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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 14, 2018

Japan faces up to the prospect of losing a middle-class war

Modern middle-class life, you could reasonably argue, generates more happiness among more people than any other ever conceived. It has been extravagantly derided — as bourgeois, soulless, spiritless, narrow, boring, mindlessly acquisitive and so on. But back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 14, 2018

'Lion Cross Point': A child's abandonment, cushioned by hope and quiet resolve

Lion Cross Point' is a novel of intersections: of memory and dream, past and future, rural and urban, of innocence and tragedy. Masatsugu Ono's poignant tale spins out in a child-driven stream of consciousness, unwinding from a series of shrouded traumatic events.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 13, 2018

In Tohoku, samurai cuisine is racking up Michelin stars

In the town of Shiogama in Miyagi Prefecture, there's a residential neighborhood overlooking Matsushima Bay, the epicenter of Japan's catastrophic March 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami. On a quiet street there, chef Hideyuki Irakawa and his wife, Michiko, have been serving samurai food from their...
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 12, 2018

Abe under threat as Kake Gakuen scandal roars back to life

A scandal centered on allegations that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe improperly wielded his influence to help a close friend cut through government red tape has roared back to life after seeming to have died down last year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2018

Can a U.S.-China trade war be averted?

By eschewing escalation in response to the Trump administration's widening tariffs on its exports, China can jeopardizing the global trade system that is fueling its growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 11, 2018

Zuckerberg deflects senators' efforts on regulating Facebook or changing how it does business

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday navigated through the first of two congressional hearings without making any further promises to support new legislation or change how the social network does business.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Apr 10, 2018

Yuzuru Hanyu leads list for season's top efforts by Japan skaters

With the epic Olympic season now concluded, Ice Time has come up with a top 10 list of the best performances by Japanese skaters.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 10, 2018

Kyotographie is still on the up and up

The sixth edition of Kyotographie, Kyoto's annual celebration of local and international photography, which opens in venues across the city on April 14, is titled "Up." This year, the collection of exhibitions address France-Japan relations: the 160th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2018

Never Again movement need a clear demand

Enthusiasm is necessary to launch a movement. Careful strategizing is required to sustain and grow it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Apr 9, 2018

In Kanagawa, homeless grow crops and confidence

Kiyoko Ojima awoke to the problems of the needy while in elementary school, when she came across a TV documentary about trying to find solutions to starvation in Africa.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Apr 7, 2018

‘Destiny: The Secret Operations of the Yodogo Exiles’: the true story of a group of Japanese radicals

Based on interviews with the hijackers and their wives over several trips to North Korea, journalist, author and editor Koji Takazawa's 'Destiny' tells the story of the group of student radicals who hijacked a plane and redirected it to North Korea in 1970.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 6, 2018

Track mentors developing ambitious plans for Japan's runners before 2020 Olympics

Japan's track and field athletes have enjoyed some notable achievements in recent years, including medal-winning feats by the men's 4x100-meter relay team and Yuta Shitara's recent national marathon record-breaking performance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 6, 2018

Why global speculators love the yen

The yen's extremely high sensitivity to global events is a serious problem for Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 5, 2018

Facebook Japan spared from parent's privacy backlash

Despite a series of revelations about privacy oversights at its parent firm, the director of Facebook Japan believes the service will become more secure as a result of the scandal.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Apr 4, 2018

Osunaarashi trying to navigate post-sumo life

Disgraced former top-division wrestler Osunaarashi appeared on a late-night variety show this week. Head freshly shaven, the big Egyptian hammed it up, participating in sumo bouts with veteran TV personality Bobby Ologun and erstwhile UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2018

Still 'Mr. 97 Percent,' Egypt's el-Sissi defeats token opponent

Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi cruised to a second term as Egyptian president, scooping up more than 97 percent of valid votes in an election where the only other candidate was a little-known supporter.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2018

Tokyo pageant celebrates beauty of people with mental and physical challenges

Fashion enthusiast Mana Yokoyama, wearing a light cream lace dress, strutted down the catwalk during a beauty pageant in Tokyo, hoping the experience would bring her a step closer to a fashion career.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Apr 1, 2018

Grass-roots involvement enhances 150-year relations

At 66 years of age, Spain's Ambassador to Japan, Gonzalo de Benito, shows no signs of slowing down. He has official and other duties — like this interview with The Japan Times — for starters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Apr 1, 2018

Zozotown founder Yusaku Maezawa follows eclectic path

Andy Warhol's iconic Campbell's Soup cans, a painting by Takashi Murakami and a word sculpture by Jack Pierson are some of the pieces decorating the head office of Start Today Co., operator of Japan's largest online fashion mall, Zozotown.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2018

Asia Society plans to set up new venue in Tokyo

The Asia Society aims to create a new Tokyo facility, slated to open later this year, where experts and policymakers can come together to discuss domestic and international affairs, including North Korea's security threats and trade, an issue crucial to the region, an executive of the nonprofit organization...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2018

Cryptocurrency and AI all the buzz at tech conference Slush Tokyo

Cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence technologies took center stage this week at Slush Tokyo, one of the nation's largest tech conferences and an annual event that brings together startups, investors and more established businesses.
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Mar 29, 2018

Hands-on learning at academy

The Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy (JVTA), one of the leading schools in Tokyo for training professional visual media translators, has opened the Japanese Language and Media Institute (JLMI), helping students obtain communication skills in Japanese.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 29, 2018

Venezuela jail riot and fire leave dozens dead

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Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Dollar’s decline is fueling dislocations across Asian currencies
A worker counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2022.
Tariff talks with U.S. seen influencing Japan's Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters about Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations at his official residence on Saturday.
‘Drop the price’: Behind the pushback on Nintendo’s Switch 2
Excitement for Nintendo's next console is high, but a vocal contingent of fans are voicing criticism over the company's pricing strategy.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.

Podcast

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

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
By Hanako Lowry

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