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LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Nov 27, 2015

Tashinami: Seasonal Japanese dining at a tiny horseshoe-shaped counter

Located in the bowels of Osaka Station City, Tashinami only has room for about eight diners at its horseshoe-shaped counter. All that separates you from the surrounding shops in the basement food hall is a see-through beaded curtain, meaning you, as well as what you eat, are on show. Furthermore, owing...
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JAPAN / Politics
Nov 26, 2015

Potential future Japan leader Koizumi Jr. needs to sell TPP to fuming farmers

Diet member Shinjiro Koizumi faced a dilemma when a group of farmers angry over the government's trade policy and aware of his dislike of tomatoes handed him a bag of them to try.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2015

As costs, mishaps mount, U.S. nuke industry weighs extending aging reactor lives up to 80 years

The U.S. is set to become the first nation to decide whether it's safe to operate nuclear power plants for 80 years, twice as long as initially allowed.
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WORLD
Nov 26, 2015

Amid U.S. global travel alert, Obama assures Americans they can safely take Thanksgiving trips

President Barack Obama sought to reassure Americans they are safe as millions of people traveled on Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday, with security heightened at airports, New York City's parade festivities and other venues after the Paris attacks.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 25, 2015

Japan: surprisingly, sensibly and endearingly low-tech

The common image of Japan abroad as a high-tech country is severely out of step with the everyday experience of those of us who live here.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2015

Amazon yank Nazi-, Imperial Japan-themed TV ads from N.Y. subway

Amazon.com Inc. on Monday agreed to pull advertisements for a new television show featuring Nazi-inspired imagery from New York City's subway system, a transit official said, hours after Mayor Bill de Blasio called on the company to do so.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2015

Key Democrat Feinstein hits U.S. approach to strengthening, spreading Islamic State

Leading Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein said on Sunday the United States is not doing enough to fight Islamic State, and the group is gaining strength outside Iraq and Syria.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 23, 2015

Paris hospital reports theft of medical protective clothing amid bio-terror fears

French police are investigating the recent theft of medical protective clothing from a hospital in Paris, the Paris public hospital administrator AP-HP has said.
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Nov 22, 2015

Osaka group preps Kansai solution to Futenma base row

If a group of Osaka residents has its way, the U.S. Marine Corps base at Futenma in Okinawa may not end up in the northern part of the island, but in one of five spots in their prefecture.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 21, 2015

Press gets tense over possible terrorism in Tokyo

Look around, if you will, for a waste receptacle on any station platform in the Tokyo metropolitan area; you won't find one. Their disappearance, a precautionary measure against urban terrorism, can be dated to the immediate aftermath of the nerve gas attack on the city's subway system by members of...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Nov 20, 2015

Salmon & Trout: Delectably eclectic free-form dining

Three things you need to know before seeking out Salmon & Trout: It's a 10-minute walk from the nearest suburban station, both inside and out, it looks as much like a bicycle showroom as it does a restaurant, and rarely — if ever — will the two namesake fish appear on the menu.
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WORLD / Society
Nov 20, 2015

Syrians, with smugglers' help, fleeing war via Latin America, many on forged Greek passports

A group of five Syrians paid smugglers $10,000 each to travel through multiple countries before being detained for carrying false Greek documents in Honduras, their epic journey exposing a little-known southern smuggling route for Syrians fleeing war in their homeland.
Nov 19, 2015

Toshokan Senso: The Last Mission / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 14:40, 20:00 / Nov. 27 14:35
Nov 19, 2015

The Intern / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 12:00, 14:40, 17:15, 20:00 / Nov. 27 14:50, 17:40, 20:20
Nov 19, 2015

Bakuman / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

18:00
Nov 19, 2015

Spectre (dubbed) / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

Nov. 27 11:00, 14:10, 17:20, 20:30
Nov 19, 2015

Spectre / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

Nov. 27 10:20, 13:40, 16:50, 18:30, 20:00
Nov 19, 2015

The Little Prince (dubbed) [3-D] / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 9:30, 14:10, 18:50 / Nov. 27 11:30, 16:20
Nov 19, 2015

The Little Prince / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 11:20, 16:00, 20:45 / Nov. 27 9:10, 14:00, 18:40
Nov 19, 2015

Rain Tree no Ki / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 9:00, 11:50, 13:40, 16:30, 18:25, 21:10 / Nov. 27 9:20, 11:30, 16:20, 18:35, 21:00
Nov 19, 2015

Gekijo Rei / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 9:45, 12:15, 14:30, 16:45, 19:00, 21:20 / Nov. 27 8:45, 11:45, 14:00, 16:15, 21:00
Nov 19, 2015

Dumb and Dumber To / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 8:40, 13:25, 18:15, 20:40 / Nov. 27 8:50, 11:15, 16:10
Nov 19, 2015

The Rewrite / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 8:40, 11:05, 15:50, 18:30 / Nov. 27 10:20, 13:45, 20:10
Nov 19, 2015

Last Knights / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 9:45, 12:45, 17:50 / Nov. 27 12:45, 17:50
Nov 19, 2015

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 11:10, 13:40, 16:10, 18:40, 21:10 / Nov. 27 9:00, 13:50, 18:40, 21:10

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