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COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Feb 1, 2017

U.S. military must not jeopardize Okinawan forest's bid for World Heritage status

We write to express our concern regarding the U.S. military's continued use of the Northern Training Area in northern Okinawa's Yanbaru forest, in light of the fact that the forest has been nominated for UNESCO World Natural Heritage status.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 31, 2017

Medvedeva looks invincible a year from Pyeongchang

Collecting her second straight European title with a world-record score last Friday, Evgenia Medvedeva emphatically reinforced that she is a prohibitive favorite for the gold medal in Pyeongchang next year.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 29, 2017

Vocational universities may be the way forward

Universities in Japan and the U.S. face unprecedented challenges that will make them unrecognizable in the years ahead.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 28, 2017

2017: a year for sumo nostalgia

On Jan. 22, 30-year-old ozeki (champion) Kisenosato (real name Yutaka Hagiwara) emerged victorious in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with an outstanding record of 14 wins and only one loss. His promotion to history's 72nd yokozuna (grand champion) was confirmed by the Japan Sumo Association three...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 28, 2017

Publishing pioneer Kikuko Ireton introduced the world to Japanese film

Kikuko Ireton, who co-founded "Movie/TV Marketing," a pioneering English-language trade journal about the domestic film industry, died in Tokyo on Thursday from complications of pneumonia.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 27, 2017

Dominique Ansel offers sweet Ginza-only confections

It is one of the pastry sensations of recent years — an alchemic fusion of croissant and doughnut, unified to create the much-celebrated Cronut.
EDITORIALS
Jan 24, 2017

Worrisome U.S. trade policy

U.S. President Donald Trump is proving to be a man of his word — to the consternation of U.S. trade partners.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2017

China tourism body backs boycott of Apa hotels over book denying Nanking Massacre

China's tourism administration has urged tour operators to sever ties with the APA hotel chain after an escalating row over the hotelier's denial of the 1937 Nanking Massacre.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 23, 2017

Conspiracy bill's fourth bid dressed in Olympic clothing

As the debate on counterterrorism heats up ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, some are pushing for stronger measures and others are warning against the potential for government overreach and the loss of constitutional rights.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Jan 22, 2017

Tomooka says young athletes should play different sports

The term "strength and conditioning" in sports is relatively unknown in Japan, and specialty coaches are often confused with athletic trainers, who are skilled in prevention, evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 21, 2017

The triumphant second coming of Endo's 'Silence'

Martin Scorsese's adaptation of "Silence," Shusaku Endo's tale of Catholic missionaries suffering brutal repression in 17th-century Japan, has met with mixed reviews. Some have found it ponderously overlong and, for those unfamiliar with Japanese history, baffling in context. It is, in fact, not a minute...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 21, 2017

Chanoyu master Randy Channell Soei: The way of tea 'offers a whole other life'

Tea ceremony expert on the importance of guests.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 21, 2017

Late slugger Daryl Spencer brought passion, pride, power to Hankyu Braves

The Baseball Bullet-In this week remembers Daryl Spencer, the former Hankyu Braves slugger who died Jan. 2 in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 88.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2017

Marchers in Tokyo brave chilly weather to bid farewell to Obama

Ahead of the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump in America, members of Democrats Abroad Japan marched Friday evening to express appreciation to outgoing President Barack Obama.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2017

Global salary gaps hindering automakers' efforts to lure IT workers

Headhunter Casey Abel spent four months trying to hire a data center architect for a Japanese automaker, including five meetings with the client — one with the top executive. In the end, the IT specialist joined an e-commerce company abroad for significantly more money.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / INVENTING THE TASTE OF JAPAN
Jan 20, 2017

The discovery of umami: How MSG changed the culinary world

Japan is renowned for its exceptional food culture and Tokyo is the nation's culinary crown jewel. The capital has been awarded more Michelin stars that any other city in the world for 10 years. Traditional cuisine and fine dining have made Japan's food world famous, but there's a less expected element...
Reader Mail
Jan 20, 2017

Osprey training belies treaty provisions

Defense Minister Tomomi Inada confirmed in a rubber-stamping fashion that Ospreys' midair refueling drills in Okinawa would be resumed, even though the cause of the Dec. 13 crash had not yet been fully investigated and detailed to the public.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2017

It's never too early to check when cherry blossoms will bloom

Most parts of the country are now in the freeze-dried depths of winter, with Hokkaido and some areas on the Sea of Japan coast thickly blanketed with snow.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 19, 2017

First All-Star Game makes strong impression

The unification of the NBL, NBDL and bj-league to create the B. League represented a big step forward for men's pro basketball in Japan.
BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Jan 17, 2017

On-time awards for JAL; new flights for NZ; Emirates adds perks

On-time awards for JAL
Japan Times
BUSINESS / DAVOS SPECIAL 2017
Jan 17, 2017

A taste of high-quality Japanese food and drink

Davos participants again this year will have a chance to taste and experience the finest the world of Japanese gastronomy has to offer at the Central Sporthotel Davos on Jan. 18.
Japanese markets brace for triple whammy if opposition wins big
A Sanseito campaign van in Shinjuku. The populist party is gaining ground and challenging the more centrist parties.
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.
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.
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.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
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