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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Nov 11, 2013

Huge headwear, film shorts and the fashion in between

Uniqlo gives the fleece a makeover
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 11, 2013

Take stock of this easy, nutritous dinner option

Grandmothers around the world have extolled the benefits of homemade stock in chicken soup. Stock made from real bones was an ancient cold remedy, and even modern studies have found benefits in chicken soup. If it is so healthful, why not use it to make an easy dinner tonight?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2013

U.S. initiative spending booms past $1 billion over past 18 months

Corporations and some of the wealthiest Americans spent more than $1 billion over the past 18 months on ballot initiatives in just 11 states, according to campaign finance data, an explosion of money used to pass new laws and influence the public debate.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Nov 11, 2013

Talk show on women's desires; documentary on Keiji Nakazawa; CM of the week: Canada Dry

NHK's interactive talk show by and for women is titled "Shaneru" (BS Premium, Mon. 11:15 p.m.), which is a double pun: first on the fashion house Chanel, and second on the neologism "sha-mēru" or "picture mail," since viewers are encouraged to send in their own digital-photo impressions of the topics...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 9, 2013

Find true love on the run at a jogging party

How do you find someone special in Tokyo these days? The answer lies not so much in your heart, but in your feet
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 9, 2013

Kokeshi: From Tohoku With Love

Kokeshi dolls are a mainstay of tourists shop across Japan, yet many visitors to the country may not know that these simple handmade wooden dolls are, by and large, associated with Tohoku, the region in the northeast that was so devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2013

Weakness in intelligence rankles Germans

Germany's exposure to the NSA's prying eyes is a blunt reminder of its past aggression and humiliation long after the country has cleaned up its act. And this rankles Germans.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 9, 2013

Pan-Asian dreams: The Greater East Asia Conference

Seventy years ago, on Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, 1943, Japan hosted a meeting of Asian leaders in Tokyo, hub of the Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere — the name it gave its wartime empire under the guise of Pan-Asian liberation.
Reader Mail
Nov 9, 2013

104 countries outclass Japan

It's hard to believe that life for women in Japan could get any worse, but the news released by the World Economic Forum last month (as cited in the Nov. 3 editorial) won't be happy reading for anyone in Japan.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2013

China should pave the way for its own Steve Jobs

As Communist Party leaders begin a four-day retreat to decide where to take China's economy, they would be wise to think about Steve Jobs. Their country's economic well-being may be at risk if they don't.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Nov 8, 2013

Escaping blame for an 'anus crime' by the seat of my pants

So there my wife sits before the tube — almost every night — with her electronic dictionary on and the Japanese subtitles off, soaking in the colorful language of law and lawbreaking.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2013

Government unpins Google Maps for top design prize

The government will not give the Good Design Grand Award to Google Maps even though it got the most votes, prompting speculation that it was snubbed because the maps include rivals' names for disputed islets claimed by Japan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 8, 2013

Costly challenge of globalizing Japan's labor force

Japan is way behind in the race to foster professionals who can operate across national, cultural and linguistic barriers. Solutions are not cheap, but the cost of not doing anything is higher.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 8, 2013

'Too fat to fly' young French patient is stranded by British Airways in Chicago

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JAPAN / Politics
Nov 7, 2013

Bill to set up U.S.-style security council clears Lower House

The House of Representatives passes legislation to establish a Japanese version of the U.S. National Security Council and sends it to the Upper House for ratification.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2013

Good, bad and ugly hacking

The trial of eight journalists and others accused of hacking private phones has begun in London. It is likely to last some six months and cost millions of pounds in fees to lawyers.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 7, 2013

Beaujolais Nouveau party; Thanksgiving dinner; Xmas courses for couples, families

Beaujolais Nouveau party
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 7, 2013

'Seven Psychopaths'

If you think the post-Tarantino hardboiled gangster movie has been done to death, well, wait till you see "Seven Psychopaths." This does to the gangster flick what Dali did to clocks.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 7, 2013

Takasaki's King of Pasta serves up a royal feast of local flavors

While many people believe that Marco Polo brought pasta from China to Italy in the 13th century, the records of a 12th-century Arab geographer claim that the dish was already known in Sicily back in 1154. Presumably it had been taken there by traders via the Silk Road during the Arab invasions in the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 7, 2013

'Los Ultimos Dias (The Last Days)'

Directors: David and Alex Pastor
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2013

Staying home paying off for Toyota amid weakening yen

Staying at home is paying off for Toyota Motor Corp.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 7, 2013

White House mulls separate leaders for NSA, Cyber Command

The Obama administration is considering ending a controversial policy that since 2010 has placed one military official at the head of both the nation's largest spy agency and its cyberoperations command, U.S. officials said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2013

Issei Suda: everything but square

Baring its teeth and twisting awkwardly as it struggles against a rope around its neck, the distressed goat in Issei Suda's 1976 photo appears slightly demonic. Its white fur glows uncannily against a mass of dark branches, while its mud-streaked horns and hooves make it all the more ominous. Trapped...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 6, 2013

English teacher suffering with cancer and HIV completes 'Yamathon' Tokyo walk

Neil Grainger and a group of supporters completed an epic walk around Tokyo's famous Yamanote Line on Sunday to raise money for his treatment and cancer charities.
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.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
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.

Podcast

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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