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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 19, 2015

Christmas stay includes Santa visit; new desserts added to luxury lunch; elaborate cakes to celebrate holidays

Christmas stay includes Santa visit
WORLD
Nov 7, 2015

U.S. to open new screening centers for Syrian refugees

The Obama administration is moving to increase and accelerate the number of Syrian refugees who might be admitted into the United States by opening new screening outposts in Iraq and Lebanon, administration officials told Reuters on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2015

Somalia facing a whole new type of pirate

Somalia's rich marine resources are being plundered by foreign fishing vessels, and the war-torn nation needs international help to fend them off.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 31, 2015

Perfume hits the big screen in new documentary about touring overseas

It would be giving techno-pop trio Perfume's new documentary film "We Are Perfume — World Tour 3rd Document" too much credit to say that it shows the struggles of touring abroad. Aside from a mishap regarding a busted LED screen in Los Angeles, that is.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2015

Beyond India's beef with beef, new hatreds grow

Religious extremism in South Asia is symptomatic of a larger phenomenon: the shattering of the postcolonial order under the stresses of a massive economic and demographic transition.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 19, 2015

Antelopes' new approach revolutionizing women's hoops

Veteran bench boss Don Beck intends to play a transition game around solid defense for the Toyota Antelopes of the Women's Japan Basketball League in his first season in charge, like he did while coaching the Toyota Alvark men's team from 2010-15.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 7, 2015

New ministerial post raises doubts, overlaps with other agencies

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's newly created ministerial post is raising questions from the public and the opposition camp over concerns its roles will overlap with other agencies.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Oct 6, 2015

Baseball legend Berra made unforgettable impression

One of the cool things about being an elder statesman (i.e. old coot) in the sports columnist/ TV announcer biz is that, over time, you get to conduct a ton of interviews with prominent figures in the toy department of life.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2015

New Disney park in China to bolster sales, Uniqlo chief says

Fast Retailing Co. Chairman Tadashi Yanai said Walt Disney Co.'s new park in Shanghai will help his Uniqlo casual clothing brand expand in China, shrugging off concerns over an economic slowdown in the Japanese retailer's largest overseas market.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2015

Abe aims arrows at new targets with three fresh goals for 'Abenomics,' 20% rise in GDP

The three new economic policy goals include: promotion of economic growth, child-rearing assistance and social security measures to increase nursing facilities for the elderly.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 21, 2015

Let's discuss the new My Number system

This week's featured article
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / They're Playing Our Song
Sep 5, 2015

A song to start a whole new beginning

Three years after World War II ended, my grandmother's friend told her she should apply to join the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female musical theater troupe that was established in the city of Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, in 1913.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Sep 4, 2015

Lotte's koala cookies come in a new limited-edition flavor

Lotte's "Koara no Machi" ("Koala's March") brand of cookies has added a not-so-radical new flavor to its roster: cocoa and milk.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2015

Online auction looks to fetch $70,000 for last Titanic luncheon menu

More than a century after first-class passengers aboard the ill-fated Titanic ate grilled mutton chops and custard pudding in an elaborate dining room, the ship's last luncheon menu is expected to fetch up to $70,000 in an online auction, a curator said on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2015

New MSDF 'family cards' hint at expanded Japan military role abroad: journalist

The Defense Ministry is quietly but steadily preparing for what comes after the controversial security legislation is enacted ? including determining who is eligible to fight in a war, according to journalist Yu Terasawa.
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 29, 2015

Kitagawara shapes a new Kobuchizawa Station

Since 2011, Tokyo University of the Arts and the city of Hokuto in Yamanashi Prefecture have been working together to redesign its Kobuchizawa Station building as part of an initiative to breathe new life into the rural area.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 25, 2015

Tokashiki eager to put new skills on display

Less than a week before the Japan women's national team begins competing at the FIBA Asia Championship, Seattle Storm rookie Ramu Tokashiki returned home to join the squad.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 22, 2015

White supremacist convicted for targeting Obama in New York 'death ray' case

A New York white supremacist was convicted by a federal jury on Friday of plotting to use a remote-controlled radiation device he called "Hiroshima on a light switch" to harm Muslims and U.S. President Barack Obama.

Longform

After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic