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Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 27, 2016

Haute cuisine? Santa serves up sleigh-borne dinner in the sky

Not waiting at home for Santa Claus, gourmets in Brussels are flying off aboard his sleigh to dine with him above the city's rooftops and twinkling Christmas lights.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 27, 2016

Kim's Castro condolence letter reveals long-standing North Korea-Cuba ties

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a message of condolences to Cuba over the death of former leader Fidel Castro, highlighting the two nations' long-standing ties, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 27, 2016

Finding fishy enlightenment and sustenance on the Mackerel Trail

The Wakasa Road is a historical trail that helped advance Japan's culture and cuisine. The Wakasa region of Fukui Prefecture, on the nation's west coast, was one of the strategic miketsukuni regions of Japan that produced food for the emperor in ancient times.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2016

An explosion in U.S. employment dropouts

In the U.S., about 1 in 8 prime-age male workers are out of work and not looking for a job. In the mid-1960s, it was only 1 in 29.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 26, 2016

A dark, bittersweet childhood becomes a manga masterpiece

"Sunny" is a manga masterpiece. Page by page, it quietly transcends similar slice-of-life comics in its depiction of children in a foster home, their caregivers and estranged parents. Written and illustrated by renowned manga artist Taiyo Matsumoto, this six-volume collection, which won the prestigious...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Nov 26, 2016

Graves and gods of Otsuka

It's a bright fall morning when I return to Gokokuji Temple, an Important Cultural Property in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Exiting Gokokuji Station, it only takes me a few minutes to find the two monks who promised to help me when I visited here earlier: 33-year-old Shinsei Miura and 23-year-old Kenkai Yamada....
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Nov 26, 2016

Finally — the games PlayStation players have been waiting for

The years-in-the-making "Final Fantasy XV" is finally coming out. The game was originally announced back in 2006 as "Final Fantasy Versus XIII," but it has since been reworked and then rebranded as "Final Fantasy XV."
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 26, 2016

Pondering Trump's future prospects of throwing out first pitches in MLB, NPB

What kind of president will Donald Trump be regarding sports?
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2016

China again sends fighter jets, bombers through sensitive strait south of Okinawa

Chinese military planes again fly through a politically sensitive entryway to the Pacific Ocean, prompting Japan to scramble aircraft near Okinawa.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2016

Six reasons why Trump's win wasn't a surprise

As with any large-scale disaster, the ascent of a spectacularly unqualified buffoon to the most powerful political office on Earth came about as the result of numerous system failures and operator errors.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 25, 2016

What's behind Japan's rise in senior citizen crime?

The phenomenon may be suggestive of an underlying economic opportunity for Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / NEIGHBORHOOD HOP SPORTS
Nov 25, 2016

A journey to the center of Tokyo's crowded craft beer scene

It may be located in the center of Tokyo but people always seem to be passing through Kanda on their way to someplace else: north to Akihabara, east to Asakusa, south to Tokyo Station or west to the Imperial Palace. This liminal neighborhood can feel like a no man's land of offices, banal apartments...
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 25, 2016

Japan Display said close to securing ¥100 billion bailout

Japan Display Inc. may issue preferred shares to raise as much as ¥100 billion from a government-backed fund, people familiar with the matter said, a deal that amounts to a bailout of the struggling display maker.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2016

Swiss vote on ending nuclear power raises prospect of more fossil fuels

Switzerland votes in a referendum on Sunday on whether to make a speedy withdrawal from atomic energy production, a move that would reduce nuclear risks but raise reliance on fossil fuels from Germany or imported nuclear power from France.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 25, 2016

Retailers turn deaf ear to Kuroda's inflation pledge

While Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's vow to overshoot the Bank of Japan's 2 percent inflation target caused a stir among monetary policy watchers in September, it's yet to have an impact among retailers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 25, 2016

Harnessing Trump and Sanders, South Korean populist Lee rises in polls

He respects Donald Trump and enjoys being compared to Bernie Sanders.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2016

Reality and how to put it to poetry take stage at Cikada Prize gathering

The second Cikada Prize Winners Commemorative International Symposium was held at the Kioicho Campus of Josai University on Nov. 18, in which Josai University Educational Corporation Chancellor Noriko Mizuta, a Cikada Prize winner herself, and others discussed poetry.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 24, 2016

U.K. court sentences Nazi-obsessed loner to life for assassination of lawmaker Jo Cox

A loner obsessed with Nazis and extreme right-wing ideology was sentenced on Wednesday to spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering lawmaker Jo Cox in a frenzied street attack that stunned Britain a week before the European Union referendum.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 23, 2016

Uchiyama seeks revenge, title in bout with Corrales

Top Japanese boxer Takashi Uchiyama is preparing to take the ring on New Year's Eve for the sixth consecutive year next month.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Nov 23, 2016

For 'student of life' Angela Ortiz, lessons from family and 'Grit MBA' from Tohoku led to dream job

'Being a single parent and main role model for my daughter, I have often wondered: What am I showing my daughter by what I do with my life?' says Angela Ortiz.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 23, 2016

'Born to be Blue': Biopic goes free-form on Chet Baker's story

For casual fans or people who have yet to encounter Baker, 'Born To Be Blue' is a good place to start, perfectly encapsulating the fragility and self-destructive urges that underlined his uniquely beautiful and melancholic music.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Nov 23, 2016

The gritty side of Polish film

European cinema lost one of its greats in October, when Polish director Andrzej Wajda passed away at the age of 90. Wajda, perhaps best known for his 1981 Cannes Palme d'Or winner "Man of Iron," had a long association with Japan, being awarded both the Kyoto Prize in 1987 and the Order of The Rising...
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 23, 2016

South Korea raises bird flu alert as two more cases found at duck farms

South Korea raised the country's bird flu alert status Wednesday to its second-highest level as two more outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu occurred after the first cases were confirmed last week.
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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