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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 25, 2011

Family restaurants falling from flavor

Family-style restaurants are feeling the squeeze as diners increasingly opt for meals more on the cheap, such as under-¥300 "gyudon" bowls of beef on rice and "bento" boxed lunches below ¥500.
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MORE SPORTS
Jan 24, 2011

Trash talk serves its purpose for Ryan

NEW YORK — Rex Ryan is a better talker than any of his peers — glib, self-assured and sly as a fox — and that's just his R-rated material. If games were decided in the interview room instead of on a field, you could hand the Super Bowl trophy to the Jets right now.
Reader Mail
Jan 23, 2011

Service with a smile sets us apart

Regarding the Jan. 11 Kyodo article "Japanese service winning customers in Europe": I am delighted that Japanese service is rated highly, because there hasn't been much good news recently. I feel that Japan is inferior when it comes to politics, scholastic ability and self-sufficiency, so I'm happy that...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 23, 2011

Roads less traveled on Okinawa Island

I'm normally intolerant of Sunday drivers, but as our little car winds its way up the two-lane coastal roads of eastern Okinawa Island, I find myself pleasantly inclined to just that kind of unhurried progress. The motorcycle riders who have suddenly appeared in our rearview mirror, however, seem less...
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JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 22, 2011

Frenchwoman follows pearl of destiny to Japan

A Frenchwoman who was fascinated by the shine of Japanese pearl works has come here all alone to master the skill from an artisan.
EDITORIALS
Jan 22, 2011

Ending economic stagnation

Mr. Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), and Mr. Nobuaki Koga, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), held talks Jan. 19, kicking off annual wage negotiations, known as "spring labor offensive." It is hoped that labor and management will...
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CULTURE / Music
Jan 21, 2011

Okamoto's plot new album release before summer

After being courted by record labels while still in high school in Tokyo, inking a deal with Sony subsidiary Ariola Japan was an easy decision for Okamoto's.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 21, 2011

Fujiya Honten Grill Bar: cheap and tasty eats on your feet

Now that the holiday feasting is just a fast-fading memory, it's time to tighten the belt and rein in the spending. No more high-end splurges: These days we're staying strictly street level.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 16, 2011

Japan's tribe of lonely people continues to grow

Results from Japan's national census last year are dribbling in and the reaction in the media often focuses on one pair of statistics: The number of households is increasing while population is declining, which means that there are a lot more single-person households than there were 10 years ago and...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 11, 2011

Got your back: Randoseru makers enjoy a captive, if shrinking, clientele

No surprise that anonymous good Samaritans are giving out randoseru, those boxy backpacks that every Japanese schoolchild simply must have.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 10, 2011

Pair uses skills to promote streetball

Initial greetings out of the way, an exhausted Grayson Boucher fell into a chair in a nondescript classroom near the Tent Dome in Toyosu on one of the final few warm, sunny days of 2010. Boucher had just finished putting 44 youngsters through the paces in a basketball ball handling clinic and the man...
Reader Mail
Jan 9, 2011

Ubiquitous violations of liberty

Doug Bandow's Jan. 5 article, "Lost religious liberty worldwide," looks like something written during the Cold War era. Most of the countries in Bandow's list — where religious freedom fares the worst — are either communist or Islamic.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 8, 2011

Highly compensated Man City fails to inspire

LONDON — The more you pay for most things, the better they are.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2011

Haneda's nighttime services falling short with travelers

Opening up Tokyo's Haneda airport to more international flights was supposed to make a lot of sense for travelers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 7, 2011

Dommune live-streams DJ sets to a growing fan base

The crowd bristles with excitement as the first DJ of the night winds down his set. An air of anticipation sets in around the room. As the next DJ enters the booth with his CD booklet in hand, the throng begins to swarm the tiny floor, no larger than your grandmother's basement. Four Tet is about to...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 7, 2011

Sasuga Hanare: Slurping soba in more formal surroundings

There are a number of places around the city these days that combine carefully crafted te-uchi handmade noodles with refined Japanese cuisine. Few, if any, do it with greater accomplishment than Sasuga Hanare, the third in this group of innovative, stylish soba restaurants.
JAPAN / AT JAPAN'S EXPENSE
Jan 6, 2011

Japan far behind in global language of business

Last in a series
EDITORIALS
Jan 6, 2011

Rough ride awaiting Mr. Kan

Prime Minister Naoto Kan expressed his political hopes for 2011 at a news conference Tuesday, including his determination to end money-tainted politics and his wish to hold consultations with the opposition forces on reform of the social welfare system and reform of the tax system, which would include...
JAPAN / AT JAPAN'S EXPENSE
Jan 5, 2011

Trade pacts one thing, immigrant labor another

Fourth in a series
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2011

The true nature of faith in a globalized age

LONDON — The number of people proclaiming their faith worldwide is growing. This is clearly so in the Islamic world. Whereas Europe's birthrate is stagnant, the Arab population is set to double in the coming decades, and the population will rise in many Asian Muslim-majority countries.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 3, 2011

'Tis the season for shrines and temples to rake it in

Come the new year, shrines and temples really cash in on a giving tradition.
SOCCER
Jan 3, 2011

Antlers earn Emperor's Cup, lock up ACL berth

Kashima Antlers manager Oswaldo Oliveira believes the frustration of missing out on a fourth straight J. League title was the driving force behind his team's 2-1 win over Shimizu S-Pulse in the Emperor's Cup final on Saturday.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 31, 2010

Eat temple style at home or find the right Tokyo eatery

It seems implausible these days but, until 150 years ago or so, Japan was essentially a vegetarian country. Certainly, river fish were caught, seafood was eaten by people on the coast and hunting was part of life for those living in the inhospitable interior. But the Buddhist tenets against taking life...
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BUSINESS
Dec 31, 2010

Digital signs provide flashy new trend in advertising

Moving through a bustling JR East station, one can't help but notice the ubiquitous digital information swirling about.

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