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JAPAN
Aug 31, 2017

America-Japan Society recognizes lifetime contributions by U.S., Japanese citizens with new award

The America-Japan Society Inc. recognized on Thursday two people for their grassroots work to foster bilateral friendship between Japan and the United States, honoring the recipients — citizens from each of the two countries — with a new award launched this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 31, 2017

How a rice lover's robot revolutionized the modern sushi industry

Kisaku Suzuki, creator of the world's first sushi robot, once ran a company that made candy-wrapping machines. And he was angry.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 31, 2017

More multiracial wrestlers making mark in raised ring

Sumo’s long and grueling summer regional tour came to an end last Sunday with the now yearly KITTE Basho held in the heart of Tokyo at the 38-story JP Tower. The following day, the new banzuke was released for the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament that gets underway on Sept. 10.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 60 years of Malaysia-Japan ties
Aug 31, 2017

Strong bonds through food, culture, sports

Over the next several months, a variety of events will be held to celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / CABINET INTERVIEW 2017
Aug 30, 2017

New guidelines governing documents to be put in place by year-end: Kajiyama

The government will draw up a set of guidelines by year-end on how administrative documents should be managed, including a clearer definition of papers that can be discarded within one year, a newly-appointed minister in charge of administrative reforms said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 30, 2017

Putin aide Patrushev to visit Japan next week ahead of Vladivostok summit

Nikolai Patrushev, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin and secretary of the country's Security Council, will visit Japan from Monday through Sept. 6, diplomatic sources told Jiji Press on Tuesday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 29, 2017

Okuhara ready to shift focus to greater challenges at 2020 Olympics

Nozomi Okuhara said that she wanted to measure where she is on the global badminton map right now.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2017

Only about 50% of schools designated as shelters in times of disaster have emergency toilet facilities: survey

Only about half of public schools in Japan designated to serve as shelters in times of disaster had the ability as of April 1 to provide alternative toilet facilities if water supplies were cut off, an education ministry survey showed Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2017

Why Donald Trump is doomed (and no it's not the Nazi thing)

Trump's defense of Nazis and Klansmen isn't a radical departure from the GOP political norm. Where he's gone off the rails by American standards is a question of style.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2017

Cabinet turmoil prompts likely delay in setting timing of Emperor's abdication

The government is considering dropping its plan to set and announce in September the dates of Emperor Akihito's abdication and the start of a new era, sources said.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Aug 28, 2017

Ramirez guiding BayStars with steady hand

It might be strange to some to see Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez remaining so grounded. The same Ramirez who played with emotion, who performed special dances after his home runs (sometimes with team mascots), is calm, cool and collected as his BayStars work to secure a second-straight trip...
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 28, 2017

Let's discuss fashion-sharing services

The fashion industry in Japan has begun offering people the option of renting clothes instead of buying them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 28, 2017

Nagoya group looks to turn disposable diaper waste into fuel

Three men whose companies are involved in the manufacture and sales of disposable diapers — the use of which is expected to increase with the aging population — have started an association in Nagoya to research ways to turn them into fuel.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Aug 27, 2017

Game industry vamps up classics

The 'Sonic' boom
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 27, 2017

Given latest scandals, Japanese government looks to revise document-shredding rules

In the wake of several scandals, the government will launch a debate before month's end on revising how administrative documents should be managed.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 26, 2017

Japan's female politicians showing the way forward on maternity harassment

Since July 12, when Lower House lawmaker Takako Suzuki announced she was pregnant with her first child, the news media has been full of stories about "maternity harassment."
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 26, 2017

New honor for Olympic legend Mills

Legendary distance runner Billy Mills, whose performance at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics catapulted him to global fame, is receiving a special honor close to home.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2017

The war in Afghanistan that goes on forever

Peak U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan was 100,000 in 2010-2011. If that did not deliver victory, how will boosting it from 8,500 to 12,500 do it now?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2017

Drop-dead beautiful: Japan undertakers show their skill on preparing bodies for the 'other world'

A 23-year-old undertaker won a contest at Japan's biggest funeral expo on Thursday that tested ancient skills in the ritual dressing of the dead.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 24, 2017

Teams continue outreach to fans in summer

This is an exciting, challenging era for Japan pro basketball.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2017

'Great Again' is Trump's magic Twitter mantra

U.S. President Donald Trump's favorite phrase never seems to lose its power on the Twittersphere.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 21, 2017

Podcasts for learning Japanese on the go

We spoke to the founders of two successful, but hugely contrasting podcast shows for Japanese learners.
Lessons from India-Pakistan war: Were China's arms overrated?
A Chinese J-10B fighter jet is put on display at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, China, in October 2016. The short May conflict between India and Pakistan became a live trial for Chinese arms, exposing vulnerabilities in its fighter aircraft and air defense systems.
Former Japanese princess Mako gives birth to first child
Mako Komuro (right), the eldest daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, left the Imperial Family after marrying Kei Komuro, a former schoolmate at International Christian University in Tokyo, in October 2021.
Chinese parents are fueling Tokyo’s education race
More Chinese families are clustering in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, a district renowned for having the finest educational environment in Japan.
Trump to hike steel tariffs to 50% to aid Nippon-U.S. Steel
U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. Steel Corporation Irvin Works facility in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, on Friday
Japanese customers brave the rain to line up for cheap stockpiled rice
Iris Ohyama began sales of government stockpiled rice at a home center location in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday morning.
Atsuko Okatsuka brings big 'dad' energy to new special
Atsuko Okatsuka tries out some of the jokes from her new special, “Father,” at the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya in January.
How ‘hikikomori’ shut-ins ‘start to have dreams for the future’
Located in Nagano Prefecture, Samurai Gakuen tries to help young and old individuals who have withdrawn from society rediscover their places out in the world.
Halt of U.S. visa process puts Japanese students' futures in question
People hold up signs during a rally in support of international students at the Harvard University campus in Boston on Tuesday.
Mateusz Urbanowicz: ‘Miyazaki inspired me to put the audience first’
Mateusz Urbanowicz’s recent book “Imaginary Storefronts” collects his illustrations of the mundane Japanese street scenes that have given him immense inspiration.
Songs, stars and strategy: Japan debuts its newest awards ceremony
Rock band Mrs. Green Apple performed an emotional rendition of hit song “Darling” on the final night of the Music Awards Japan.

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?
By Eric Margolis

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