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Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 4, 2017

Tech company aiming to fill fans' downtime with private snapshots at sporting events

Competitions, smartphones and social networks. With those three things combined, arenas and stadiums can become more than just a place to enjoy watching sports.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2017

Japan tourism group builds social media presence with new Instagram account

The Japan National Tourism Organization is finally turning to Instagram to attract overseas travelers amid an unprecedented tourism boom.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 4, 2017

U.K. says pedophiles, organized crime using WhatsApp with impunity, demands access to messages

Britain said WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption communication services allowed pedophiles and organized crime groups to operate beyond the reach of the law and called on the messaging service to move faster to help governments catch offenders.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 3, 2017

Mobile gaming firm Akatsuki to adapt Japanese content for U.S. TV and movie screens

Mobile gaming company Akatsuki Inc. announced Tuesday the launch of a U.S.-based entertainment production company aimed at developing feature films for a global audience based on popular Japanese content including manga, anime and novels.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 28, 2017

Megahit anime 'Your Name.' to get live-action Hollywood remake

J.J. Abrams and Paramount Pictures will be turning one of Japan's highest-grossing anime films into a live-action remake, but not all fans are enthusiastic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 25, 2017

Thai junta leader Prayuth, backers, fuel suspicions of his plans to stay in power

In his dark suit, Thai junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha cut an incongruous figure guiding a rice tractor across a muddy paddy field in front of cameras and watching villagers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 21, 2017

Enjoy spooky suite tea service

The Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka is offering a Halloween plan "Adults' Halloween Suite," limited to one pair or group per day, from Sept. 22 to Oct. 31.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 20, 2017

Killed off in earlier sequel, 'scream queen' Jamie Lee Curtis reprises famed 'Halloween' horror role

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis will reprise her role as the resilient protagonist in 2018's "Halloween," Universal Pictures said, 40 years after she made her movie debut in the original horror movie of the same name and became Hollywood's "scream queen."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2017

The real significance of the Rohingya issue

Asian nations must worry that Myanmar's moves against the Rohingyas won't start untangling all colonial-era boundaries, however illogical in terms of ethnic or religious issues those may have been.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 16, 2017

Beverage giant looks to spread the intricacies of washoku abroad

Seventeen students from the United States stare at a garden of eggplant. "You can take pictures, just don't touch anything," the group's translator informs them, most of whom are in their early 20s. A minute of silence passes as they gaze at the circular vegetables. Then they pull out their smartphones...
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 16, 2017

British police arrest 18-year-old in hunt for London train bomber

British police arrested an 18-year-old man in the southern port of Dover on Saturday in a "significant" development in the hunt for the culprits behind a London commuter train bombing that injured 30 people a day earlier.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Sep 15, 2017

Eclectic Meschery has lived rich life in NBA, literature

First in a three-part series
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 13, 2017

China chills online discussion with rules punishing creators of message groups

Self-censorship is kicking in fast on WeChat in China as new rules on message groups casts a chill among the 963 million users of Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s social network.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 12, 2017

As sanctions bite, are North Korea hackers stepping up bitcoin attacks?

North Korea appears to be stepping up efforts to secure bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which could be used to avoid trade restrictions, a new report from security researcher FireEye Inc. states.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 4, 2017

Japan's anime pilgrimages give untrod real-world locales economic boost

The popularity of the blockbuster anime film "Your Name." went beyond movie screens, with fans flocking to the real-world locales depicted in the romantic fantasy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 29, 2017

'Harunobu from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston'

Sept. 6-Oct. 23
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2017

U.S. Ambassador William Hagerty asks Twitter for suggested travel spots to 'rediscover' Japan

The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo is asking Twitter users to suggest places in Japan for new U.S. Ambassador William Hagerty and his family to visit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 23, 2017

Even as tensions ease, North Korea releases photos indicating future missile types

Photos released by nuclear-armed North Korea on Wednesday appear to reveal the designs for two new missiles — a provocative move that comes just after the United States' top diplomat said he was pleased with the recent "restraint" exercised by Pyongyang.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2017

Drawn to North Korea's culture, Japanese internet star looks beyond the saber-rattling

Japanese internet celebrity Chunhun starts her day by listening to a band whose songs few other 20-something women in the nation are likely to have on their playlists: North Korea's all-female ensemble Moranbong Band.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 16, 2017

Taliban send Trump letter warning against sending more troops to Afghanistan

The Taliban told U.S. President Donald Trump in an open letter on Tuesday that the military situation in Afghanistan was "far worse than you realize" and sending in more troops would be self-destructive.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Aug 10, 2017

Fuji Rock's closing act was a load of trash

By all accounts, this year's Fuji Rock Festival was a success. Punters of all ages and demographics enjoyed the laid-back vibe at the three-day music spectacular — give or take the constant rain — and most social media posts about the event focused on good times. Not everyone was happy, though.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 8, 2017

Meeting between Chinese, Vietnamese ministers canceled amid South China Sea tensions

A scheduled meeting between the foreign ministers of China and Vietnam on the sidelines of a regional gathering was canceled, Chinese Embassy officials said, amid growing tension between the two countries over the South China Sea.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 7, 2017

U.K. proposes law to strengthen citizens' control of personal data online

The devil's bargain underlying the internet economy is that people get free usage of websites such as Google and Facebook in exchange for letting companies collect all sorts of personal data that can be used to sell advertising and other services.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 6, 2017

Lawyers attempt to fill in the gaps in the GSDF's heavily redacted South Sudan PKO logs

Lawyers poring over the activity logs that led to the defense minister's exit suspect that redactions point to illegal activities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2017

For China's billionaires, all that is gold does not glitter

China's newly minted big money men project larger-than-life personalities, but their good fortune can be rescinded at a moment's notice if they displease the reigning commissars.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2017

China's fear of becoming Japan fueling crackdown on leverage, corporate buying sprees

President Xi Jinping's top economic adviser commissioned a study earlier this year to see how China could avoid the fate of Japan's epic bust in the 1990s and decades of stagnation that followed.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Aug 1, 2017

Sakamoto, Shiraiwa start season in Hong Kong

Fasten your seat belt.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 1, 2017

Yemeni convicted of child rape and murder first to be publicly executed since 2009

A man convicted of raping and murdering a 3-year-old girl was executed in Sanaa on Monday in front of hundreds of onlookers, the first public execution there since 2009.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 29, 2017

Strategic approach: Washington's shifting nuclear policy in the Asia-Pacific region is putting Japan in a difficult position

A global ban on nuclear weapons was approved earlier this month at the U.N. headquarters in New York. A total of 122 countries signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. None of the signatories, however, possesses a nuclear bomb.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
ChatGPT nickname and Trump tariffs nominated for Japan’s buzzword of 2025
Women hold toys depicting Myaku-Myaku, the official character for the 2025 Osaka Expo, during a media day ahead of the event's public opening day in Osaka in April.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

Podcast

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

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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