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Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Mar 14, 2020

'Underground': The thematic keystone to Haruki Murakami's oeuvre

In the 20 years that have passed since the publication of Haruki Murakami's nonfiction 'Underground,' it remains both an outlier and a springboard for the career that would follow.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 13, 2020

Starting the Olympic torch relay in Fukushima should remind us of the dangers of nuclear power

Regardless of who we cheer for at the Olympics Games, nuclear power does not deserve our applause.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Mar 13, 2020

How U.S. and Europe can learn from Asia's battle against coronavirus

The spreading coronavirus has health officials from the U.S. to Europe searching for answers. To find them, they could look to the experience of Asia, which has been battling the deadly pathogen since January — with some success.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 13, 2020

Conquering history and conquering the stage with Ken Watanabe

Japanese actor Ken Watanabe returns to 'Pizarro' 35 years after his last performance in the play, this time in the lead role as the titular Spanish conquistador.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2020

Germany designates radical wing of far-right AfD as 'extremist entity'

Germany will step up surveillance of a radical wing of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party after the domestic intelligence agency designated it as an extremist entity that threatens democracy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 11, 2020

Fighting COVID-19: It's the story, stupid

The Japanese government is failing to effectively combat infections and unable to win the confidence of publics at home and abroad.
CULTURE / Music
Mar 11, 2020

Intersection: Bridging the Pacific through the medium of J-pop

Intersection's four dual-heritage members say they want Japanese music listeners to be more open to international culture and people with more diverse backgrounds.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Mar 10, 2020

Workshops give students chance to pitch sustainable products

On Feb. 19 and 20, throngs of people descended on Yokohama to attend the Sustainable Brands 2020 convention at Pacifico Yokohama.
SUMO
Mar 9, 2020

Undervalued Gagamaru has had solid career in raised ring

To date, four men from the country of Georgia have become sumo wrestlers in Japan.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2020

Tohoku land-reutilization project breathes new life into 3/11 danger zones

Towns and cities in the three Tohoku prefectures damaged most by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami are moving forward with plans to reuse abandoned land plots under a group relocation program aimed at disaster prevention.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 9, 2020

Design innovations in Kyoto's textile industry pave the way forward

The contrasting worlds of contemporary designer Mae Engelgeer and Hosoo, a historical Japanese textile company, overlap to ethereal effect at 'Colortage,' an exhibition of new approaches to fabrics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 9, 2020

Malaysian machinations: How Mahathir Mohamad lost the plot

In May 2018, Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad was in the grand ballroom of a Sheraton hotel near Kuala Lumpur, jubilantly announcing his return as prime minister after defeating an alliance that had run the country for 60 years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 8, 2020

Moving the nation beyond Abenomics

Japan's next government must focus squarely on the supply-side and administrative reforms needed to accelerate and sustain economic growth.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 8, 2020

U.N. calls for Yemeni warring parties to immediate freeze military operations

U.N. Special Envoy Martin Griffiths on Saturday called for an immediate end to military action by Yemen's warring parties as renewed violence between the Houthi movement and a Saudi-led coalition threatened peace efforts.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Mar 7, 2020

Nagayamahonke Shuzojo: Sake with terroir takes root in Yamaguchi

At sake brewery, Nagayamahonke Shuzojo, brewer Takahiro Nagayama prioritizes organic rice, water and sustainability over technology. The result: sake with distinct local flavor.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Mar 7, 2020

Perennially popular Pipeline Punch particularly punchy

Monster Energy is bringing its Pipeline Punch back to convenience store shelves. How long will it stay in stock this time?
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 7, 2020

Senior Saudi princes held for alleged treason

Saudi Arabian authorities have detained a brother and a nephew of Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud Salman and accused them of treason, according to a person familiar with the matter — a move that extends a series of crackdowns on royal relatives by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 6, 2020

Wanted: A strategy to narrow Japan's widening gender gap

Now is the time for Japan to adopt forward-thinking inclusive policies and practices that empower and enable women to thrive in the new economy.
SUMO
Mar 5, 2020

Health risks in spotlight as Spring Basho nears start

The Japan Sumo Association is proceeding with the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, but has decided, in light of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, that it will be held behind closed doors.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 5, 2020

David Coverdale: A hard rock god sings the blues

Former Deep Purple and current Whitesnake vocalist David Coverdale says he won't be giving up on the music any time soon.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 5, 2020

'Shirobako the Movie': Unboxing the nitty-gritty of anime

Tsutomu Mizushima's television series about the ins and outs of making anime movies gets the big-screen treatment, bringing back familiar characters, situations and jokes.
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 4, 2020

J. League fans make best of virus-induced sabbatical

No games, no problem — as long as you've got a Twitter account.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 4, 2020

Seigen Tokuzawa and Masaki Hayashi form a musical duo from the 'roots of soul'

Cellist Seigen Tokuzawa joins forces with pianist Masaki Hayashi to create new album 'Drift.'
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 3, 2020

Trump's COVID-19 response bedeviled by missteps, raising risks

The Trump administration's response to global outbreaks of the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been riven by missteps.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2020

Hong Kong virus fears stoke 'unprecedented' mental health issues

As Hong Kong tries to contain the coronavirus outbreak, medical experts say many people in the financial hub are reeling from increased anxiety and an unprecedented level of mental health issues.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 3, 2020

'All our dreams are gone': Desperation deepens for Syrians as conflict intensifies

At a maternity hospital in northwest Syria, an alarm flashes at the main entrance to alert staff. It's not patients en route to the hospital. It's warplanes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2020

Why the Taliban is celebrating Trump's peace plan

The agreement does not require the terrorist group to recognize Afghanistan's legitimately elected government.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2020

As COVID-19 spikes, so does global instability

If the virus outbreak dramatically dents global economic growth, perhaps even producing a recession, that will likely raise the political temperature almost everywhere.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 1, 2020

The persecution and lonely death of a Uyghur scholar

How Japanese supporters worked to secure the freedom of imprisoned Uighur scholar Tohti Tunyaz is a story worth telling.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
Japan to subsidize demolition of abandoned inns
Abandoned Japanese-style inns in the Kinugawa hot springs resort in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, in March 2023
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
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.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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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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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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