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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 30, 2016

Evidence mounts of missed red flags in case of former Tokyo teacher facing U.S. child rape charges

Fugitive 'Mr. Wonder' returned to Tokyo in the 1980s and visited St. Mary's International School, witness says.
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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 29, 2016

Budget clears Upper House as focus shifts to possible tax hike delay, double election

The Upper House easily passes the hefty fiscal 2016 budget as the opposition focuses on whether Prime Minister Abe will again delay the consumption tax hike.
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2016

GSDF brings Yonaguni radar station online to keep closer eye on China

In a move expected to raise tensions further with Beijing, Tokyo brings a new radar station online right next to Taiwan.
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Mar 27, 2016

Indie music finds a novel way to survive in Kyushu

We are living through the dying days of the CD format. It clings to life here and there, but its usefulness as a medium for transmitting music is pretty much over. What remains is a sort of meta-existence, where the value of a physical music format lies purely in the tactile physicality of the object...
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LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 26, 2016

Tokyo fashion week: Womenswear's mixed messages

The 2016 fall/winter womenswear collections that were unveiled on the catwalk during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo offered a wealth of cozy clothing that will likely appear in stores later this year. As has been the case in recent seasons, the designs were as varied as the selections presented on...
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CULTURE / Entertainment news
Mar 26, 2016

Rolling Stones rock Cuba for free with 18-song show

The Rolling Stones rocked a massive crowd at a free outdoor concert in Havana on Friday, capping a week of engagement with the West for the communist country, which once censored the veteran British band's music.
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MULTIMEDIA
Mar 25, 2016

March 26, 2016

COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2016

An end to 'business as usual'

Pyongyang's latest nuclear test should prompt both China and the U.S. to reexamine their policies toward North Korea.
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CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Mar 23, 2016

Tokyo cafe to screen controversial short films by Iranian director Keywan Karimi

Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi has been sentenced to one year in prison and 223 lashes for making "Writing on the City," a movie authorities consider anti-government propaganda and an insult to the religion of Islam. His subject: The history of Tehran from the 1979 Revolution to the present, as shown...
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BASKETBALL / NBA / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Mar 22, 2016

Magic's Gordon learning how to deal with NBA grind

"My legs just felt heavy tonight," downcast Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon told MAS following a recent loss to Phoenix.
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BUSINESS / NOTEBOOK
Mar 22, 2016

Children's library opens; Tribute to classic art

Children's library opens
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JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Mar 21, 2016

Ise Shrine becomes social media savvy ahead of G-7 summit

Photos of a dimly lit Uji Bridge at night, sacred horses walking on the front approach to the shrine, artists performing court music and dance.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Mar 20, 2016

Playwright brings voices of America's enslaved to the Tokyo stage

Follow-up show to an upcoming Huck Finn musical grapples with how to strike a balance between relating the true horror of slavery and telling the whole story.
CULTURE / Music
Mar 20, 2016

Shonen Knife heads out on a new 'Adventure'

Upon being reminded that this year marks rock band Shonen Knife's 35th anniversary, singer and guitarist Naoko Yamano just smiles and shrugs.
CULTURE / Music
Mar 20, 2016

Domestic content rules at Waradise Garage's 'wamono' events

Japan's club scene continues to divide itself into smaller niche events like cells undergoing mitosis. Each new party differs slightly from the others and together they cater to almost every genre and micro-genre imaginable; if it has been blogged about, then there's a night for it.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 19, 2016

Manner mode: Defusing tension on the train

Commuting to and from work during peak hours in Tokyo can be an utterly soul-destroying experience.
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LIFE / Travel
Mar 19, 2016

Battle of Sekigahara: a war set in stone

The open valley basins of Gifu Prefecture at the very center of Honshu, where the town of Sekigahara lies, were easily co-opted as theaters of war. It's no coincidence, given the martial history of the region, that the town of Seki was once known as the premier sword-making spot in the country.
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JAPAN
Mar 19, 2016

The 12-year-old winner of the 7th Japan Times Bee credits victory to hard work

Tathva International Secondary School's Sidaarth Kumarevel was crowned winner of the 7th Japan Times Bee on Saturday after besting his 37 rivals by correctly spelling philhellenism.
Figure Skating
Mar 19, 2016

Honda 2nd after short program at world juniors

Marin Honda is in second place after the short program at the world junior championships in Debrecen, Hungary, on Friday. Honda is in a statistical tie for the lead with Russia's Alisa Fedichkina with 66.11 points heading into Saturday's free skate.
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2016

Negative rates have helped global economy: IMF's Lagarde

The world economy would be worse off without negative interest rates, according to International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 17, 2016

JAAF picks six runners for Rio de Janeiro marathons

Former world championship bronze medalist Kayoko Fukushi headlines Japan's marathon squad for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics as the Japan Association of Athletics Federations revealed its six representatives on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 17, 2016

The Japan-U.S. alliance and robotics diplomacy

Tucked inside the 2017 U.S. defense budget request is about $15 billion to place relatively small research bets on over-the-horizon technologies that can help the U.S. military maintain a leading edge over any competitor over the long term. Close allies like Japan have an interest in seeing this effort succeed.
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WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2016

After riots threat, 'fan the flames' Trump dumps Fox debate

U.S. Republican front-runner Donald Trump warned on Wednesday of riots if he is denied the party's presidential nomination and pulled the plug on a scheduled debate among candidates, raising the temperature even more in a heated White House race.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight