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Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 3, 2015

Japan 2024 Task Force establishes league office for new men's pro hoop circuit

Led by co-chairman Saburo Kawabuchi, the Japan 2024 Task Force, declared it will establish a bigger, better men's professional basketball league with a broader vision. And so, Japanese basketball clubs were asked to burn the bridges behind them, accepting rigid qualifications to join it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 3, 2015

Singapore firm Quoine sees bitcoin being big in Japan

Many Japanese may be skeptical about the encrypted currency bitcoin due to last year's Mt. Gox fiasco, but a Singapore-based venture sees a big opportunity in fostering a bitcoin market in Japan.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 3, 2015

Tokyo considers rewards for administering first aid

In what is expected to be a first in Japan, the Metropolitan Fire Department may offer financial aid to people who administer first aid to accident and disaster victims, an official said Friday.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 3, 2015

Buddhist priests in a nutshell; Models survive on a desert island; CM of the week: Eneos

Producers of TV shows often try out their new creations during the wee hours and if they attract enough viewers the show is bumped up to prime time. That's the case with "Obosan Variety: Butchake-dera" ("Buddhist Priest Variety: In-a-nutshell Temple"; TV Asahi, Mon., 7 p.m.), whose prime time premiere...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ABENOMICS — THE BOTTOM LINE
Apr 3, 2015

Inflation eludes, stock rise helps few, but yen's fall hurts many

As the second anniversary of the BOJ's radical deflation-busting program approaches, economists question the merits of “Abenomics” and whether frothy stocks and a weaker yen deserve praise.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Apr 3, 2015

Releasing stubborn Gourriel best move for BayStars

The lasting image of Yulieski Gourriel's 62-game tenure with the Yokohama BayStars may have come after the Cuban star's very first ichi-gun game in the team's pinstriped uniform.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 3, 2015

Carrick's fragility an ongoing issue for club, country

According to Sir Alex Ferguson, his former Manchester United manager, Michael Carrick is "the best English player in the game."
BASKETBALL
Apr 3, 2015

Takahashi named Kyoto assistant

Tetsuya Takahashi has joined Kyoto Hannaryz bench boss Honoo Hamaguchi's staff as an assistant coach, the bj-league team announced on Friday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 3, 2015

Keep a close eye on Abe's words

Given Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's moves to undermine cherished constitutional principles, citizens must pay close attention to his words.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2015

The trials and tribulations of Asian democracy

The list of national political leaders in Asia who have faced, or are about to face, criminal charges has grown so extensive that it is plausible to wonder whether democracy itself can survive in a number of these countries.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2015

Putin and the neoconservatives

The national ambitions harbored by Vladimir Putin and American neoconservatives are troublingly similar.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2015

Xi celebrating soft-power win over U.S. too soon

If Chinese leaders are to achieve their growing international aspirations, they'll have to be far more ambitious about getting their financial house in order first.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 3, 2015

Local party boss says Tibet temples must become propaganda centers

Buddhist temples and monasteries in Tibet must become propaganda centers for the ruling Communist Party, where monks and nuns learn to "revere" science and appreciate the party's love, the troubled region's top Chinese appointed official said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / A TASTE OF HOME
Apr 3, 2015

Japan's French bistro dining keeps the focus on the food

Each year, approximately 20 Japanese tourists are struck down by a rare and mysterious disorder.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 3, 2015

'Brave and exciting dining' at Florilege

Spring brings new beginnings. It also ushers in restaurant openings galore. This year, few are likely to be as radical and impressive as the rebirth and reinvention of Florilege.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 3, 2015

CQ will take you to the world's end

Music genres can sometimes be helpful guidelines for a band, but they can also end up being an albatross around a musician's neck, especially if they're part of your group's moniker.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE HIGH GROUNDS
Apr 3, 2015

Barista champ puts Fukuoka on the map

Yoshikazu Iwase has a tough act to top. As he heads to the World Barista Championship (WBC) in Seattle this month, he'll be following in the wake of Maruyama Coffee's Hidenori Izaki, the barista prodigy who last year became the first Japanese — and, indeed, Asian — competitor to win the title.
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 Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 3, 2015

Riverside restaurants in season for cherry blossom views

The Meguro River is one of Tokyo's most popular blossom-viewing venues, especially the section running through Naka-Meguro. Maybe that's because once you've had your fill of the crowds and street food, there are plenty of restaurants at hand where you can gaze out at the ethereal blooms and the fresh...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 3, 2015

Lamar's 'Butterfly' keeps afloat at No. 1

Rapper Kendrick Lamar held onto the top spot of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart last Wednesday, in a week that saw little change among the top-selling records.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Apr 3, 2015

Kobeya Kitchen hops into Easter

The Kobeya Kitchen chain of bakeries found mostly around major train stations is celebrating Easter with a limited-edition treat in the form of a dessert shaped like a rabbit (¥238).
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 3, 2015

Japan bubble alert found in drug stock rally that won't quit

This year's Japanese stock rally has a surprise leader: pharmaceutical companies, which tend to lag behind the market when it gains.
Coalition talks could bring Takaichi closer to being PM
Nippon Ishin no Kai leader and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura meets with Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Trump declares U.S.-China trade war as Bessent floats long truce
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference in Washington on Wednesday.
Asia can learn from Europe’s immigration mistakes
Refugees and migrants, mostly from Syria and Afghanistan, crowd a platform at a train station in Budapest in September 2015. Hungary's focus on pro-natalist policies and minimal immigration has led to a significant improvement in its fertility rate compared to Japan.
Singapore thrived in a U.S.-led world. Now what?
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt moors at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in April 2018.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister
Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi (right) celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4.
Pace eyes great strides for Japan’s art market
Pace Japan Vice President Kyoko Hattori, the de facto head of the nation’s business, believes a larger, more lucrative art market will allow Japan to be more attractive for collectors.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.

Podcast

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

Longform

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building
By Patrick St. Michel

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