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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 26, 2015

La Sera's Katy Goodman extols the benefits of learning skills outside the music world

Katy Goodman loves math, problem-solving and memorization.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 25, 2015

America still rules the world of Japan's theme parks

The success of Tokyo Disney Resort and Universal Studios Japan has a lot to do with their business models and the way they've exploited their appeal to certain demographics in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 14, 2015

'Japanese Painters Under World War II: How Did They Survive War?'

July 18-Sept. 23
JAPAN / History
Jul 11, 2015

Chiune Sugihara: man of conscience

Chiune Sugihara, Japanese consul in Kaunas, Lithuania, awoke on the morning of July 18, 1940, to a disturbing sight. He peered through the curtains of his bedroom window just before 6 a.m. Sugihara and his wife had been living in the consulate building since their arrival at the end of August 1939, just...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Jul 10, 2015

Ogawa Coffee: An old-world coffee house without the traditional atmosphere

For a small city, Kyoto is big on coffee. As with every city in Japan, the current "third-wave" coffee boom has brought more choice and quality when it comes to cafes and beans. This is undeniably good news for coffee drinkers. Ogawa Coffee and Inoda Coffee, two Kyoto coffee institutions, both predate...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 7, 2015

Enjoy something new under the sun at Japan's outdoor art festivals

There's no excuse to stay indoors this summer when so many regions in Japan are offering great outdoor art festivals. Here's a few that we think are worth putting on the sun lotion for.
Japan Times
Places
Jul 3, 2015

Where to view the Women’s World Cup final in the Tokyo area

The teams of Japan and the United States will face again each other again to determine the winner of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The game will be broadcast locally on Fuji TV, but if you want to support your team along with other soccer fans in person, a number of venues in Japan will offer public...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Jun 27, 2015

'Harp of Burma' is an adventure story concealing weighty themes

"Harp of Burma" was published in Japan in 1946, but it would be 20 years before Michio Takeyama's story of Japanese soldiers stranded in Burma after the close of World War II was translated into English. In fact, Kon Ichikawa got there first in 1956, with his stark cinematic adaptation, "Biruma no Tategoto"...
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 24, 2015

World Cup heroics earn Singapore stopper Izwan J. League trial

Singaporean goalkeeper Izwan Mahbud has been offered a trial by J. League side Matsumoto Yamaga after he foiled four-time Asian champion Japan with a dominating display in Saitama last week.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2015

A way of helping the poor that actually works

Ideas to help the world's poorest people should be funded based on evidence that they work — not hope.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 19, 2015

Some of the world's cities take baby steps to protect women

Going out for dinner and not sure which area would be safer at night for a woman traveling on her own? Want to track your daughter to ensure she gets back from college safely?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2015

Tokyo is world's most livable city: Monocle magazine

The British lifestyle magazine Monocle has declared Tokyo the most livable city in the world in its annual quality of life survey, the company said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 11, 2015

If Japan can really say sorry

If Japan can really say sorry for its wartime actions, it will help the entire region.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Japan ranks 66th in press freedom, lowest among G7
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with Reporters Without Borders noting that "the principles of media freedom and pluralism are generally respected" in the country.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
Kawasaki can hold its head high after spirited Asian Champions League effort
Frontale players grimace during the final of the Asian Champions League on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kawasaki lost 2-0 against heavily favored Al-Ahli.

Podcast

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

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
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