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BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 25, 2016

Okinawa base trouble puts dark cloud over upcoming Buffaloes-Eagles series

This week, the annual two-game series where a couple of Japanese pro ballclubs travel to play at Naha's Okinawa Cellular Stadium will take place. The Pacific League's Orix Buffaloes and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are scheduled to play there Tuesday and Wednesday. Normally, U.S. military personnel stationed...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 24, 2016

'Tunnels' I Am the King of Sports'; 'Normal Is the Best'; Asahi Beer

You may wonder what former New York Yankee slugger Hideki Matsui has been up to since he retired several years ago. Well, one thing he's been doing is appearing on the sports variety show "Tunnels no Sports O wa Ore da" ("Tunnels' I Am the King of Sports"; TV Asahi, Sun., 8:58 p.m.), hosted by the comedy...
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jun 23, 2016

'Superfoods' highlight summer menu; Paris trip offers exclusive experience; celebrating summer with chic soiree

'Superfoods' highlight summer menu
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 22, 2016

Views from Tokyo: Should Britain vote to leave the EU?

People out and about in Tokyo offer their thoughts on the 'Brexit' referendum being held in the U.K.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 22, 2016

Europe's robots may become 'electronic persons' under draft plan

Europe's growing army of robot workers could be classed as "electronic persons" and their owners liable to paying social security for them if the European Union adopts a draft plan to address the realities of a new industrial revolution.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 22, 2016

In Brexit vote, echoes of Trumpism minus Donald Trump emerge

To U.S. voters who have witnessed the rise of Donald Trump, the campaign urging Britain to abandon the European Union may appear eerily familiar.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 22, 2016

Behind China's one-child policy is a growing army living alone

In her chic Beijing studio, 26-year-old Summer Liu relaxes on a sofa, admiring the pink vase she keeps full of fresh flowers. In the eastern city of Jining, Hu Jiying, 81, sits on an old bed that's scattered with clothes, towels and half a bag of snacks, worrying about the cost of her medicine.
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 22, 2016

Andy Blankenbeuhler on directing and choreographing 'Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat'

What were the particular challenges of reworking "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"? From the very start it was decided we would not be using a children's choir. Often times the show is told to young children on stage, and that device becomes the window into the piece. It took me a little...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 21, 2016

Scandal, other outrages fuel Upper House race

A widespread growing sense of anger and concern among Japanese voters will be a key factor determining the outcome of the upcoming Upper House election.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 21, 2016

What a shock! Five possible scenarios if Britons vote to leave European Union

If Britons vote Thursday to leave the European Union, it will be a shock for the EU and the global economy and an earthquake for Britain.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2016

Myanmar's Suu Kyi reiterates stance on not using 'Rohingya' term: official

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi told the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights on Monday that the government will avoid using the term "Rohingya" to describe a persecuted Muslim minority in the country's northwest, an official said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 19, 2016

As Myanmar emerges from junta's shadow, war veterans are being left behind

Disabled and collecting fees to use a public toilet in a busy Yangon market was not how Kyaw Kyaw Oo imagined the life of a soldier when he lied about his age to join the Myanmar army at 16.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 18, 2016

Japan sleeps while cybercriminals get smarter

During a recent trip to the United States, I was in a car with a friend when she received a phone call from her bank, which asked if she had used her debit card that day to make purchases at a certain store. She said she hadn't, indicating someone had hacked into her account. By the time we reached our...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2016

Top U.S. diplomat to visit Tokyo for talks with Japan, India; China likely to be focus of discussions

A top U.S. diplomat will make a three-day trip to Tokyo starting Sunday for trilateral talks with India and Japan — a meeting likely to touch on maritime security and cooperation amid Beijing's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jun 16, 2016

A taste of the finest Philippine fare; folk art lies at the heart of Nagano hotel; buffet offers taste of Indonesian cuisine

A fiesta of the finest Philippine fare
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 16, 2016

Indian space agency challenges Musk, Bezos with 22-satellite launch

India's space agency will launch a record 22 satellites on a single rocket as it tries to ease a global backlog and demonstrate the ability to compete with commercial spaceflight companies run by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 15, 2016

Bring U.S. military forces home from Okinawa

More than 70 years after World War II, Japan should finally act like a normal country: defending itself, guarding its region, and ending its dependence on America.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2016

Given the Zika threat, should the world go to Rio?

An independent fact-finding investigation should be made to determine the scale of the threat the Zika virus would pose to visitors attending the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 14, 2016

In rare move, Trump denies Washington Post access to his campaign

Presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump took the unprecedented step Monday of denying press access to The Washington Post, one of the United States' most influential newspapers.
JAPAN / Politics / Q&A
Jun 13, 2016

Masuzoe clings to office as pressure mounts over funds scandal

Japanese Communist Party representatives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly announced Monday the party's decision to submit a no-confidence motion against Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe, which could force the embattled governor from office.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 12, 2016

Citing safety, Dubai airport closes airspace for over an hour due to unauthorized drone activity nearby

Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest airport for international travel, closed its airspace for 69 minutes due to unauthorized drone activity on Saturday, causing 22 flights to be diverted, aviation authorities said.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Francis laid to rest as 400,000 mourn pope 'with open heart'
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Francis at the end of the funeral ceremony in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Saturday.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

Podcast

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

Longform

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
By Tomoko Otake

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Tsukuba massif granite, one of the world’s few heritage stones
Tsukuba massif granite, one of the world’s few heritage stones

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