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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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 23, 2017

Private equity will do a lot of good for Japan Inc.

Private equity has the potential to shake up Japan's cozy, stagnant corporate world, and in the process help revive it from its long productivity slump.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 23, 2017

A 'gamble' on a woman-centered blockbuster pays off in 'Wonder Woman'

Director Patty Jenkins has been the talk of Tinseltown lately as the woman behind "Wonder Woman," a Warner Bros./DC Comics blockbuster that has already broken a few records at the box office. It's a triumphant comeback for a director whose last big film was the 2003 film "Monster," which won lead star...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 23, 2017

'Wonder Woman': A superhero blockbuster that stands apart from the crowd

The "Wonder Woman" comic was created by William Moulton Marston in 1941, an unlikely year for a female superhero. World War II was in full swing, and in the DC Comics world, Batman and Superman reigned supreme — then along she came, fighting with "love, instead of hatred," according to Moulton Marston....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 23, 2017

Chinese media say collisions show U.S. Navy 'becoming a hazard in Asian waters'

The U.S. Navy's second major collision by a ship from its 7th Fleet on Monday shows it is "becoming a hazard in Asian waters" amid Washington's claim that the navy is protecting freedom of navigation, Chinese state-run media have said.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2017

800 out of 80,000 so far sign up as Jordan opens first job center inside Syrian refugee camp

Jordan has opened its first job center inside a refugee camp, unlocking work opportunities across the country for thousands living in the world's largest Syrian refugee camp, the United Nations labor agency said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2017

Tens of thousands of civilians feared trapped by Islamic State as Iraqi troops breach Tal Afar defenses

Government forces breached the city limits of Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq on Tuesday on the third day of a U.S.-backed offensive to seize it back from Islamic State militants.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.
Woman, 69, arrested over 1999 Nagoya housewife's murder
A police sketch released in 2020 of a woman spotted near the scene of the 1999 murder of a housewife in Nagoya's Nishi Ward
Japan to introduce joint child custody system in April 2026
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (center) and other ministers prior to a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
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