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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 30, 2016

Two officials executed on Kim 'special order': report

North Korea publicly executed two top officials earlier this month with anti-aircraft guns on the personal order of supreme leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean newspaper reported Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 30, 2016

Pentagon weapons buyer orders review of troubled new aircraft carrier

The Pentagon's top weapons buyer has ordered an independent review of the $12.9 billion Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, citing a list of actual and potential deficiencies with the costliest warship ever.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 29, 2016

Terror financing laws limited by burden of proof

Last month it was revealed that a Bangladeshi former associate professor at Kyoto's Ritsumeikan University was wanted by police for his suspected involvement in the Dhaka terrorist attack that killed 20 people in a cafe, including seven Japanese. Mohammad Saifullah Ozaki had been teaching business administration...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 28, 2016

Building dreams in Japan

Buying or building your dream home in Japan can be nearly impossible.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 28, 2016

Japan's men and women must stand together against the scourge of sexism

Sexism is one of the scourges of the nation. Fortunately, it's a problem that can be tackled through education. So why isn't anyone doing this?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Aug 27, 2016

Who says printed books have a shelf life?

The printed page is not dead. Sure, many of its mainstream forms need a lie-down, and probably should be thinking about taking early retirement, but as text and images are being increasingly viewed in the same way — pristinely flat with glassy surfaces and shrunk to fit the size of the smartphone —...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Aug 27, 2016

Italian chef Massimo Bottura: 'Never forget where you came from'

Owner of the world's best restaurant on the influence of culture in cuisine
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 26, 2016

Ikebukuro's side streets offer up some craft beer gems

Often disparaged as little more than the gateway to Tokyo's northwestern suburbs, the area of Ikebukuro is still shaking off a reputation for delinquency that it got 16 years ago from the TBS drama "Ikebukuro West Gate Park."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2016

GPIF's stock holdings reveal its hand in nearly everything

Companies across Japan have a new name in their top 10 shareholder lists: the world's largest pension fund.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 22, 2016

In the electronics doldrums

The main culprit of Japan's economic doldrums during the past quarter century is the stagnation of its electronic equipment manufacturers.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 22, 2016

Why were smart people suckered by Abenomics?

There's no magic wand to revitalize Japan — just a lengthy reform to-do list that Shinzo Abe has left unaddressed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 22, 2016

Cup Noodles slurping strong, 45 years on

Hungry? Just grab a cup of instant noodles and pour hot water into it. After waiting three minutes, the ramen is ready to eat.
OLYMPICS
Aug 21, 2016

Russian shot putter Kolodko stripped of London silver

For the third time in a week, Russia was stripped of a track-and-field medal Saturday after another athlete tested positive in a reanalysis of doping samples from previous Olympics.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Aug 21, 2016

The flip side of coveted public-sector jobs in Japan: fewer rights

Laws restrict government workers' constitutional rights to organize, bargain and take collective action.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 21, 2016

15 Rio Olympians who won social media medals

With every single achievement and antic of the Olympians being carefully documented by the media, it's unsurprising that certain occurrences and athletes have been amplified online. Here's a curated list of the athletes who made social waves at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC VIEW
Aug 21, 2016

Bolt ascends to true greatness with 'triple-triple' Olympic haul

"More than the greatest" was how Yohan Blake described his Jamaican teammate Usain Bolt after Friday night’s 4×100-meter relay final at the Rio Games.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 20, 2016

Japan's architects are building a better future

Home-security AI cats; talking walls equipped with motion sensors; communal-living apartment blocks that promote harmonious relations; and outdoor living-room spaces powered by solar energy siphoned off hybrid cars — these previews of our future, currently on display at "House Vision 2," sound like...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Aug 20, 2016

Does ‘Provoke’ still push back today?

The year 1968 saw a wide range of actions directed against the Japanese government: Universities were occupied, protesters demonstrated en masse against Japan's complicity in the Vietnam War and students mobilized to stop the transportation of Vietnam-bound jet fuel through Shinjuku Station. A quieter,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 19, 2016

Tinsagu nu Hana serves up a melodic mix of Okinawan cuisine

It's a long way from Tokyo to the balmy, subtropical Ryukyu Islands — approximately 1,500 kilometers as the crow (or plane) flies. But Japan's southernmost prefecture feels a whole lot closer when you're out in the residential suburbs of Suginami Ward. At least it does when you're sitting in Tinsagu...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 19, 2016

Chef Massimo Bottura's Kyoto menu is both colorful and daring

When Italian chef Massimo Bottura arrived in Japan in late July to present a series of meals at the elegant Ritz-Carlton Kyoto, it represented quite a coup for the hotel in only its second year of existence. Just six weeks earlier, Bottura's restaurant, Osteria Francescana in Modena, had been voted into...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 16, 2016

Low pay haunts Tokyo's nurseries despite massive demand for places

After 6½ years as a nursery school teacher in Tokyo, Saki Sasamoto had had enough.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Trump announces new tariff rate on Japan — and extension of deadline to Aug. 1
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a trade letter sent by the White House to Japan during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
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.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.
A tiny mountain hamlet keeps traditional log rafting afloat
Once a way to transport lumber from the mountains to the coast, log rafting is now Kitayama's biggest attraction.
A furever friend: Tips for responsible dog ownership in Japan
Dog ownership may seem daunting in Japan, but with the right tools and logistical knowledge, you can ensure a healthy, happy life for your pet.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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