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Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Aug 3, 2013

School wins prize for paddle power in its paddies

In mid-July, together with a couple of celebrities, a reporter and some staff from Aeon Co., Ltd., Asia's biggest retailer, I took a half-hour bus ride from Nagoya Station to the city of Aisai in Aichi Prefecture to visit Saya High School there.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 3, 2013

The Emperor and the general: a visit to Fushimi Momoyama

On the evening of Sept. 13, 1912, a cart decorated in gold leaf and lacquer and solemnly hauled by a team of oxen left the Imperial Palace in Tokyo along with a phalanx of people carrying banners, torches and weapons and beating drums and gongs. After midnight, a special train left Tokyo Station bound...
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Aug 3, 2013

Is new yakuza journal good news for Japan?

If you're a well-connected Japanese gangster, you now have your own newspaper to keep you abreast of underworld life. Another perk of the job.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2013

23 residents sue to keep Setagaya off plates, claiming violation of their privacy

Residents of Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, are suing the central government to stop the introduction of license plates that they claim will violate their privacy and are being forced on them.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 2, 2013

Are royals living the dream of modern parents?

"What sort of country do we want?" the former Conservative M.P. George Walden asked in the 1990s, considering the issue of royalty: "Reproduction antique?"
Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Aug 2, 2013

Famed Nara Great Buddha to be cleansed

The Great Buddha at Todaiji Temple in Nara will go through its annual cleansing and purification ceremony Wednesday, and visitors will be allowed to watch the procedure from 7:30 a.m.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Aug 2, 2013

Guts, glory and shaved ice: Koshien baseball

Summer is not summer in Japan without two things: 1. Heat (OK, so maybe it's not the heat, it's the humidity); and 2 . . .
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 2, 2013

Curiosity rover's descent to Mars — the story so far

Nestled below the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory outside Pasadena has a surprisingly low-tech feel. For more than 40 years, space missions to the planets have been controlled from its operations rooms, yet the place is still striking for its bucolic charm. Mule...
EDITORIALS
Aug 2, 2013

Smarter diplomacy needed

Given the importance of rebuilding ties with China, perhaps Shinzo Abe should reconsider his emphasis on 'universal values' as part of his regional diplomacy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2013

Freddie Mac vet Koskinen nominated to lead IRS

President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated John Koskinen to head the embattled Internal Revenue Service.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / SWEET INSPIRATIONS
Aug 1, 2013

Chocolate gelato at its most intense

Who eats chocolate in summer? Very few people who I know. It's not just that chocolate bars melt in seconds: The taste can seem too heavy and the texture too cloying. It simply doesn't seem to suit Japan's muggy heat. But there's one exception to that rule I'll gladly and frequently make — when the...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 1, 2013

Yamagata products in Cantonese cuisine; Rihga Royal Osaka noodle and soup fair; Okura Tokyo charity art exhibit

Yamagata items in Cantonese fare
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 1, 2013

Isobe works herald rebirth for museum

'Scrap and build" used to be the mantra of Japanese developers when approaching out-of-date structures. The theory was that Japanese people preferred their buildings to be in a more-or-less constant state of "newness" — a la Ise Shrine, which is rebuilt every two decades.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 1, 2013

Court to warn lay judges of possible gore

The Tokyo District Court will now inform lay judge candidates in advance that they may be exposed to gruesome photographs of crime scenes and will allow them to be excused if they fear they could be traumatized.
CULTURE / Music / FUJI ROCK 2013
Jul 31, 2013

Fuji Rock is more than just music for first-timers

Unsure what to expect and feeling out of my comfort zone — I'd never even been to Japan before last week — I attended my first ever Fuji Rock Festival with a mixture of excitement, intrigue and apprehension — how would it compare to the dozens of festivals I had been to in Britain, Europe and the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / FUJI ROCK 2013
Jul 31, 2013

Savages

Is there anyone you're hoping to catch at the festival?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / FUJI ROCK 2013
Jul 31, 2013

Jamie xx

This is your third time at Fuji Rock, you must like it?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 31, 2013

'Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan "In-Habit: Project Another Country"'

Husband-and-wife team Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan present "In-Habit," an installation and multimedia exhibit inspired by the Badjao indigenous people of their native Philippines.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 31, 2013

Obama, end the 'Abe passing'

Rather than welcoming the rise of a capable, pro-American partner in Japan, Obama's White House is perceived as being ambivalent toward the Abe administration.
Reader Mail
Jul 31, 2013

Don't cry for Okinawa's economy

Regarding the July 11 article "Okinawans explore secession option": Many people, especially among U.S. service members, like to speculate what would happen to Okinawa's economy if the United States withdrew its troops from the island. Even Condoleezza Rice, the former U.S. secretary of state, did so...
Reader Mail
Jul 31, 2013

Protection of our food culture

Regarding the July 26 editorial "TPP-ready fishing industry?": If Japan participates in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, many agricultural foods will come from America, New Zealand, Asia and elsewhere. Japanese farmers are concerned that they can't win in low-price competition and that demand for domestic-grown...
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
U.S. military apologizes over Okinawa sexual assault case
Col. Neil Owens (right), chief of staff for the 3rd Marine Division, bows in apology at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office in Naha on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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