomats after Trump and Kim fail to reach deal on North Korea nuclear arms

The failure of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to secure even a limited deal at their second nuclear summit means any breakthrough now depends on working-level talks that have made little progress since last year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 28, 2019

May gains two-week Brexit reprieve from British lawmakers

British Prime Minister Theresa May won a two-week reprieve on Wednesday from British lawmakers, who postponed a threatened rebellion aimed at blocking a no-deal Brexit after she agreed to a possible delay to Britain's departure from the EU.
SOCCER / From the Spot
Feb 27, 2019

Teen prodigy Takefusa Kubo growing up fast as Europe awaits

The roughly four-month countdown to the end of FC Tokyo midfielder Takefusa Kubo's J. League career is ticking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2019

U.S. weighs sanctions against mysterious Fintech billionaire's Venezuela deals seen helping Maduro

The U.S. is considering sanctions against Wall Street billionaire David Martinez as part of its effort to topple Nicolas Maduro's regime by cutting off its access to financing, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2019

How Australian sex abuse victim's 'powerful' testimony sank pope aide Cardinal George Pell

"Guilty." There was a gasp in the Australian courtroom as the jury foreman read out the first verdict on child sex offenses against Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican's treasurer, then stunned silence as the same word was repeated for each of the four other charges he faced.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Feb 24, 2019

Japanese fashion taps the potential of digital media platforms

Fashion has had to adapt to social media — its early exposure of new collections, its influencers starting and accelerating trends and its new forms of retailing. But it has caught up, and in exciting ways.
JAPAN / Beyond Tokyo
Feb 24, 2019

As the world drowns in plastic, Kameoka in Kyoto and other cities across Japan fight back

Plastic pollution in the ocean has become one of the world's most urgent environmental problems. Footage of vast fields of floating plastic debris between California and Hawaii — now commonly known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — have driven home the gravity of the problem, with scientists and...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 23, 2019

Japanese teen's aborted bid to hitchhike across the United States divides social media

Twitter user @REIbahobahoanta had an ambitious dream: The 15-year-old junior high school student wanted to hitchhike across the United States.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 23, 2019

Frontale, Tokyo battle to draw

After winning two straight J. League first division championships, Kawasaki Frontale was favored by many to become just the second team in the league's 26-year history to pull down a third.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 21, 2019

Telling the musical story of Japan's ambient era

At the time, the Japanese music scene of the 1970s felt pretty flat to Daisuke Hinata. "But (then) Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) and Plastics came out, and we thought the market would open up for more new sounds," the Los Angeles-based musician tells The Japan Times. Along with three Japanese classmates...
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Feb 20, 2019

Sumo in Heisei Era defined by dominant foreign yokozuna

The upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament marks the end of an era.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
Woman dies after possible knife attack in Setagaya
Police investigate the scene where a woman was found bleeding on a street in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami resigns over alleged possession of illegal drugs
Takeshi Niinami, then-chief executive officer of Suntory Holdings, in May 2024
Why Stalin didn’t invade Hokkaido still largely unknown, 80 years after WWII
During a survey to collect the remains of victims from the Taito Maru, one of the vessels involved in the Three Ships Incident, a metal helmet was found near the stern of the vessel on Aug. 5, 1984, at Rumoi Port. No human remains were discovered.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
‘Cool’ Patagonia wants to take used items into the mainstream
"It's not just about sales. It's about system change," said Marty Pomphrey, general manager of Patagonia Japan, on Aug. 6.

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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