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Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Apr 5, 2015

Makeup entrepreneur heals women's souls in Nepal

Mai Mukaida, 32, believes that emotional change often comes with the help of others who encourage one to notice the beauty that lies within.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2015

U.K. election most unpredictable in generations

On May 7, British voters will go to the polls in the most unpredictable general election for decades.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 4, 2015

'Intimate Rivals' gives needed context to Japan and China's volatile relationship

The relationship between Japan and China extends back more than a millennium but, in spite of (or, perhaps, because of) all that the two countries have borrowed, traded and shared, that relationship could be best summed up as "Intimate Rivals" — the title of Sheila A. Smith's new book.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 4, 2015

Magazines fixate on the roots of poverty

The oft-seen expression ichioku sō-chūryū translates roughly as "the perception of 'the 100 million,' i.e., the entire nation, as belonging to the middle class."
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 4, 2015

Trio of homers lauched Hanshin to title

As part of the celebration commemorating the 80 years of the Hanshin Tigers franchise, the ballclub will later this month remember the 30th anniversary of one of the most exciting moments in Japanese baseball home run history.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2015

GOP's road to power runs through Israel

The deterioration of U.S.-Israeli relations under the Obama administration could help the Republicans win the White House in 2016.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 3, 2015

Singapore firm Quoine sees bitcoin being big in Japan

Many Japanese may be skeptical about the encrypted currency bitcoin due to last year's Mt. Gox fiasco, but a Singapore-based venture sees a big opportunity in fostering a bitcoin market in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2015

The trials and tribulations of Asian democracy

The list of national political leaders in Asia who have faced, or are about to face, criminal charges has grown so extensive that it is plausible to wonder whether democracy itself can survive in a number of these countries.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2015

Putin and the neoconservatives

The national ambitions harbored by Vladimir Putin and American neoconservatives are troublingly similar.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2015

Xi celebrating soft-power win over U.S. too soon

If Chinese leaders are to achieve their growing international aspirations, they'll have to be far more ambitious about getting their financial house in order first.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2015

Indiana, Arkansas approve religious-freedom laws that some call discriminatory

Indiana and Arkansas revised on Thursday new religious freedom acts that had drawn criticism from rights groups and U.S. companies that assailed them as discriminatory against gays.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EMBASSY AVENUE
Apr 3, 2015

El Sistema's music activities inspire youth across borders

Suntory Hall was filled with the sounds of music as Venezuelan maestro Gustavo Dudamel conducted students from Japan and the U.S. during a concert on March 29.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2015

Rebranded as democracy advocate, ex-coup leader Buhari had tech leg up in Nigeria polls

Technology played a decisive role in helping Muhammadu Buhari become the first Nigerian to oust a sitting president at the ballot box, from social media campaigning to biometric machines preventing the widespread rigging that marred past polls.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 3, 2015

Co-pilot Lubitz researched suicide, cockpit door locks on Net; second black box found

The co-pilot suspected of deliberately flying a Germanwings plane into the French Alps searched the Internet for ways to commit suicide shortly before the crash that killed 150 people, German prosecutors said on Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 2, 2015

Shinobu Terajima dresses down for risque role in 'All Nudity Shall Be Punished'

Sex and violence can be a good draw to get crowds out to the theater, but don't underestimate the power of actress Shinobu Terajima to bring audiences to a show.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 2, 2015

Abe looks to craft war history comments with eye on U.S.

When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses Japan's wartime past in a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the reaction of ally Washington will likely be as much, if not more, on his mind than that of Asian nations that suffered from Japanese military aggression.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2015

Netanyahu sends application for Israel to join China-backed AIIB investment bank

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signed a letter of application for Israel to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
CULTURE / Film
Apr 1, 2015

Exporting ‘Wild Style’: Fab 5 Freddy remembers when Bronx hip-hop invaded Tokyo

Flashback to the Japan of 1983: Childish idol Seiko Matsuda was topping the charts, Japanese guys were trying to dress like Boy George and kids in discos vainly watched themselves dance in floor-to-ceiling mirrors as Frankie told them to "Relax." Believe it or not, this is the exact moment hip-hop hit...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 1, 2015

'Pride' is a brilliant film that comes before the fall of U.K. mining

The lesbian and gay communities have come a long, long way in both real life and cinema, and "Pride" is evidence of that. The film is set in 1984-85 England, when miners across the country went on strike to protest the government's closing of a large number of mines and the loss of more than 20,000 jobs....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2015

Media, automakers offer gags galore as April Fools' Day catches on in Japan

Companies humored their customers on April Fools' Day, offering eye-catching products and services that in some cases appeared to meet a credulous audience.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 1, 2015

The thankless task of cleaning up the aftermaths of lonely deaths in Japan

In March, the body of an elderly man was found on the floor of his apartment in downtown Tokyo. He had been dead for a month.
A beloved Tokyo penguin’s end presages Suica’s shift to payments giant
JR East is retiring the beloved Suica penguin as part of a rebrand to transform the contactless payment platform, used for both transit and retail, into a mobile fintech powerhouse.
Fears rise of rupture in Japan-China ties in wake of Taiwan remarks
Two Chinese tourists wearing kimonos take a selfie as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Ashfall warning issued in southern Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Japan uses series against South Korea to prep for World Baseball Classic title defense
Japan's Ryuhei Sotani pitches against South Korea at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.

Podcast

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

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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