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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 16, 2015

Derrick Woollacott: Lost postwar memories find the light of day

In 1942, Derrick Woollacott entered the military and ended up kickstarting his career as a photographer at age 19. Lacking formal education after 14 and the financial means to own a camera, this was his best shot.
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 5, 2015

Germans torpedo Yasaka Maru; Men spending more on booze; Japan, ROK restore ties; South Korea to allow singing in Japanese

100 YEARS AGOFriday, Dec. 24, 1915
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 30, 2015

Climate action plans of world's 48 poorest nations to cost $1 trillion

The world's 48 poorest countries will need to find around $1 trillion between 2020 and 2030 to achieve their plans to tackle climate change — and those plans should be a priority for international funding, researchers said.
WORLD
Nov 22, 2015

World powers to help Iran redesign reactor as part of nuclear deal

Six world powers will help Iran redesign its Arak heavy water reactor so that it cannot produce weapons-grade plutonium, according to a document released by the state news agency IRNA on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 12, 2015

Venezuela's Jimenez puts friendships aside during heated Premier 12 competition

While playing for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2009 and for the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization in 2014, Venezuela's Luis Jimenez developed many friendships on both teams.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 31, 2015

'Allegiance' depicts the isolation and struggles of Japanese-Americans during WWII

Caswell "Cash" Harrison, the protagonist in this legal thriller set during World War II, is a fortunate young man. Fresh out of Columbia Law School, his family ties to the network of Philadelphia patricians promises him a cozy legal career. But having failed his military physical on a technicality, Harrison...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 18, 2015

Radio personality Peter Barakan brings the world to Tokyo for Live Magic!

'I'm going off track again. Wait a minute." Midway through a lengthy digression about an "amazing" New Orleans band named Boukou Groove, Peter Barakan pauses, ever so briefly, to check the conversational signposts.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 15, 2015

Theater legend Harold Prince brings 'Prince of Broadway' to Japan for a world premiere

With a smile beaming from his face, Broadway legend Harold Prince enters the room I'm waiting in and cheerfully declares, "I'm not jet-lagged at all — they're just working me to death."
Rugby
Sep 29, 2015

Fiji's Tikoirotuma replaces banned Nadolo for Wales match

Fiji has replaced suspended left wing Nemani Nadolo with Aseli Tikoirotuma for the Rugby World Cup Pool A clash with Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2015

A Korean woman recalls the tragedy of two wars

Seventy years have passed since the end of World War II, but memories of it and the Korean War that followed remain vivid in the mind of a 90-year-old Korean woman.
Takaichi makes history as Japan’s first female prime minister
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi reacts to applauding lawmakers after being elected prime minister at the Lower House on Tuesday.
Path clears for Takaichi to become PM as LDP and JIP agree to form coalition
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi (right) reaches out to shake hands with Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura after signing a coalition deal Monday evening in Tokyo.
Rare female yakuza walks path to redemption in Japan
Retired yakuza Mako Nishimura sorts fallen leaves during a clean-up activity at the Gifu Gokoku shrine in Gifu Prefecture on Sept. 28.
Takaichi government will likely spend less than expected
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi at the National Diet Building in Tokyo on Monday
Who is Minoru Kihara, Takaichi’s new 'cool-headed' spokesman?
Minoru Kihara (second from left) attends a Lower House plenary session on Tuesday in Tokyo.
Nakatsu keeps its cool as gentrification looms
Shunsuke Takahashi, owner of the cafe Hood by Vargas, says the Osaka neighborhood of Nakatsu feels brighter and calmer with the influx of new businesses.
How Japan’s greatest psychological horror game came home
Series composer Akira Yamaoka and writer Ryukishi07 were integral figures in helping one of Japan's greatest horror gaming franchises land a Japanese setting.
Japan leads in in-depth AI awareness, new global study finds
In Japan, 55% were “equally concerned and excited” about the rise of AI in daily life, while 28% were “more concerned than excited.”
What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status?
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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The byzantine process for converting a foreign driver’s license into a Japanese one entails mountains of paperwork and significant stamina — unless you're a lucky license holder from a country or region where these requirements are waived.
Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.
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