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Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 27, 2017

Are $1,500 blue jeans worth it?

What does $1,500 get you in blue jeans?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 27, 2017

China's rural early-childhood development centers may help reduce numbers of school dropouts

Every day after lunch, Qu Yexiu used to potter around her house in northwest China doing housework and looking after her 2-year-old grandson.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 26, 2017

Hurricane Harvey weakens to Category 1 after slamming into Texas

The most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. state of Texas in more than 50 years moved slowly inland on Saturday, dumping torrential rain expected to cause catastrophic flooding after battering the coast with 130 mph winds.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 26, 2017

Japan's female politicians showing the way forward on maternity harassment

Since July 12, when Lower House lawmaker Takako Suzuki announced she was pregnant with her first child, the news media has been full of stories about "maternity harassment."
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Aug 26, 2017

Southern Peas: A little slice of New Orleans

Chef Katsutoshi Uezoma first discovered New Orleans while on a trip to New York.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Aug 26, 2017

'Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics': Dueling conceptions of the archipelago

Okinawa at times is like heaven and hell in equal measures: tropical beaches next to ammunition dumps. A garrison island where people come to take vacations, the most politicized region of Japan can seem like being teleported back to the agitprop heyday of the late 1960s.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Aug 26, 2017

Rush hour

'I can't believe that people in Tokyo are in such a hurry to get to work.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2017

More than a thousand join funeral procession for Philippine teen slain by drug cops

More than a thousand mourners attended a funeral procession in a northern Manila suburb on Saturday for a high school student whose killing a week earlier by anti-drug officers has caused rare public outrage about the country's war on drugs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2017

For Japan's economy, now is the time to raise sales tax, tackle debt, says business lobby

Japan's current run of economic growth provides a now-or-never opportunity to tackle the nation's debt and forge ahead with plans to increase the sales tax, said Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai).
Reader Mail
Aug 25, 2017

Develop community workshops

For all the great things about life in Japan, one thing bothers me about raising my son here, and that's the lack of a farm, or a normal backyard, or a garage with power tools and a lawn mower to repair, let alone any livestock or a tractor and other farm machinery to work on together. Did anyone else...
Reader Mail
Aug 25, 2017

Arbitrary age cut-off for Tokyo 2020 volunteers

My teenage son Matthew was born in Tokyo in November 2002. He would like to be a volunteer for Tokyo 2020 as a show of support for his birthplace. He is a competitive swimmer and a member of the Auxiliary Medical Service in Hong Kong. Matthew can speak fluently in English, French and Mandarin. He also...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 25, 2017

Remains of 20th-century Chinese laborers found at ancient pyramid in Peruvian capital

Archaeologists exploring Peru's pre-Colombian past recently unearthed a glimpse of a less prominent chapter in the Andean country's history — the remains of 16 Chinese laborers from around the turn of the 19th century.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2017

China's renewable energy revolution is well underway

China is on a path toward becoming a major source of both energy demand and the cutting-edge technologies needed to meet that demand.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Aug 24, 2017

Animated pop star Hatsune Miku is only 10, but she has had a huge impact on music

People rarely geek out over the 10-year anniversary of a specific instrument, but Hatsune Miku isn't your usual music store purchase.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2017

No-go zones keep kin from burying deceased Fukushima evacuees at ancestral gravesites

The remains of Fukushima's deceased evacuees are being left in limbo because radiation is preventing them from being buried.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2017

U.S. Ambassador William Hagerty asks Twitter for suggested travel spots to 'rediscover' Japan

The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo is asking Twitter users to suggest places in Japan for new U.S. Ambassador William Hagerty and his family to visit.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 24, 2017

U.S. State Department science envoy quits in public disgust over Trump's Charlottesville remarks

One of the U.S. State Department's science envoys publicly resigned on Wednesday, the latest in a wave of defections over President Donald Trump's response to a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Aug 23, 2017

In wake of Charlottesville, U.S. should follow Japan and outlaw hate speech

Carnage in Virginia shows why America needs to limit expression that necessarily leads to violence.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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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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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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