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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 14, 2020

Caveman: The best opening of the year? So far, at least

Little more than two months into 2020, already we have a strong candidate for the best opening of the year. And, at the same time, a probable shoo-in for most memorable restaurant name. After all, who's going to come up with anything better than Caveman — least of all in the casual-fine-dining category?...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Cultural Expo
Mar 13, 2020

Rich history seen in Nationwide Programs

Held across the country in the years before and after the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, Junko Kawamura, president of Japan Arts Council, is confident that the Japan Cultural Expo will offer a great opportunity for people from Japan and abroad to appreciate and learn about the blessing of nature...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 11, 2020

Russian parliament backs changing constitution to let Putin reign on

The Russian lower house of parliament on Wednesday gave its definitive and overwhelming approval to constitutional changes that allow Vladimir Putin to run for president again in 2024, something the current constitution forbids.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2020

Olympic torch relay faces cool welcome from nuclear evacuees in Fukushima No. 1 town

Dressed in protective plastic coveralls and white boots, Yuji Onuma stood in front of the row of derelict buildings that included his house, and sighed as he surveyed his old neighborhood.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Mar 9, 2020

Japan's GDP contraction revised to 7.1%, fueling recession fears amid coronavirus crisis

The data show that the economy was already in a highly fragile state when the virus started to slam exports, supply chains, tourists and shoppers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Mar 9, 2020

'Justice for all' means getting Mikio a real home

Rescued as a tiny kitten, Mikio has been at the shelter nearly his entire life. And that's despite the fact he was featured on these pages nearly two years ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2020

Planet Earth is a giant cruise ship

Fear of disease can change everyday habits. Sometimes that's a good thing.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2020

Nothing is the end of the world

The physicist's optimism wasn't always politically correct, but it sure made a nice contrast to the doom and gloom.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Sea of Japan discovery trail
Mar 6, 2020

Stories of altruism woven into history of valued ‘Port of Humanity’

From the modern glass-and-steel facade of Tsuruga Station surrounded by traditional homes and storefronts to the European-style Red Brick Warehouse and occasional Russian signage, it's obvious at first glance that the city of Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture has seen many visitors from the wider world over the years.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Mar 5, 2020

Legend Byamba deserves lot of credit for raising global profile of sumo

The sumo world lost a legend on Feb. 28 with the passing of Byambajav Ulambayaryn.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 4, 2020

The financial fight against COVID-19

Fiscal, not monetary measures, should be when disasters and epidemics strike.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 3, 2020

Trump's COVID-19 response bedeviled by missteps, raising risks

The Trump administration's response to global outbreaks of the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been riven by missteps.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2020

School closures causing shorter retail and restaurant business hours

School closures due to the coronavirus outbreak are exacerbating manpower shortages at retailers and restaurants, forcing them to cut their business hours.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 2, 2020

Think tank says Uighurs forced to labor for global brands in China

Tens of thousands of ethnic Uighurs were moved to work in conditions suggestive of "forced labor" in factories across China supplying 83 global brands, and Australian think tank said in a new report.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Mar 2, 2020

A three-legged calico brings joy to an Osaka couple's home

After being featured in The Japan Times Adopt Me! column in October 2018, a beautiful calico cat named Leggy has now found a home with Shiori Hamasako and her husband, Morgan Ruler.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 29, 2020

'Stand with refugees,' Ethiopian Olympian says ahead of Tokyo Marathon

Nobody chooses to become a refugee: This is what Yonas Kinde, a 39-year-old from Ethiopia, wants people in Japan to realize when they see him competing in the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday in his bid to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2020

Schools challenged to teach climate change as students join Greta Thunberg's strikes

Dozens of students packed onto a boat docked in a flood-prone area of Bangladesh listen closely to a lesson highlighting the natural life of the rivers around them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2020

China pushes plants to reopen, risking renewed spread of coronavirus

China is trying to get people back to work, risking a renewed spread of the coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Feb 24, 2020

As pandemic looms, world's top disease fighter engages Xi in delicate quest for cooperation

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has perhaps the most thankless job in global public health. As director-general of the World Health Organization, the former Ethiopian health minister is racing against time to prevent a dangerous new coronavirus in China from precipitating a worldwide pandemic.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Feb 21, 2020

Evan Lysacek revels in power of sports to connect people

Evan Lysacek glided across the ice so effortlessly you could forget he was doing it on a bum ankle.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Feb 21, 2020

Six-time world champion Shu Takada has got the world on a (yo-yo) string

Six-time world champion yo-yo performer Shu Takada wants to take the yo-yo mainstream and show his tricks to the world
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Feb 20, 2020

'Kurly in Kansai' host Ayana Wyse: 'I'm involved in the community, not the society'

As one half of the duo hosting the podcast 'Kurly in Kansai,' Ayana Wyse is doing her part in building a community for the international community in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 20, 2020

Taigen Kawabe's Ill Japonia: Allowing yourself to learn from the new wave

Bo Ningen's Taigen Kawabe drops the guitars and starts rapping on his first release as III Japonia.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 20, 2020

'Fictitious Girl's Diary: The Movie': An honest portrait of office minutiae

Comedian Bakarhythm brings his nameless female bank clerk character to the big screen and lovingly documents the trivial goings-on in the life of a Japanese office worker.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2020

'Royal' no more? Harry and Meghan face possible loss of family brand

The British royal family is discussing with Prince Harry and his wife Meghan the use of the word "royal" in their branding after they abruptly decided to start a new life in Canada.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 19, 2020

Growing up in poverty and broken homes, Kawasaki youths find savior in rap

Weathered signs from five years ago stand forlornly on a bank of the Tama River in Kawasaki, politely asking visitors to refrain from laying any more flowers of condolence so they don't accidentally catch fire.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Feb 19, 2020

How to navigate social media and a social city with Netflix's 'Followers'

Artist and director Mika Ninagawa launches new streaming about the lives of Tokyo's bright young things and their quest for recognition
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Government and bad actors are at the root of the foreign national issue
A maiko walks down a street crowded with tourists in Kyoto. Challenges that come with a massive influx of overseas visitors and foreign nationals buying up real estate are just some of the immigration problems that have become hot-button political issues in Japan.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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