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Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Nov 11, 2009

Spirited away by tunes at the onsen

Nothing beats a nice bath but how about listening to music in a bathhouse? Onsen Ongaku Vol. 1 and Furorock make it happen.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2009

Softbank's new lineup heavy on fast Wi-Fi

Softbank Corp. unveiled 22 new mobile phone models for its winter-spring lineup Tuesday with a special focus on Wi-Fi and a new service that uses the wireless system to access the Internet.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 11, 2009

Bulls a likely entrant in LeBron sweepstakes

NEW YORK — Big ups to the Cavaliers, who came into New York and rode roughshod over it . . . you know, like Bloomberg.
EDITORIALS
Nov 10, 2009

Top-down approach won't work

The Hatoyama administration has made one decision after another with direct effects on local governments. Among them is the move to scrap projects worth nearly ¥3 trillion included in the fiscal 2009 supplementary budget, and the decision to halt the Yanba dam project in Gunma Prefecture. As part of...
COMMENTARY
Nov 10, 2009

Enough concessions on Taiwan

For those who are concerned that democratic Taiwan should continue to have the freedom to choose its own future, President Barack Obama's coming visit to Beijing brings back the memory of a regrettable episode during President Bill Clinton's visit to China in June 1998.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2009

JICA boss Sadako Ogata sees Afghan aid hitting $1 billion

The government is expected to triple its annual civilian support to Afghanistan to $1 billion as it ends the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean supporting antiterrorism interdictions, top aid official Sadako Ogata said.
Reader Mail
Nov 8, 2009

Downbeat on new government

Was there not an historic election just over two months ago that ushered in a supposedly foreigner-friendly government that has put issues like suffrage for permanent residents in local elections on the table? Does it not have a minister who has talked about building a Japan not just for the Japanese,...
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2009

Lifeline for enterprises

The government has submitted a bill to the Diet to help small and midsize enterprises overcome cash-flow problems. An increasing number of enterprises earning operating profits are going bankrupt after being pressed by lenders to repay loans. It is hoped that this bill will help such companies avoid...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 8, 2009

Freedoms on the outer limit

There's something special about places on the outer limits of great nations or continents; a sort of liberated and reflective space, away from it all, yet still connected to it. Think Alaska, Vancouver Island, the Koh Chang islands in Thailand, Xining in far western China or the pearl of Sri Lanka hanging...
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2009

Mission to cut budget fat

On Wednesday the Hatoyama administration's Government Revitalization Unit will begin the task of eliminating wasteful or unnecessary projects from fiscal 2010 budgetary requests, which have bloated to a sum of more than ¥95 trillion. Administrative Reform Minister Yoshito Sengoku, head of the unit,...
Reader Mail
Nov 8, 2009

Aid to Afghanistan a nonstarter

Regarding the Nov. 4 article "Japan eyes $4 billion in Afghanistan aid": Why spend $4 billion where Japan has no business being? This is a U.S. war; America is destroying buildings and homes and killing civilians with missiles. Now it wants to rebuild what it has destroyed. Stupid!
Reader Mail
Nov 8, 2009

Manila lacks leverage with Burma

In his Oct. 29 letter, "ASEAN's act is far from together," Manuel J. Laserna Jr. claims that the Philippines has been reluctant to admonish the Myanmar regime (aka Burma) for its human rights abuses. This is not accurate.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Nov 8, 2009

A journey to Venice, eco-friendly toilets and special police drama

Vienna has always held a special fascination for the Japanese, who celebrate the New Year with Strauss waltzes and lieder as much as they do with mochi (rice cakes) and otoshidama (New Year gift money). A prime influence in this regard is the 1931 German movie "Der Kongress Tanzt" (Congress Dances),...
LIFE / Style & Design
Nov 8, 2009

Menswear bursts the bubble

It comes as no great surprise to see so many international designers turning to Japan for artistic inspiration, because it's well known that the fashion pack often come to the Far East for fresh ideas.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Nov 8, 2009

A journey to Venice, eco-friendly toilets and special police drama

Vienna has always held a special fascination for the Japanese, who celebrate the New Year with Strauss waltzes and lieder as much as they do with mochi (rice cakes) and otoshidama (New Year gift money). A prime influence in this regard is the 1931 German movie "Der Kongress Tanzt" (Congress Dances),...
Reader Mail
Nov 8, 2009

Couples' weak pursuit of romance

Regarding Debito Arudou's Nov. 3 article "Demography vs. demagoguery: when politics, science collide": Arudou's comments remind me of . . . . the recent phenomenon of "plant-eating men" — those who prefer a "metro-sexual" lifestyle of fashion and hobbies over pursuit of a girlfriend.
LIFE / Travel
Nov 8, 2009

Freedoms on the outer limit

There's something special about places on the outer limits of great nations or continents; a sort of liberated and reflective space, away from it all, yet still connected to it. Think Alaska, Vancouver Island, the Koh Chang islands in Thailand, Xining in far western China or the pearl of Sri Lanka hanging...
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
‘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.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
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

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