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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Dec 30, 2018

Stars switching numbers, changing names becoming staple of NPB offseasons

Offseasons in NPB are about change, just not exactly the type that immediately springs to mind.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2018

China at the crossroads

Deng's refusal to truly liberalize China has imposed enduring costs on the country, which increasingly bends reality to the illusions that it propagates.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Dec 29, 2018

Social media and online outlets led charge for change in 2018

A reflection of how the internet functioned in Japan in 2018 can be seen in a recent incident at Shinjuku Station.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2018

Amid an influx of tourists, Japan grapples with how to accommodate foreign visitors with food allergies

Two of the first kanji Conner Lowe learned were the ones that make up the word daizu, meaning soybeans.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 28, 2018

From obese to starving, nutrition crisis prompts SOS call for new approach

With billions of people either starving or obese, poor diets have become a leading cause of disease and death, prompting calls for a new approach in 2019 to how food is produced to stem rising rates of malnutrition.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2018

White House mum as trade war slaughters hog industry worldwide

Ken Maschhoff, chairman of the largest U.S. family-owned pork producer, has watched profits fall as trade tensions rise between the United States and China.
Dec 28, 2018

Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative / Movix Kyoto / 2018-12-29 to 2019-01-04

until Jan. 3 11:20, 22:00 / Jan. 4 11:00, 19:45
Dec 28, 2018

Cinema Kabuki: Nodaban Nezumikozo / Movix Kyoto / 2018-12-29 to 2019-01-04

until Jan. 3 9:50 / Jan. 4 9:20
Dec 28, 2018

Heisei Kamen Raida 20-saku Kinen Kamen Raida Heisei Jenereshonzu Forever / Yokohama Burg 13 / 2018-12-29 to 2019-01-04

Dec 28, 2018

The Grinch (dubbed) / Aeon Cinema Minatomirai / 2018-12-29 to 2019-01-04

Dec 28, 2018

Your Name. / Cine Citta / 2018-12-29 to 2019-01-04

Dec. 31 15:45
Dec 27, 2018

Kuru / United Cinemas Toyosu / 2018-12-29 to 2019-01-04

until Jan. 3 16:30, 18:45, 21:30
Dec 27, 2018

Streets of Fire / Shin-Bungeiza / 2018-12-29 to 2019-01-04

Dec. 30 9:40, 13:25, 17:10, 20:55 / Dec. 31 9:45, 13:40, 17:35
Dec 27, 2018

Eiga Yokai Watch: Forever Friends / Ikebukuro Humax Cinemas / 2018-12-29 to 2019-01-04

9:25, 11:25, 13:30, 15:30
Dec 27, 2018

A Star Is Born / Shinjuku Piccadilly / 2018-12-29 to 2019-01-04

Dec. 29 9:20, 12:15, 15:10, 18:15, 21:10 / Dec. 30, Jan. 1, Jan. 2 9:20, 13:55, 15:10, 18:10, 21:05 / Dec. 31 9:20, 12:15, 15:10, 18:10, 21:05 / Jan. 3 9:20, 12:45, 15:10, 18:30, 21:30
Dec 27, 2018

Heisei Kamen Raida 20-saku Kinen Kamen Raida Heisei Jenereshonzu Forever / Shinjuku Wald 9 / 2018-12-29 to 2019-01-04

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 27, 2018

Traders see end to 'feverish fear-mongering' after stocks surge

The Topix index surged 4.9 percent and the Nikkei average jumped 3.88 percent Thursday, following an almost 5 percent advance in the S&P 500 Index.
EDITORIALS
Dec 27, 2018

We should brace for economic troubles next year

Policymakers must begin preparing for the anticipated downturn, ensuring that they have the tools to respond.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 26, 2018

Trailblazer Norika Konno ready to turn heads in U.S.

With about 2 minutes and 25 seconds left in the game, Norika Konno scored off a Eurostep, one of her signature moves, for a layup.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2018

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike working to make capital more accessible for foreign and disabled visitors ready for 2020 Games

With 575 days until the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, and a law passed earlier this month that opens the door for 340,000 foreign workers to enter the country over the next five years, Tokyo is about to see a lot of new faces.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 25, 2018

Easy win for Benjamin Netanyahu predicted in first poll since announcement of snap Israel election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will easily win a snap election set for April 9, according to an opinion poll on Tuesday, the first to be published since the ballot was announced.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2018

Putin had a bad 2018; next year will be worse

Russia's economy has been weakened by sanctions and falling oil prices, and the president's popularity is slipping.
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
In pictures: Koenji Awa Odori 2025
Japan Times
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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