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Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 18, 2014

Japan coach Jones says team sets target of reaching 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinals

National rugby team head coach Eddie Jones believes Japan can reach the quarterfinals of next year's Rugby World Cup by flummoxing the opposition with "samurai eyes and ninja bodies."
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 18, 2014

Tasting the 'Tapa-tizer'; renewing wedding vows; relaxing welcome to autumn

Tasting the 'Tapa-tizer'
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2014

Line says shopping app to eclipse sales of stickers, games

Line Corp., operator of the nation's largest mobile messaging service, says its shopping mall application could become its biggest source of revenue, eclipsing sales from games and character stickers.
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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Sep 14, 2014

KidArt seeks to coax out Japanese students' neglected creativity

Disappointed at the lack of creativity in the English curriculum in Japanese schools, Jonathan Genji Abbott founded KidArt International in 2012.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 13, 2014

Kibiji bike path: eating local in the slow lane

It doesn't take a great mind to read a map, and neither does it take one to get lost. I found myself doubting my direction three times as the Kibiji bike path — one of Japan's top 100 cycling roads — wound its way through pear- and grape-growing country, past a continuous patchwork of rice fields...
COMMENTARY / World / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 13, 2014

Empowering Asian women through education

Asia University for Women, launched in 2008, is an audacious project in Chittagong, Bangladesh, that is aiming to develop the region's future leaders.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 12, 2014

Seagulls travel globe to find strong teams in hopes of improving game

Despite their track record of consecutive championships in recent years, the Obic Seagulls aren't resting on their laurels. They have a bigger picture in mind, and are trying to do as much as possible to make strides as the leading football club in Japan.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2014

Putin may delay Japan visit over Tokyo's Ukraine sanctions: state newspaper

President Vladimir Putin may delay his visit to Japan because of sanctions Tokyo has imposed on Russia for its role in the Ukraine crisis, Moscow's acting ambassador to Japan was cited as saying by Russian state media on Thursday.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 12, 2014

NASA prepares Orion capsule for debut deep-space test flight

A NASA spacecraft designed to one day fly astronauts to Mars rolled out of its processing hangar at the U.S. space agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday to be prepared for a debut test flight in December.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 11, 2014

Vietnam creating submarine deterrent to Chinese expansionist efforts in South China Sea

Vietnam will soon have a credible naval deterrent to China in the South China Sea in the form of Kilo-class submarines from Russia, which experts say could make Beijing think twice before pushing its much smaller neighbor around in disputed waters.
WORLD
Sep 11, 2014

Putin says nuclear deterrent must be maintained; Russia tests ICBM

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Russia must maintain its nuclear deterrence to counter what he called growing security threats, after Moscow test-launched an intercontinental nuclear missile.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2014

A year after winning Olympics, Tokyo faces hurdles in move from bid to build

Tokyo's 2020 Summer Olympics were meant to be different: compact, on budget and on time.
WORLD
Sep 9, 2014

Israel provides intelligence on Islamic State, Western diplomat reveals

Israel has provided satellite imagery and other intelligence in support of the U.S.-led aerial campaign against Islamic State in Iraq, a Western diplomat said on Monday.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 7, 2014

Strategy against Islamic State in hand, Obama now must make it work

It took President Barack Obama and his top aides a week to explain that he does in fact have a strategy for confronting the Islamic State militancy. Now he has to prove that he can make it work.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Sep 6, 2014

A tale of two parks, and their preservation

As I sit in my study here in Kurohime in the hills of northern Nagano Prefecture, through the window I can see 2,053-meter Mount Kurohime, a dormant volcano that's forested to the top.
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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 6, 2014

Abe steals a march on China with South Asia tour

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flies to Bangladesh for a two-stop tour of South Asia to assert Tokyo's interests in a region where it has ceded influence to China.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 4, 2014

Amazing view while relaxing your mind, spirit; using the very best of autumn ingredients; best of Belgian beer

Amazing view while relaxing your mind, spirit
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 3, 2014

A quarter century of Japanese films in review

In 25 years of reviewing Japanese films and interviewing Japanese filmmakers for this newspaper, I've written 1 million words, give or take a few. This is clearly something no normal person would do, but for me it beats working.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / NFL NOTEBOOK
Sep 3, 2014

Seahawks striving for repeat championship

The NFL kicks off the 2014 season when the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks host the Green Bay Packers at CenturyLink Field on Thursday night. Many predict the Seahawks are ready for another Super Bowl run and there are a few reasons to share that belief.
EDITORIALS
Sep 3, 2014

Japan and India's China challenge

Japan and India may find themselves talking at cross purposes if Tokyo is seeking closer ties with New Delhi as a means to counterbalance China's growing influence and assertiveness in the region.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Sep 1, 2014

Cuban stars battle minor injuries during first year in Japan

Cuban slugger Alfredo Despaigne returned to the Chiba Lotte Marines lineup Sunday afternoon after a few days of convalescing from the discomfort in his left side that had kept him out since Aug. 22.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 30, 2014

Kiun-Kaku: a garden of elegant period taste

Despite the seasonal limitations for visiting, the Atami Baien, a plum garden, is a better-known sight that the Kiun-Kaku garden, which is an all-seasons landscape also found in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture. Perhaps it is the thirst for scale that has prioritized the plum trees in their large hillside...
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Elon Musk says he has created a new U.S. political party
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
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