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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 17, 2013

Toddler-toting invaders no match for this castle's defenses

Most visitors are awed by Kumamoto Castle's imposing walls; myself, I am more preoccupied with the stairs. According to the map board just inside the Hazekata Gate, there are many of them, tracing a convoluted path up to the raven-black donjon.
Reader Mail
Mar 17, 2013

Odd condemnation of religion

Regarding Robert McKinney's March 14 letter, "Giving compassion a chance": If I ever make it to McKinney's side of Hokkaido, I'd love to have a beer with him to get to the bottom of his hostility toward religion, which has again blemished these venerable pages.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 16, 2013

Striker Davi looking to continue Brazilian success at Kashima

New Kashima Antlers striker Davi has wasted little time in making an impact at the seven-time J. League champions, but the Brazilian will not be satisfied until he has stamped his name on club history forever.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 16, 2013

The Sandman and other gift-bearing creatures

Easter is upon us, and you know what that means: chocolate rabbits! Each year on Easter Sunday, a magical rabbit (actually a hare) comes out of the forest and brings baskets full of eggs, candies, toys and chocolate rabbits. The Easter Bunny, as he is called, hides the baskets inside each house, and...
SPORTS / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 16, 2013

Stakes high in Aston Villa-QPR battle

Two in-form teams go head-to-head Saturday in a game that will go a long way to deciding the Premier League fate of Aston Villa and Queens Park Rangers.
EDITORIALS
Mar 16, 2013

Beware the hockey stick

Findings from a new study suggest that average temperatures on Earth are likely to surpass levels not seen since the beginning of the last ice age.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 15, 2013

'Searching for Sugar Man'

Ever heard of a Detroit-based musician by the name of Sixto Rodriguez? If so, you're extraordinarily well informed, or perhaps you spent some time in South Africa during the late 1970s. But if you're unaware of the man or his music, "Searching for Sugar Man" is the best place to start, and the payoff...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 15, 2013

Argo

It takes some weird alignment of the stars to produce a best picture Oscar-winner that is also No. 1 on my annual Top 10, but Ben Affleck's "Argo" was that flick. There's been a bit of a critical backlash against this film, as if entertaining people were a crime, but Affleck's tale of hostage-taking...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 14, 2013

Convenience store companies boost employee income, engage in one-upmanship

Convenience stores a leading the way for higher employee wages, but is it enough?
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2013

Vote-value disparity issue puts cloud over Abe's ambitions

With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet enjoying astronomically high approval ratings compared with recent leaders, the prospects of his Liberal Democratic Party winning a critical Upper House election this summer look bright.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 14, 2013

Karachi touts fresh camel milk as 'world's next superfood'

During the evening rush hour in central Karachi, Nadeem Mutloob can barely keep up with demand at his curbside milk bar, a popular stop for workers on their way home. Customers line up for cool bottles of what Mutloob and some medical researchers tout as an unbeatable health supplement: camel milk, or,...
MORE SPORTS
Mar 14, 2013

TSPS plans classes for boat license

The Tokyo Sail and Power Squadron is offering preparatory classes in English for people interested in getting the Class 2 Small Boat Operator's license, which allows one to skipper a vessel up to 20 tons within 9 km (5 nautical miles) from Japan's shores, or the Class 1 license for operating vessels...
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 13, 2013

In Abe's future, a nationalist rewrite of the past?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has kept a diplomatically low profile, particularly over historical issues, focusing instead on economic and other domestic matters ahead of the July Upper House election.
BUSINESS / NOTEBOOK
Mar 13, 2013

Online Japanese policy discussion magazine; EU fashion trade show

ANNOUNCEMENTS
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LIFE / CULTURE SMASH
Mar 13, 2013

The online anime revolution has finally ignited in Japan

The first question after a panel I once chaired at an anime convention in the United States sounded innocent enough. "So, what do you guys think about Crunchyroll?"
EDITORIALS
Mar 13, 2013

Kowtowing to the power companies

The Abe administration's apparent refusal to heed the lessons of the Fukushima nuclear disaster suggests it is just kowtowing to the power industry.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 13, 2013

Responding to Fukushima's challenges

Japan's nuclear industry, regulators and government must explain why no well-defined radioactive waste-management system has been established.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2013

Government smacks down the Pop-Tart terrorist

Government is failing at core functions such as budgeting, yet it still empowers protectors who panic over Pop-Tart pistols and Hello Kitty bubble guns.
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.
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.
‘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.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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
By Mai Yoshikawa

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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