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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 26, 2017

Figuring out who to watch at this year's Fuji Rock Festival

The 2017 edition of Fuji Rock Festival boasts one of the more eclectic lineups the long-running gathering has had in recent years. The headliners tell the tale: Cartoon rockers Gorillaz share the same font size as electronic pop star Bjork and dance music weirdo Aphex Twin. Dig deeper and you'll find...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2017

Sake makers tout locally sourced rice to entice terroir-obsessed wine enthusiasts

Brewery executive Kosuke Kuji brought his best sake to a New York booze showcase 16 years ago hoping to promote high-end sake to a new generation of sophisticated foreign drinkers. They were a little disappointed.
PRESS / Publications
Jul 25, 2017

『The Japan Times NEWS DIGEST』最新号発売

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都港区、代表取締役社長:堤丈晴)は、『The Japan Times NEWS DIGEST 2017.7 Vol.67』を出版しました。
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2017

Beijing is watching Justin Bieber

In China it is politics, or the perception of such, that is the surest route to getting stamped 'banned by Beijing.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2017

Nomura's India fund approaches ¥400 billion as Japan bets on Modi

The land of Abenomics is betting on "Modinomics."
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2017

Beijing police hunt suspect after stabbing spree and deadly hit-and-run

Beijing police are hunting for a man suspected of stabbing five people and then plowing into a group of nine others with a van, killing one and injuring eight, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 23, 2017

China opens movie theater on disputed island in South China Sea

Chinese soldiers and residents on one the islands the country controls in the contested South China Sea can now visit the cinema after the first movie theater in the strategic waterway opened its doors Saturday, according to state media.
EDITORIALS
Jul 23, 2017

Best tool to fight climate change

Asian banks and governments have every reason to join the crusade against climate chainge.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 22, 2017

Moscow lawyer who met Trump Jr. had Russian spy agency as client

The Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr. after his father won the Republican nomination for the 2016 U.S. presidential election counted Russia's FSB security service among her clients for years, Russian court documents seen by Reuters show.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2017

Musk tweets he got verbal OK to start work on New York-Washington underground 'hyperloop'

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday said he had received "verbal" approval to start building a high-speed underground transport system linking New York and Washington that could cut travel time between the cities to about half an hour.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 21, 2017

3,000 battle wildfire spreading rapidly near Yosemite

A raging wildfire in Central California that has forced thousands from their homes spread rapidly on Thursday, threatening a town outside Yosemite National Park, fire officials said.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 20, 2017

Fukui governor and mayors ask Inada for added protection for reactors against North Korea attacks

Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa and the mayors of six towns and villages in the prefecture hosting nuclear power plants have called on Defense Minister Tomomi Inada to dispatch Self-Defense Forces personnel to the prefecture to guard Fukui's 15 reactors (including those being decommissioned) against a possible...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 20, 2017

Facing arrest back home, Russian who fought for Islamic State scams way into Ukraine

When Islamic State fighter Marat Nurmagomedov escaped from Syria to Turkey after becoming disillusioned with the militant group, he was unable to return home to Russia for fear of arrest.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2017

Trump dumps CIA arms support for anti-Assad Syria rebels: officials

The Trump administration has decided to halt the CIA's covert program to equip and train certain rebel groups fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, two U.S. officials said, a move sought by Assad ally Russia.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 19, 2017

'Okja' reminds us of friendship and factory farming

Bong Joon-ho's latest film, "Okja," received a four-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival in May, an about-face reaction from the loud boos heard at the beginning of the screening. Those were likely due to a technical failure that delayed the screening for a good 15 minutes, and for which...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2017

Japanese firms needs to boost worker happiness to survive, well-being expert says

Feeling blue at work? According to Keio University professor Takashi Maeno, there are science-backed reasons explaining why workers may feel so distressed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 19, 2017

Trump, Putin spoke in previously undisclosed dialogue at G-20 dinner

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a previously undisclosed dialogue during a dinner for G-20 leaders at a summit earlier this month in Germany, a White House official said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Jul 19, 2017

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WORLD / Politics
Jul 19, 2017

Defying Trump's 'brutal interventionist' threat, Maduro to press ahead with Constituent Assembly

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government on Tuesday vowed to proceed with plans for a controversial new congress despite what it called a "brutal interventionist" threat of U.S. economic sanctions.

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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