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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 8, 2017

Parkgolf and other netlabel acts are seeing more success offline

Tokyo's first netlabel parties were filled with nods to internet culture. You'd see customers ordering their drinks via Twitter, robotic hands clapping in time to DJ sets, and people live-streaming themselves from the dancefloor.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 22, 2017

Overseas pop acts need a funny bone

The first half of 2017 hasn't produced much in the way of compelling music stories in Japan. By this time last year, we were coming down from the Enon Kawatani-Becky affair, and behind-the-scenes intrigue was bubbling up around SMAP (who broke up at the end of the year). These past six months have been...
Japan Times
JAPAN / OKINAWA BEAT
Jun 9, 2017

Crowdfunding project kicks off to create manga promoting Okinawa history, culture

An Okinawa resident, originally from the U.S., is calling for donations to publish a manga book and an animated film through crowdfunding to promote the unique history and culture in the prefecture, which historically had been the independent Ryukyu Kingdom until the late 1800s.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jun 8, 2017

Champagne event celebrates bubbly

Moet Party Day Tokyo 2017 will be held on June 17 to allow people to enjoy Moet & Chandon Champagne throughout the day at two locations in Omotesando Hills: Commune 2nd and Wall & Wall. The Champagne celebration is held simultaneously in over 50 countries all over the world.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 18, 2017

Menu offers opportunity to meet the meat

The "Meet Meat Promotion," which runs through May 31 at The Tokyo Station Hotel, is part of an ongoing dinner promotion under the concept of "sharing and enjoying meat dishes."
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 1, 2017

Pessimists' grammar: No way around 'no'

Words can be like people. Some will always look on the bright side, while others take a more pessimistic view of things.
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Apr 20, 2017

『 英文校正会社が教える 英語論文のミス 分野別強化編』

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都港区、代表取締役社長:堤 丈晴、以下「ジャパンタイムズ」)は、英文校正・論文投稿サポートを提供するエディテージ(株式会社カクタス・コミュニケーションズ、本社:東京都千代田区、代表取締役:湯浅誠、以下「エディテージ」)を著者に迎え、『英文校正会社が教える...
PRESS / Services
Mar 30, 2017

The Japan Times 創刊120周年記念 コラボレーションエール「春の息吹」 ブラッセルズ各店で3月22日より販売中

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都港区、代表取締役社長:堤 丈晴、以下「ジャパンタイムズ」)は、2017年3月22日に創刊120周年を迎えたことを記念し、ベルギービールバーを経営するブラッセルズ株式会社(本社:東京都渋谷区、代表取締役:宮腰俊男、以下「ブラッセルズ」)、京都にてビール醸造を手がける京都醸造株式会社(本社:京都府京都市、代表取締役:スピード・ポール・アンソニー、以下「京都醸造」)とのコラボレーションエール(※1)「春の息吹」を3月22日(水)より数量限定で販売開始いたしました。...
PRESS / Services
Feb 22, 2017

ジャパンタイムズ創刊120周年記念コラボレーションエールを販売

ブラッセルズ各店で3月22日より提供開始
PRESS / Events
Feb 3, 2017

「IoT が変えるメディアと英語教育」開催

    英字新聞を発行する株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都港区、代表取締役社長:堤 丈晴) と、英会話教室を運営する株式会社イーオン(本社:東京都新宿区、代表取締役:三宅 義和)は、 ジャパンタイムズ創刊...
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Nov 29, 2016

LDP ignores needed reform by focusing on term limits

The Liberal Democratic Party is being very shortsighted by focusing its reform effort so narrowly.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 30, 2016

Tokyo VR attraction puts you in the heart of a Gundam battle

In 2009, anime fans were delighted when a life-size statue of a Gundam robot was unveiled in Tokyo's Odaiba district. The statue has now become a landmark attraction in the shopping and entertainment area.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Jul 30, 2016

'Japan-ness in Architecture': Arata Isozaki and the search for a national identity

