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Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 23, 2016

Kyoto Experiment goes from strength to strength

“It may be wrong to mix different wines, but old and new wisdom make an excellent mixture." So claims The Singer in Bertolt Brecht's 1944 play, "The Caucasian Chalk Circle."
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 20, 2016

Growing chorus of experts is raising ethical questions about the future of robotics

Crowds filter through a darkened corner of Tokyo's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation on a recent Saturday, seeking to catch a glimpse of what the future may be like.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 20, 2016

The great escape

It hasn't been much of a winter so far. The weather has been awesome.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 19, 2016

Omake Club helps Zombie-Chang escape down her own artistic rabbit hole

Midway through our conversation at a dimly lit Shibuya cafe, Meirin Yung offers to break down any song on her recently released album under the name Zombie-Chang. I choose the slacker-inspired "Semete Kanashii Tokiniwa" (loosely translated as "At Least in Sad Times") that served as the advance preview...
CULTURE / Music
Feb 19, 2016

Crunch's 'Blue Blue Blue' embraces melancholy in true indie-pop style

Pairing skippy music with relatively sad-sack lyrics has always been one of indie-pop's favorite tricks, a clever way to ring out bad feelings in song without sounding like a total mope. Sometimes, however, just giving in and embracing your gloom can be OK. Nagoya trio Crunch has created plenty of up-tempo...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Feb 19, 2016

'Amazake': The wintertime sake that isn't what it seems

For more than 1,000 years, a sweet, thick beverage known as amazake has been produced in Japan. Amanotamuznake, an early version of amazake, is mentioned in the "Nihon Shoki" ("Chronicles of Japan"), an early history of Japan compiled in 720. While the drink fell out of favor for a while, it has made...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2016

The physicist who said no to Albert Einstein

Thanks to the rejection of a scientific paper written by Albert Einstein, his prediction of the existence of gravitational waves — which now has been proving true — was not retracted.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 19, 2016

Dentsu considering 60 businesses for acquisition

Dominant advertising agency Dentsu Inc. has locked sights on as many as 60 acquisition targets to bring more technology and talent to its global business.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2016

Obama to meet dissidents, Raul Castro on historic Cuba trip; first-pitch hinted

President Barack Obama will meet dissidents and President Raul Castro in Cuba next month, the White House said on Thursday, announcing a historic trip that will be another major step toward ending decades of animosity between former Cold War foes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 18, 2016

Would you like a Chilean wine with your meal? Many Japanese do

Chilean wine is big in Japan. Last month, the Finance Ministry announced that the country's wine is now No. 1 in terms of imports. Import volumes have been growing rapidly since 2005 — reaching a high of 51.59 million liters in 2015 — thanks in large part to the 2007 Economic Partnership between...
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 18, 2016

Japan's LNG imports fall on warm weather and atomic restarts

The world's biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas said imports fell the most in more than six years as nuclear reactors restarted and warm weather cut demand.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 17, 2016

Views from Tokyo and Chiba: Have you made any memorable gaffes while learning another language?

Japanese and foreign nationals share their favorite embarrassing missteps on the long journey to second-language fluency.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 17, 2016

Third Japanese municipality recognizes same-sex unions

The city of Iga, Mie Prefecture, has announced it will start issuing certificates recognizing same-sex partnerships starting in April, Japan's third municipal government and the first outside Tokyo to take such a step.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 13, 2016

One slip can sink a salaryman's career

'I've always been shy," says Kazuo. "Face-to-face communication never came easily to me." At 48, he's been out of work five years. He lives with his mother, who's close to 80 — mostly off her pension. A typical day — typical not only of him, says the weekly Spa!, but of an increasing number of middle-aged...
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 13, 2016

Role reversal

Mom, why won't you stop using your phone? You promised we would enjoy a tasty lunch today.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 13, 2016

Japan is losing its drive to get behind the wheel

Even domestic automakers seem to be concentrating on expanding overseas as the market at home looks bleak.
EDITORIALS
Feb 13, 2016

Teens stepping up to the plate

Japanese teens are increasingly taking an active interest in politics.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2016

Tokyo's Ota Ward approves first short-term, Airbnb-style home rentals

An online travel service provider gets government accreditation to start renting out private homes on the model popularized by Airbnb.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 12, 2016

China pushes back on THAAD

China is critical of moves to deploy a missile defense system in South Korea in the wake of North Korea's rocket launch, but fails to offer much in the way of constructive suggestions on how the South can ensure its own security otherwise.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Feb 10, 2016

Educate the people and keep the 'manji' (卍) on Japan's maps

Why the ancient symbol should be left where it is, despite its dark connotations from the 20th century.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 9, 2016

U.S. investigates reported hack of FBI, DHS employee data

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department are investigating a claim that personal data related to thousands of DHS and FBI employees was hacked and has been posted online, an agency spokesman said on Monday.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 8, 2016

U.N. rapporteur urges Japan to consider law banning hate speech

Japan should enact a law banning hate speech to protect the nation's ethnic minorities, according to a United Nations expert who said such a change would not impact freedom of speech.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 7, 2016

Some unpaid Chinese workers skip Lunar New Year holidays to protest

This year, laborer Fan Fu and 20 or so colleagues working on the Zixia Garden apartment complex in Hebei province have not joined China's legion of migrant workers returning home to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 6, 2016

Real 'winners'

How about that $1.5 billion lottery in America?
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
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Feb 5, 2016

McDonald's insanely crazy chocolate-covered fries aren't what they seem

Reactions to the release of McDonald's new "McFry Potato Chocolate Sauce" (¥330) in Japan played out predictably. Many were shocked that this supposedly unholy union could exist, but chocolate-covered potato chips are neither new in Japan nor in many other countries.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2016

China filming its own version of 'The Big Short'

The second biggest economy has $23 billion of potential junk debt. A rash of downgrades could trigger the next bout of turmoil in global markets.
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.
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.
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.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.

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