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CULTURE / Music
Dec 13, 2012

We will rock you: Our concert picks to ring in the New Year

Dear rockers, music festivals in the summer are not the only major events of the year. There's unfortunately — or fortunately — no time to waste sitting at home next to the heater. Seek out the warmth of a mosh pit instead, because a ton of end-of-the-year live gigs are ready to get you jumping....
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 11, 2012

Former Colorado linebacker Beatty Jr. finds new life with Seagulls

Speaking on the field with a chilly breeze blowing in early December, Obic Seagulls defensive end Byron Beatty Jr. joked that it was actually like "a nice day in Colorado."
Reader Mail
Nov 29, 2012

Loath to live in a new culture

I totally agree with the Nov. 18 editorial "Students staying in Japan." The nervousness of young Japanese people at the prospect of traveling overseas to study is considerable. It is heightened amid all the pressures mentioned in the editorial.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2012

New BOJ members sought stronger wording on prices

Two new members of the Bank of Japan's nine-member Policy Board voted for a more expansionary wording of the bank's price outlook released at its Oct. 30 meeting, minutes of the session show.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 22, 2012

We've got TNGHT: Young producers Hudson Mohawke and Lunice join forces to bring a new spin on hip-hop

The Red Bull Music Academy studios in South London are the venue for my interview with Ross Birchard (26) and Lunice Fermin Pierre II (24) — better known as Hudson Mohawke and Lunice — about their new project TNGHT. As graduates of the classes of 2007 and 2010 respectively, both have benefited from...
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2012

Ozawa acquittal is upheld in appeal

Former Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa did not conspire with former aides to falsify financial statements in his political funding management body Rikuzankai in 2004 and 2005, the Tokyo High Court ruled Monday, upholding his not-guilty verdict.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2012

Hashimoto mulls teaming up with Ishihara's new party

Despite fundamental differences in policy and continued doubts about how voters would react, Osaka Mayor and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) head Toru Hashimoto has indicated a tieup with former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara might occur.
EDITORIALS
Oct 19, 2012

The IMF's new message

Mea culpa. That might be the biggest message from the recent gathering of global financial leaders in Tokyo. The annual IMF/World Bank meeting is an opportunity for finance ministers and central bankers to seek agreement on the state of the global economy and ways to ensure greater or more stable growth....
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Sep 27, 2012

BK's Kuro Burger to ignite new trend?

Burger King's Kuro Burger paints itself black.Burger King's Premium Kuro Burger paints itself black.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 19, 2012

New stats about old folks

Some new numbers about elderly household income and spending.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 30, 2012

Fact welcomes a new face to the fold

In September, Fact will embark on a monthlong Japan trek in support of their fourth full-length effort, January's "Burundanga." The gigs will be the Chiba posthardcore act's first domestic concerts since performing last December at the popular annual Countdown Japan yearend music festival. They will...
EDITORIALS
Aug 24, 2012

New budgetary guidelines

The Noda administration on Aug. 17 adopted guidelines for budgetary requests for fiscal 2013, with a funding priority for three areas — the environment, medical services, and agriculture and fisheries. These areas are the main pillars of the government's Japan revitalization strategy.
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2012

Sony to ship new sensors for phones

Sony Corp., Japan's largest exporter of consumer electronics, said Monday it plans to start shipping new sensors in October that produce sharper images than current ones as it seeks to win more orders from smartphone makers.
LIFE / WEEK 3
Aug 19, 2012

Scholar Tenshin Okakura's seaside pavilion, destroyed in tsunami, witnesses a new dawn

Rokkakudo, a small, six-sided wooden pavilion that overlooks the Pacific Ocean from a low rocky headland in northern Ibaraki Prefecture, is by no means Tenshin Okakura's most important legacy. That honor would go to "The Book of Tea," a now-classic dissertation on traditional Japanese aesthetics that...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 5, 2012

Japanese rice from Down Under forges new hope from historical links

"I think I can create a farming environment that can give hope to Fukushima farmers."
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 20, 2012

Cafe Bleu: A new face in Shibuya's least-known corner

Maruyama-cho is one of the least-known corners of Shibuya. A generation ago, it was more famous for its "short-stay" hotels and carousing salarymen's sake bars than its dining options. While those pleasures are still available, today the neighborhood attracts a rather more varied — and less predominantly...

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