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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 21, 2018

The long pour: Tokyo Coffee Festival rounds up specialty coffee from across Japan

Japanese coffee shops are more international than ever, yet manage to preserve a unique sense of kodawari, an uncompromising dedication to the craft.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 14, 2018

Japan's pet detectives

Myriad spiritual and high-tech options are available to help owners find their missing animals, but human trackers are still the best bet.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Mar 24, 2018

Taiwan Tanpao: A quick visit for a dumpling or six

You could easily pass a whole day as a flaneur in Osaka's Tenjibashi-suji Shotengai, the longest shopping arcade in Japan. Unlike its southern counterpart, Shinsaibashi-suji, there is still room to breathe in Tenjinbashi-suji and it's not (yet) full of tourist-traps masquerading as historical shops....
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 23, 2018

No right way to complete Shikoku's 88-temple pilgrimage

"Get in the car." An old woman in thick glasses and a knitted hat gestures from her seat behind the wheel.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 10, 2018

The Norwegian campaign behind Japan's love of salmon sushi

Look at the menu of any sushi shop in Japan and you will almost certainly see salmon: fatty, tender and bright orange. And for good reason, in a 2017 survey by the seafood company Maruha Nichiro, the fish was found to be the most popular neta (topping) for the sixth year in a row, ranked far higher than...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2018

Italy's election was actually quite traditional

The nation's voters favor weak central governments for a reason.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 6, 2018

Sri Lanka deploys forces to quell deadly Buddhist-Muslim clash

Sri Lanka sent troops and elite police to central Kandy district and imposed a curfew there on Monday to prevent clashes between majority Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Muslims after a mob set fire to a Muslim-owned shop.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 2, 2018

From Fukuoka to Miyazaki, Kyushu offers year-round surf

With 12,000 kilometers of coastline, Japan's island of Kyushu offers some fantastic opportunities for surfing, as Oscar Boyd discovers in this Point Break-inspired journey around southwest Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 14, 2018

'Thicker Than Water': Family fights and a great comedic turn from Keiko Enoue

"Sibling rivalry" is a term often heard; "sibling harmony," not so much. Brothers and sisters can be like two crabs fighting in a bucket, going round and round with no end or escape — even when they heart-of-hearts love each other.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 31, 2018

The Japan vlogger's gospel, not according to Logan Paul

In the wake of the Logan Paul 'suicide forest' fiasco, YouTubers offer their tips on filming in Japan without infuriating the locals.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2018

Hachioji group leads charge to redo Coming-of-Age Day for women ambushed by kimono firm's failure

Some of the new adults who were deprived of kimono for Coming-of-Age Day when a debt-ridden rental firm folded on Monday will get another chance to celebrate the event in style next month with help from volunteers, it was learned Friday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 12, 2018

Takamatsu: Udon the key to Shikoku castle town's heart

Come for the gardens, stay for the noodles in Kagawa's capital city.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 6, 2018

Munch like a monarch as you walk with the gods on Miyajima

Beyond the island's iconic torii, oysters, okonomiyaki, eel and manju016b await.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 24, 2017

Japanese fashion's great end to the year

With the holidays upon us, it is a season for celebration. Japan's fashion industry has its own reason to enjoy the festivities, as the ceremony for the Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix awards revealed some amazing talent on home turf. And then, we discover o-kaizome, a unique way to ring in the new year,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 23, 2017

'Yokohama Mary': Looking back at the life of one of the city's most mysterious figures

An enigmatic woman wearing a frilly white dress stands silently outside Matsuzakaya department store in Yokohama's Isezakicho district during a local festival. Her face is caked in white makeup and her eyes are lined in black.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 14, 2017

Stay plans offer luxurious rooms and amenities

The Choose Your Luxury accommodation plan in which guests can choose from three plans is offered at the Conrad Osaka, which opened in June on the top eight floors of the Nakanoshima Tower West, a new landmark building in Osaka.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 2, 2017

Pachinko parlors are losing their balls while Japan considers a cashless economy

With the Diet's passing of a law last December that will legalize casino gambling, many are wondering how this development will affect the few forms of tightly controlled gambling and gaming that have been permitted up to now — like pachinko (a type of pinball machine).
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 30, 2017

Bountiful berry buffet beautifully bewitches

The Hilton Tokyo Odaiba will offer a strawberry dessert buffet, dubbed the Kawaii Masquerade Party, at the Seascape Terrace Dining from Dec. 26 to March 15.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Nov 29, 2017

The consummation of cool is a funny business for comedian Ike Nwala

Turn on the TV in Japan and you're likely to see a black face from time to time. Rarely will it be in a drama, but on game shows, variety and comedy shows, even some commercials. I wouldn't say we're commonplace, but we're out there. And, honestly, I used to dread every instance. Still do, actually,...
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Nov 27, 2017

Convenience store chain to stop selling pornographic magazines

Ministop has announced that it will suspend sales of pornographic magazines.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Nov 26, 2017

Throwback time for fashion leads to innovation

As regular followers of Japanese fashion can attest, the industry can be seen as somewhat flirtatious, dallying with new debutantes, another sister brand, another collaboration, another short-term "limited shop" or another retail concept that makes the news but doesn't really change the game.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Nov 25, 2017

Taneya: A love letter to mochi in all its wondrous forms

If you're in Umeda and in need of an escape from the crowds, head for Taneya's shop in the Hankyu department store.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 24, 2017

Staying on top of winter in Japan with snowshoes

Among snowshoeing's chief pleasures is the ability to walk across fresh powdery snow without sinking, often surrounded by complete silence — something one has to experience to appreciate.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Restaurant Do's and Don'ts
Nov 4, 2017

Accessibility, visibility and foot traffic are key ingredients to a restaurant's success

Try to remember: What was the last bar or restaurant you walked into without knowing anything about it at all — no recommendations from a friend, no glowing online reviews?
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 26, 2017

Everything needed for the holidays

From Nov. 1 throughout the holiday season, the Mandarin Oriental Gourmet Shop at the Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo, is offering 10 Christmas sweets, including three kinds of Buche de Noel, two kinds of Christmas shortcakes and several other seasonal treats. From Dec. 1, the hotel is also offering a Japanese...
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

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

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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