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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Nov 28, 2015

The big-ticket gifts of Kumano-dori

As November grows chilly, I warm up with an urban hike to hunt out seasonal gifts for friends and family. Tokyo is a bastion of creativity and craftsmanship, and shopping the backstreets is like touring a gallery of desires you never knew you had. I exit the Ginza Line's Gaienmae Station, and trot off...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Nov 28, 2015

'Glory in a Line' reveals the complicated life of Tsuguharu Foujita

Arguably Phyllis Birnbaum's best biography to date, "Glory in a Line" examines the life of Japanese painter Tsuguharu "Leonard" Foujita.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Nov 28, 2015

Mariya Suzuki: ‘I like to draw the mundane moments that otherwise flit away’

Coffee cup illustrator on sketching, picture books and distractions
Reader Mail
Nov 28, 2015

Real climate crisis: misdirected funds

Regarding the story "Global warming may impoverish 100 million: World Bank" in the Nov. 10 issue, it is inaccurate to say that "extreme weather (is) tied to warming."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2015

Delayed Kabul-Jalalabad road project highlights China's challenge in Afghanistan

A new road linking the Afghan capital with a trade hub near Pakistan has been stuck in the slow lane since a state-owned Chinese company took the contract to build it two years ago, bedevilled by militant attacks and accusations of mismanagement.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 28, 2015

Trump's support drops 12 points in five days

U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump's support among Republicans has dropped 12 points in less than a week, marking the real estate mogul's biggest decline since he vaulted to the top of the field in July, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2015

Sex and drugs on the road to jihad in Paris

Jobs and education programs for young people in poor neighborhoods would help put Islamic State out of business in Europe.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Nov 27, 2015

Research faces a dire future

Thanks to poor funding and a lack of creative administration, Japan's recent success in winning Nobel Prizes will likely be followed by a long dry spell.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2015

Climate — the new danger to our well-being

The world needs much stronger emission cuts than whatever comes out of the upcoming Paris talks on climate change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 27, 2015

Stock market fallout from Murakami probe seen limited

Japan stock watchers say the fallout from an investigation of Yoshiaki Murakami for market manipulation will be limited.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2015

With friends like Turkey, who needs enemies?

By shooting down a Russian Su-24 warplane that had no hostile intent, Turkey demonstrated that it stands with Islamic State and against the West.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 26, 2015

Suzuki aims to take some Maruti turf in India

After trust issues doomed Suzuki Motor Corp.'s alliance with Volkswagen AG, the Japanese carmaker now has to win over shareholders skeptical of plans for its crucial partnership with India's largest carmaker.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 26, 2015

Ayatollah says U.S. infiltrating Iran's elite by using sex, cash, Western lifestyle appeal

The United States is using sex, money and Western lifestyles to infiltrate Iran's decision-making elite, the Islamic republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 26, 2015

Tunisia shuts Libya border, confirms suicide bomber blew up bus in Islamic State attack

Tunisian authorities said on Wednesday a suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with plastic explosive blew up a presidential guard bus a day earlier, killing at least 12 troops in an attack claimed by Islamic State militants.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Nov 25, 2015

Kitanoumi’s death overshadows Harumafuji’s triumph

On Sunday, when yokozuna Harumafuji was presented with the Emperor's Cup for the seventh time, the world of sumo was still reeling from the news that Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi had died 48 hours earlier from complications related to rectal cancer aged only 62.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2015

Russia is waging war on far too many fronts

Putin's Russia is not exactly weak, it's just alone and unloved after alienating even potential friends such as Turkey and Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 25, 2015

U.S. developing new tools of economic war against the Islamic State

Since last month, U.S. warplanes have struck the Islamic State group's oil infrastructure in Syria in a stepped-up campaign of economic warfare that the United States estimates has cut the group's black-market earnings from oil by about a third.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 25, 2015

Hachimura signs with powerhouse college program Gonzaga

Japanese basketball phenom Rui Hachimura will play for the Gonzaga University Bulldogs next year, head coach Mark Few revealed on the team's official website.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 24, 2015

Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border; Moscow denies airspace violation

Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border Tuesday after repeated warnings over air space violations, but Moscow said it could prove the jet had not left Syrian air space.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
Two Japanese nationals shot dead in Manila
Commuters cross the street through traffic in Manila.
Osaka fire kills two firefighters and leaves four injured
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire in the Dotonbori district in the city of Osaka on Monday.
Trump’s peace-deal demands leave Ukraine's Zelenskyy with only bad options
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint news conference with the European Commission president in Brussels on Sunday.
Japan watches nervously as Trump ramps up pressure on Zelenskyy
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba takes part in an online meeting focused on Ukraine, with leaders from the "coalition of the willing," a group of nations that have pledged support for Kyiv against Russian aggression, late Sunday.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
Top MLB prospect Rintaro Sasaki is committed to doing it 'the hard way'
Rintaro Sasaki hits a home run during a game against Duke at Stanford's Sunken Diamond on March 16.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.

Podcast

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

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
By Tomoko Otake

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