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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 1, 2018

Fine dining overlooking Namiki-dori

The flamboyant restaurant and bar NAMIKI667 that opened in January in the new Hyatt Centric Ginza Tokyo, offers guests a unique space to unwind with family and friends.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 5, 2018

Finding a little historical perspective in Iwate's Hiraizumi

World Heritage site steeped in history remains largely free of tourists.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Dec 24, 2017

Homeless in Tokyo: Fallen through society's cracks and frozen out

A night on homeless patrol in Tokyo highlights the range of factors that can lead to a life on the streets.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2017

Bomb threats force evacuations and snarl transport in Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima and Shiga

Several companies the Kansai region received bomb threats Sunday amid tight security for a high-profile visit by U.S. President Donald Trump, who arrived in Tokyo the same day.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 26, 2017

Craft beer for winter cheer

In good news for beer-lovers, the Hyatt Regency Tokyo is offering two free-flowing beverage courses through Feb. 28 at the Caffe. The first is the Yona Yona Beer Plan (¥6,000), featuring the amber-colored Yona Yona Ale, an early pioneer of Japan's craft beer that boasts a rich citrus aroma.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 5, 2017

Traditional crafts to welcome new year; luxury retreat for examination prep; inspired cocktails offer a twist

Traditional crafts to welcome new year
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 4, 2016

Sipping summer wine high above city; unique offers to celebrate 5 years; fine dining with a side of history

Sipping summer wine high above city
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2016

Penguin park opens in Shinjuku

JR Shinjuku Station held a ceremony to unveil a new park and bronze penguin statue representing the mascot for East Japan Railway Co.'s (JR East) Suica IC card at its recently opened south exit, on Saturday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 12, 2016

Fine dining paired with fine ceramics; feast to mark first anniversary; East meets West in natural setting

Fine dining paired with fine ceramics
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 31, 2016

Trying Japanese accommodation; enjoying the many flavors of Italy; celebrating history of Arita porcelain

Trying Japanese accommodation
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 24, 2016

Welcoming spring cherry blossoms; enjoying Easter tea, chocolate bunnies; luxury springtime retreat for the ladies

Welcoming spring cherry blossoms
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 14, 2016

Experiencing a traditional hotel; taking a culinary trip through China; spa treatments focus on anti-aging

Experiencing a traditional hotel
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 24, 2015

Relaxing with a cup of afternoon tea; ring in 2016 with music, Champagne; experience tradition with temple tour

Relaxing with a cup of afternoon tea
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 7, 2015

Heart of darkness: Nostalgic Tokyo disappearing amid construction boom

The Shinagawa neighborhood of Musashi-Koyama — a vibrant maze of tiny alleyways that once housed dozens of small eateries, tapas restaurants and bars — is now a virtual ghost town.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2015

Musk's made-in-USA SpaceX vies in crowded, Russia-powered field for $3.5 billion NASA contract

Less than a decade after its first rocket launch, Elon Musk's SpaceX finds itself in an unfamiliar position.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 30, 2015

Creative, informative events for kids; sipping Champagne to beat the heat; summer treats filled with fruit flavor

Creative, informative events for kids
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jun 18, 2015

50 years for Hotel Toba Kowakien; beer in the forest by the bay; summer desserts at The Hyatt Regency

50 years for Hotel Toba Kowakien
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 4, 2015

Koga's parting shot may not hit its target

In February, Reporters Without Borders published its annual list of countries ranked in terms of press freedom. Japan came in at No. 61, down two places from the previous year and lower than Taiwan (51) and South Korea (60). The reason for the decline was the state secrets act, which came into force...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 4, 2015

Bouldering, a remedy to climbing the walls

I emerged from Mitake Station, on the Ome Line, just after 10 a.m. on a Sunday morning amid a throng of day-tripping hikers easily identifiable by their heavy boots, seam-busting backpacks and seemingly standard issue trekking poles.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jan 1, 2015

Activities to ring in year of the sheep

Usually, the New Year holiday season in Japan is a time to spend with family and many people go back to their hometowns, while others stay indoors for television-watching marathons. Therefore, with the exception of some shopping areas, Tokyo is relatively quiet compared with the usual hustle and bustle....
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 11, 2014

Perfect combination of burgers, beer; Christmas dinner, room packages; traditional cuisine gets new look

Perfect combination of burgers, beer
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 1, 2014

Cultivating shrunken worlds in Bonsai-mura

Omiya is one of greater Tokyo's rare pockets of residential comfort that can accurately be defined as middle class — a trait it shares with places such as Chiba's Ichikawa Mama or southwestern Tokyo's Denenchofu district.
JAPAN / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Oct 12, 2014

Japan rises to challenge of becoming 'hydrogen society'

Since the 2011 onset of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan has had to drastically revise an energy policy that had long heralded atomic power as its main source of energy.

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami