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JAPAN
Nov 29, 2016

Three-star restaurants extend streak in new edition of Tokyo Michelin guide

The selection of restaurants and hotels to be listed in Michelin Guide Tokyo 2017 was announced online Tuesday, including four restaurants that have received a three-star rating for 10 years running.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2016

Hokkaido Domino's outlet may tap reindeer to keep pizza delivery deadlines

Santa Claus is outsourcing his reindeer this holiday season to help deliver pizza for a Domino's outlet in snowy northern Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2016

Pakistan says Japan traders among those eyeing LNG tender

Pakistan says Japan's biggest trading houses are among almost two dozen companies eyeing its liquefied natural gas purchase tender that it says is the largest on record.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 28, 2016

Slew of redevelopment projects give Ginza a face-lift

Tokyo's Ginza district has established itself as Japan's shopping mecca, drawing in people from all over the world.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 28, 2016

Canada's Trudeau defends warm Castro remarks after backlash

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, criticized for fondly remembering Fidel Castro without mention of his human rights record, defended his comments on Sunday and said the late Cuban leader had been a dictator.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2016

China approves 247 billion yuan railway plan for Jing-Jin-Ji mega-city

China has approved a 247 billion yuan railway plan to improve transport links between the capital Beijing, the port city of Tianjin, and the neighboring province of Hebei, part of plans to integrate the three areas into a mega-city.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2016

Fishy bid to lure more skaters prompts Kitakyushu rink to cut bait

A barrage of online criticism prompted the an amusement park in Kitakyushu to close a skating rink Sunday where about 5,000 dead fish had been frozen into the ice — a design the operator originally believed would lure more skaters to visit.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 26, 2016

Hopes of stopping Tokyo 2020 are fading

NHK has announced that its yearlong historical drama series for 2019 will be about Japan's involvement in the Olympic movement, focusing on the nation's first foray to the games in 1912 and its first time hosting them in 1964. The story will also, according to Kyodo News, cover "events that took place...
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Nov 26, 2016

Lifelong fan

I saw (the James Bond film) 'Spectre' recently. Have you seen any of the 007 movies?
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 24, 2016

Sunrockers still a work in progress under new coach Toews

Naturally, a 60-game season, starting in September and ending in May, doesn't involve the same preparations as a five-day tournament.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 24, 2016

Vienna Zoo's twin panda cubs named Fu Feng and Fu Ban at no-show ceremony

Twin panda cubs born at Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo last summer were officially named Fu Feng and Fu Ban at a ceremony on Wednesday — although they were still too small to be there themselves.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 21, 2016

Painful bloopers in Japanese can be valuable learning experiences

While working on the island of Guam in the early 1970s, I had regular business dealings with the expat Japanese business community — basically a good-natured crowd who were used to hearing locals mangle their language on a daily basis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Nov 20, 2016

Believe it or not, virtual reality's takeover now underway

For game lovers, 2016 is likely to be remembered as the year when virtual reality technology, having become widely affordable, began to take over.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 20, 2016

China says terrorism, fake news impel greater global internet curbs

China's ambitions to tighten up regulation of the internet have found a second wind in old fears — terrorism and fake news.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 19, 2016

Is Japanese pop music losing its relevance?

Shukan Bunshun recently ran some articles describing how last year the talent management company LDH allegedly paid entertainment behemoth Burning Productions to ensure that one of LDH's acts would win the top prize at the 2015 Japan Record Awards (JRA). Accompanying one of the articles was a photo of...
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Nov 19, 2016

So near and yet so far

'I don't want to alarm anyone, but there's no Wi-Fi signal here.'
EDITORIALS
Nov 19, 2016

Lowering legal age of adulthood

Legal protections for young people will need to be very robust if the age of adulthood is lowered to 18.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Nov 18, 2016

'Sobagaki': An ancient soba recipe

New-harvest rice, known as shinmai, is the culinary star of autumn in Japan. But there's another grain that is just as eagerly anticipated at this time of year in many parts of the country: shinsoba, new-harvest buckwheat.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2016

Japan's top buzzword candidates for 2016 range from Pikotaro to 'the Trump phenomenon'

The 30 nominees for Japan's top buzzwords of 2016 were announced Thursday by the Jiyukokuminsha publishing house, covering a variety of new popular terms ranging from the "Shin Godzilla" film to the "Zika fever."
EDITORIALS
Nov 17, 2016

The sinkhole in Fukuoka

Authorities need to find out exactly why a huge sinkhole formed in Fukuoka, and how to keep the same problem from happening again.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2016

Rakuten to pay €220 million to place its logo on FC Barcelona jerseys

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. is paying €220 million ($235.4 million) to emblazon its logo on the FC Barcelona soccer team's jerseys for four years, in one of the biggest sponsorship deals in the sport.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2016

Survey sees surge in 'secret savings' of married Japanese, with wives on top

The average amount of savings secretly accumulated by married women in 2016 was ¥1.47 million, rising by more than ¥200,000 from the year before, according to a survey by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 17, 2016

Lawyers get on board as U.S. LGBT ranks rush to legally change gender amid Trump threat

Transgender people in the United States are rushing to legally change their name and gender with the help of volunteer lawyers due to concerns the community's civil rights could be threatened under the administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?
A person records images of waves following a tsunami advisory generated by local authorities after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting warnings and evacuations stretching across at the South Pacific, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Wednesday.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
80 years on, former teacher conveys history of hidden island in World War II
Masayuki Yamauchi teaches junior high school students about the history of Okunoshima, an island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in May.
1,010 food and beverage prices to rise in Japan in August
The price increases in August will be especially noticeable for dairy products, including milk and yogurt, according to the research firm Teikoku Databank.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
Coordination office marks first step in U.S. Forces Japan’s shift to ‘warfighting’ command
U.S., Japanese and Australian staff work in the JJOC Cooperation Team office at the U.S. Army’s Hardy Barracks in central Tokyo in this image posted to the Australian Embassy's X account on July 25.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Artist Chiharu Shiota weaves a hidden marvel on Teshima
“Memory of Lines” is Chiharu Shiota’s second art installation on Teshima as part of the Setouchi Triennale.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.

Podcast

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

Longform

Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
By Jason Coskrey

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