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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2018

Maverick Harvard MBA shakes up a century of Panasonic's corporate culture

Panasonic Corp. has carefully cultivated a culture befitting its 100-year history, with many employees starting the day doing calisthenics and singing the corporate anthem. Now, Yasuyuki Higuchi is supposed to shake up those traditions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Sep 22, 2018

There's a story for every taste in 'Speculative Japan 4'

'Speculative Japan 4' is the latest in Kumamoto-based Kurodahan Press' mission to bring the best of Japanese science fiction and fantasy to the English-speaking world.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Sep 2, 2018

Seeing things from another angle

Design that thrives on different perspectives of the innovative, the classic and the traditional
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 2, 2018

Japan according to Don Maloney: Still amusing and relevant, mostly, 40 years on

Irreverent accounts of an American businessman in the 1970s in Tokyo hold up surprisingly well today.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Sep 1, 2018

'Isako Isako': No punches pulled when confronting internment

Mia Ayumi Malhotra's collection of poetry, 'Isako Isako,' is a carefully controlled whirlwind of ideas and impressions that reminds us that the scars laid down today will still be visible generations from now
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 28, 2018

The Louvre has a new seat of power

Kohei Nawa talks about his 3-ton golden 'Throne,' which takes a seat of honor at the Louvre as one of the works for Japonismes 2018, Paris' large-scale event celebrating 160 years of France-Japan relations.
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2018

Once a collector's passion, owning vintage warplane now may be more profitable than stock

Collectibles markets are driven by passion, not rational thought. But the aircraft-collecting market has seen a split in recent years between those who purchase and restore for love and history and those who are new collectors with an interest in return on investment.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Aug 4, 2018

'First Snow on Fuji': Yasunari Kawabata exhibits his mastery of the short story

In 'First Snow on Fuji,' nine short stories and one dramatic work selected by Kawabata himself highlight this literary master's minimalist prose.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 2, 2018

146-year-old cosmetics firm Shiseido gets makeover to woo millennial buyers

Shiseido Co., the beauty company that's 146 years old, is giving itself one big makeover.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 29, 2018

The fashion industry welcomes a Doublet dose of parody

Masayuki Ino, designer of streetwear brand Doublet, reveals how luck and good sense of humor helped him become the first Japanese LVMH Prize winner.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 5, 2018

Experience the flavors of the Great White North

Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel and Towers is holding a Canada fair at two of the hotel's restaurants, Bay View and Sagami, until July 31.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 2, 2018

Why it pays off for governments to invest in sports

Sports-based investment can go a long way toward strengthening communities and enabling young people to live healthier, happier and more productive lives.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 25, 2018

Aichi team develops self-driving robots to tackle labor shortage in farming

Amid a severe shortage of manpower, a team comprised of researchers from private companies and a university in Aichi Prefecture is working on developing a self-driving robot that uses cutting-edge technology to support flower-growing farmers.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2018

China seen flexing loan muscle as it pushes further into Pacific

In the gritty, steamy streets of Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby, signs of China's push into the Pacific island nation are inescapable.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 1, 2018

China's Everest cleanup nets 8.5 tons of garbage

China has retrieved 8.5 tons of waste from Mount Everest since April as it clears garbage left by growing numbers of visitors, the state-run Global Times said on Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 23, 2018

Where the water is

Unconventional resources must be embraced to ensure universal access to clean water and sanitation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 19, 2018

Mount Fuji is the gift to writers that keeps on giving

'Mountain/Home: New Translations from Japan' shows Mount Fuji from a variety of literary angles in this comprehensive anthology of translations.
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2018

Facebook yanks accounts advertising stolen identities and info after Motherboard report

Facebook Inc. has removed a number of accounts and pages that advertised and sold social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and alleged credit card numbers of dozens of people, following a report by news website Motherboard.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 20, 2018

Fly-fishing in the remote reaches of Hokkaido

Akan National Park is renowned for some of the best fly-fishing in all Japan, and anglers can expect plentiful, seasonal catch.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 20, 2018

Nintendo's $30 billion rally now depends on $70 cardboard pianos

Nintendo Co. got its start in 1889 as a successful manufacturer of hanafuda (playing cards made out of stiff paper). Now the game-maker is embracing the same materials for its next trick.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 17, 2018

Legacy of genius: Kyosai and Kyosui

Kawanabe Kyosui might not be as well-known as her father Kyosai, but the prolific painter helped pave the way for women artists in early 20th-century Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Apr 15, 2018

The sweet smell of an incense workshop success

Incense workshops can be a sweet-smelling way to teach kids about a traditional craft of Japan
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 1, 2018

Looking for spring inspiration?

Nendo offers creative advice, Perrocaliente updates the past and Nousaku invokes flower power
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Apr 1, 2018

Zozotown founder Yusaku Maezawa follows eclectic path

Andy Warhol's iconic Campbell's Soup cans, a painting by Takashi Murakami and a word sculpture by Jack Pierson are some of the pieces decorating the head office of Start Today Co., operator of Japan's largest online fashion mall, Zozotown.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 26, 2018

Time for a tech revolution

Only business models respecting privacy can save us from our digital predicament.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 3/11: Rebuilding Tohoku
Mar 9, 2018

Radiation monitoring group formed during Fukushima nuclear disaster now a source of global data

Back in 2011, soon after the 3/11 disaster, Safecast was born. Today, the global volunteer-centered citizen science organization is home to the world's largest open data set of radiation measurements.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 20, 2018

The best pick and mix of modern art

The current exhibition at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art could be considered a retrospective of Toshio Hara's career as a collector. Surprisingly, given that the museum was founded in 1979, it's the first time that the director and president has personally curated a show there, and the title is...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 13, 2018

Yasuaki Shimizu's artful jingles

An effective commercial jingle wedges itself into your brain. There's the incessant repetition of Meow Mix, the harmony of McDonald's "I'm lovin' it" or the youthful chorus of "Biiiku, biku, biku, Bic Camera."
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Feb 9, 2018

Twenty years on from the Olympics, Nagano is still the home of Japan's winter sports

Nagano Prefecture's bountiful snow continues to be the stuff of ski and snowboarding legend, with classic Olympic resorts such as Hakuba Happo-one, Nozawa Onsen and Shiga Kogen.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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