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Japan Times
Figure Skating
Dec 7, 2014

Win a copy of 'Team Brian'

The Japan Times is offering several readers the chance to win a copy of the recently released Japanese book "Team Brian" about figure skating coach Brian Orser's experiences teaching Olympic and world champions Yuzuru Hanyu and Yuna Kim.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Dec 5, 2014

Hongo set for GP Final

Rika Hongo will replace Gracie Gold at next week's Grand Prix Final after the American withdrew from the event Thursday after being diagnosed with a stress fracture in her left foot.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Dec 3, 2014

Kick out the touts who rule Roppongi

if you are touted in Roppongi, do not waste your time reporting it to the police. You will be in for a very humiliating experience, as I discovered recently.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO BAR ADVENTURE
Dec 2, 2014

Get the taste of Brazil right at Caipirinha Bar

Even if you don't care for the nightclubs, rowdy bars and other delights of the Roppongi scene, Caipirinha Bar is one of those rare places that doesn't give off that general "Roppongi" feel that leads some patrons to take their drinking elsewhere. The bar, with its dim lighting and relaxing Brazilian...
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 2, 2014

Kato made impact in first outing at senior Grand Prix

Though the spotlight at the NHK Trophy was on the return to the ice of injured Olympic and world champion Yuzuru Hanyu and the battle for spots in the Grand Prix Final, the performance of Riona Kato was a revelation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / NOTEBOOK
Dec 2, 2014

Tourist information tablet; ASEAN tourism, aviation seminars; DARS for the sweet tooth

new services
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2014

Putin makes a big bet on the French far right

A large Russian loan to Marine Le Pen's far-right party is one more reason for France's mainstream parties to get their act together and keep the National Front from making it big.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Nov 30, 2014

Shinagawa, a gateway to old and new Tokyo

In the Edo Period, Shinagawa was the first "shukuba machi," or "post station town" to be built on the Tokaido, the coastal road linking the bustling Nihonbashi district in Edo, then the de facto capital under the Tokugawa shogunate, to Kyoto, which remained the nominal capital in the west.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2014

Kanze Nohgaku Theater moves back to Ginza

The Kanze Nohgaku Theater in Tokyo's Shibuya district plans to close in March and reopen in Ginza in November 2016, according to the head of the country's largest school of noh.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 27, 2014

Coe plans to run for IAAF presidency

Sebastian Coe confirmed on Thursday he plans to run for the position of president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 26, 2014

FIBA bans Japan from international competition

Although nearly a month passed since FIBA's Oct. 31 deadline for the Japan Basketball Association to present a merger plan for the bj-league and the NBL, among other demands, basketball's world governing body delivered the expected news.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 24, 2014

Local governments finally getting around to public toilets

There will soon be many more Western-style toilets in Chiba Prefecture's public rest rooms
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 21, 2014

Blackstone to acquire GE Japan's apartment unit for $1.61 billion

Blackstone Group LP agreed to buy GE Japan Corp.'s residential property business for more than ¥190 billion to expand its apartment holdings in Japan.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2014

Shimomura wants to make English classes mandatory for fifth- and sixth-graders

Education minister Hakubun Shimomura proposes a root-and-branch overhaul of the elementary, junior high and high school curricula.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 14, 2014

Abe's key bills set to be tossed if Diet dissolved

As the prospect of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolving the Lower House draws closer, the chances of his administration's key bills passing the current Diet session appear increasingly slim.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 11, 2014

Japan edges Czech Republic to qualify for worlds

The happy face is back for "Smile Japan."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / SYMPOSIUM ON EUROZONE
Nov 11, 2014

Europe, Japan face similar problems

Europe and Japan may want to learn from each other when it comes to dealing with mounting government debt, opportunities for the Japanese food industry, whether Japan and Britain should strengthen their ties in trade and consumption tax increases.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 8, 2014

Japan women blank Czech Republic in ice hockey series opener

Goals by Naho Terashima and Shiori Koike powered Japan to a 2-0 victory over the Czech Republic in the opening game of the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Qualification Series on Saturday afternoon at Shin-Yokohama Skate Center.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 5, 2014

Street-dance show's dazzling 'tribute to manga' hits the spot

Street-dance types in Japan can often be seen working on their moves in parks or in front of big plate-glass windows, but in Britain the dance movement is being taken to an entirely new level.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Nov 4, 2014

Hanyu looks to continue strong start by Japan men

Often the campaign following an Olympic season can be a letdown.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 4, 2014

Russian memorial to Apple founder dismantled after CEO comes out

A memorial to Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs has been dismantled in the Russian city of St. Petersburg after the man who succeeded him at the helm of the company, Tim Cook, came out as gay.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
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.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
Takaichi calls for the updating of Japan's economic security law
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to a panel on promoting economic security in Japan on Friday.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ‘Mishima’ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima’s legacy, Paul Schrader’s biopic “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was blocked from screening in the country for decades.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.

Podcast

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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