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CULTURE / Film
Oct 6, 2019

Film director Hirokazu Kore-eda steps out of his comfort zone

Award-winning director makes rare move overseas with latest release in a bid to experience various types of filmmaking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / CEATEC 2019 Special
Oct 6, 2019

An innovative peek into tech of tomorrow

CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) is an annual event where innovative technologies, products and services are all exhibited together in one place to illustrate what a future society may be like.
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Oct 4, 2019

Sixty years after deadly Ise Bay typhoon, experts say Chubu disaster prevention needs an update

The Ise Bay typhoon, a killer storm that swept through the Chubu region on Sept. 26, 1959, claiming more than 5,000 lives, became an opportunity for the nation to make great progress in disaster prevention efforts, including the construction of seawalls and river levees, as well as the enactment of the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Oct 4, 2019

Rip-off bars are taking advantage of Japan's tourism boom

With the number of foreign tourists to Japan increasing by the year, authorities are warning visitors to steer clear of so-called rip-off bars.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2019

Construction firm linked to Takahama official in Kepco scandal won ¥3 billion in orders from utility

A construction company linked to a late former deputy mayor of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, at the center of a money scandal involving Kansai Electric Power Co. received orders worth at least ¥3 billion directly or indirectly from the Kepco group over four years, it was learned Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 29, 2019

Hong Kong police fire rubber bullets and tear gas in one of most violent days of protests

Hong Kong police fired water cannons, rubber bullets and round after round of tear gas at petrol-bomb and brick-throwing protesters Sunday in some of the most widespread violence in more than three months of anti-government unrest.
Japan Times
SOCCER / From the Spot
Sep 25, 2019

Rugby World Cup scores try with Japanese soccer media

Last weekend saw packed crowds take over Ajinomoto Stadium and Nissan Stadium, two of the J. League's biggest venues, for pageantry-filled days of sport.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 24, 2019

'Okayama Art Summit 2019: If the Snake'

Sept. 27-Nov. 24
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 24, 2019

Toyota banking on Olympic halo to keep hydrogen dream alive

Buses may not be the most glamorous mode of transport, but at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games they will represent Toyota Motor Corp.'s best bet for wider acceptance of hydrogen power — technology so far eclipsed by electric vehicles.
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2019

Why Asia's biggest economies are backing hydrogen fuel cell cars

Japan, China and South Korea have set ambitious targets to put millions of hydrogen-powered vehicles on their roads by the end of the next decade at a cost of billions of dollars.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Sep 21, 2019

Yanagi Koji Taka: An intimate, unfussy standing bar with a tapas vibe

After cooking in Italy, Australia and Denmark for over a decade, kaiseki chef Taka Nishimura returned to Kyoto to open Yanagi Koji Taka, a small, local joint with a menu of perfectly executed bar food.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 20, 2019

UFO enthusiasts prepare to 'storm' Nevada's Area 51 in search of alien secrets

Scores of UFO enthusiasts converged on rural Nevada on Thursday for a pilgrimage of sorts to the U.S. installation known as Area 51, long rumored to house government secrets about alien life, as law enforcement officials beefed up security around the military base.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 20, 2019

Getting around Japan: 10 essential and free apps for travel

The idea of navigating your way around Tokyo — with an area nearly three times the size of New York City — can be a little daunting. Here’s a selection of useful apps that will help you get from point A to point B, as well as make the most of your time in Japan. And all of these are free (though...
Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 18, 2019

Volunteers ready for action at Rugby World Cup

With the historic first Rugby World Cup match in Asia fast approaching, the volunteers are working to be just as ready as the players for the sport's extravaganza.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight