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Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 24, 2023

For some players at the Australian Open, no spotlight is no problem

In tennis, there is a long history of success and exposure crushing champions or sucking the joy out of them.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 20, 2023

Mao Fujita makes Mozart's sonatas his own

The 24-year-old concert pianist adds flourish to familiar melodies ahead of his debut recital at New York’s hallowed Carnegie Hall.
Japan Times
PODCAST /
Jan 18, 2023

Clutter, trash and hoarding disorder in Japan

Alex K.T. Martin looks at what form compulsive hoarding disorder takes in Japan and how it manifests when combined with other aspects of life here.

Longform

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.