In "Japan-ness in Architecture," architect and theorist Arata Isozaki chronicles the search for a Japanese identity through design. Isozaki begins by outlining Japan's architectural discourse in the 20th century, in which he played a key role. He writes honestly about his contemporaries who grappled...
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 10, 2016

AKB48 spends summer vacation at USJ

Visitors to USJ will be able to see the AKB girls in the flesh from July 21 through Sept. 4, just in time for summer vacation for students.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Feb 6, 2016

Don't eat and drive with sake-flavored Kit Kats

Containing 0.8 percent alcohol, the new sake-flavored Kit Kat is a perfect way to spike your mid-day snack.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 2, 2015

Monkeying around in Yamanouchi

As temperatures drop throughout Japan, the country's famous wild Snow Monkeys have headed to the hot springs. One Reuters photographer captured the macaques taking a dip at the Jigokudani Monkey Park, about 45 minutes from Nagano city by bus. The wild Japanese macaques in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture,...
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 13, 2015

Conte says WADA, IAAF part of problem, not solution

Hours after the World Anti-Doping Agency released the results of its exhaustive findings in a 323-page report on Monday about the wide-reaching Russian track and field doping scandal, Victor Conte was already weighing in on the matter.
Japan Times
PRESS / Services
Oct 21, 2015

The Japan Times ST編集長によるボキャブラリー講座毎週月曜日YouTubeにて配信中!

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都港区、代表取締役:堤丈晴)発行の英語学習者向け週刊英字新聞「The Japan Times ST」の編集長・高橋敏之がお届けする英語ボキャブラリー動画講座『ボキャビル・カレッジ』が毎週月曜日、YouTube上で配信されています。...
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 16, 2015

Tokyo plugs into Google Play Music

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jul 28, 2015

New issue of Foreign Student Times published

On July 20, The Japan Times published the Foreign Student Times, a publication for foreign students who are studying or want to study in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 15, 2015

Funassyi — Japan’s favorite shrieking pear

It's all going pear-shaped, and that's a good thing for Funabashi's popular mascot.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 3, 2015

Pigeondust seeks out the story in a sample

When Chiba-based hip-hop producer Yuta Yamaoka, better known as Pigeondust, isn't busy flipping through crates of dusty vinyl at used record shops, he's at home dissecting and connecting bits and pieces of sounds, lifted from those records.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2015

Evangelion fan bid to re-create lunar 'spear' scene held up by controversy

A group of volunteers has launched a project to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Neon Genesis Evangelion by re-creating a scene from the popular anime series on the moon.
COMMENTARY / Japan / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 8, 2014

Right-wing witch hunt signals dark days in Japan

Many Japanese and long-time Japan observers have expressed dismay about the recrudescence of self-righteous nationalism under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has emboldened right-wing extremists now threatening democratic institutions and civil liberties.
Japan Times
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jul 30, 2014

New issue of Foreign Student Times published

On July 28, The Japan Times published the Foreign Student Times, a publication for foreign students who are studying or want to study in Japan.
LIFE / Digital
Apr 18, 2014

Who's to blame for the Web's Heartbleed?

Were you a thriller writer seeking a name for an apocalyptic software security flaw that threatened the future of civilization as we know it, then "Heartbleed" would be hard to beat. Last week saw the discovery of such a flaw, and Heartbleed was the name assigned to it.
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
May 26, 2013

Tweet Beat: #NintendoDirectJP, #華麗なる公式 , #デザフェス

Explore the world of friendly official accounts, the latest Nintendo news and Design Festa Vol. 37 in last week's trendy hashtags.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Mar 29, 2013

週刊英字新聞『The Japan Times ST』リニューアル新創刊

4月より、英語力と時事ニュースの理解力を高める媒体へ
LIFE / Lifestyle / WEEK 3
Jan 19, 2013

Turnip-tossing turns up trumps for trader

Yoshio Otsuka's years of striving to revive a near-extinct strain of turnip known to have been grown some 400 years ago in the Shinagawa district of today's central Tokyo recently struck pay dirt in a most unexpected fashion.

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan