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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jul 26, 2017

The Japanese 'Tunnel Man' of Alaska: Not quite life on Mars, but pretty out-there

With his dream of inhabiting the red planet out of reach, Kenji Yoshikawa instead sought out similar landscapes on Earth and teaches kids about Mars-style permafrost.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 26, 2017

Tom Cruise has 'Mummy' issues

'The Mummy" begins with one main premise: Tom Cruise still has it. It ends with a promise: Tom Cruise will always have it. Assuming you're on board with those statements, you'll have a blast.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2017

Fukushima robot finds potential fuel debris hanging like icicles in reactor 3

Tokyo Electric has said that a remotely controlled robot investigating the inside of reactor 3 at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant has finally spotted objects that could be fuel debris — a potential milestone in the effort to clean up one of the worst atomic disasters in history.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 18, 2017

'Utamaro's Masterpieces Reunited: Fukagawa in the Snow and Cherry Blossoms at Yoshiwara — Together After 138 Years'

July 28-Oct. 29
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 15, 2017

Kamiko: Growing paper clothes in rural Japan

A small community in Miyagi Prefecture is struggling to continue making one of its most-famous craft exports — Shiroishi handmade paper and paper clothes
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 13, 2017

After rape allegation against TV journalist, Shiori hopes to shed light on victims' plight

Since she went public in late May with a rape accusation against a high-profile TV reporter, Shiori has been exposed to a storm of hurtful and derisive comments by anonymous internet users.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2017

From sex toys to works of art: 'Love doll' maker seeks to shed seedy image

Japan's oldest "love doll" manufacturer wants to strip the sex toys of their seedy image and encourage people to see them as works of art instead.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 5, 2017

North Korea apparently used Chinese timber truck for to carry ICBM, evading sanctions

To transport and erect the ballistic missile launched on Tuesday, North Korea apparently used a Chinese timber-hauling truck, highlighting the challenge of enforcing sanctions to curb the North's weapons program.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 30, 2017

Airbnb's new premium service steps up competition with luxury hotels

Airbnb Inc. is close to launching a new service that will match guests with quality-inspected home and apartment rentals. The product is intended to attract higher-paying travelers who have yet to use Airbnb because they prefer the amenities guaranteed by fancy hotels, said three people familiar with...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 29, 2017

Bad medicine: Philippine police use hospitals to hide drug war killings

The residents of Old Balara hid in their homes when gunfire erupted in their Manila district last September. They didn't see the police operation that killed seven drug suspects that night.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 23, 2017

Patriots QB Brady wraps up tour of Asia with trip to Tokyo

In the span of six days, Tom Brady threw passes on the Great Wall of China, rubbed shoulders with a Korean pop star in Shanghai, and spent a morning in the company of sumo wrestlers in Tokyo.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Jun 18, 2017

Dipping into Hakone's more unusual hot spas

"I love red wine, it's my favorite thing!" These are perhaps not the words that a mother particularly likes to hear from her young daughter — especially when she is only 4 years old.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2017

Seven sailors missing, three injured after U.S. Navy destroyer and cargo vessel collide off Kanagawa

A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with a Philippine-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Japan early Saturday, with at least three members of the destroyer's crew — including its commander — requiring medical evacuation and leaving seven sailors missing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 16, 2017

Drifting through the storied sand dunes of Tottori

The woman from Ethiopia, resplendent in a scarlet headdress and gold ear pendants, blended in splendidly with the vast dune plateau.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 14, 2017

North Korea waging damaging cyberattacks since 2009 and more coming: U.S.

The U.S. government on Tuesday issued a rare alert squarely blaming the North Korean government for a raft of cyberattacks stretching back to 2009 and warning that more were likely.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 6, 2017

Philippine troops find cash as fighters pull back

Philippine troops found bundles of bank notes and checks worth about $1.6 million that had been abandoned by Islamist militants holed up in Marawi, a discovery that the military said on Tuesday was evidence that the fighters were pulling back.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 5, 2017

'Macho' photo contest hopes to boost demolition industry's image, draw more workers

An unprecedented online photo contest highlighting demolition workers was held recently to raise public awareness of their profession in a chronically understaffed industry.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2017

Tackling signs in Japan that you're not welcome

Some Japanese businesses post signs barring foreign people from entering. What can you do about it?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 30, 2017

'Shocked' South Korea leader Moon orders probe into extra U.S. THAAD launchers

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered a probe after the Defense Ministry failed to inform him that four more launchers for the controversial U.S. THAAD anti-missile system had been brought into the country, his spokesman said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
May 28, 2017

When too many things 'spark joy,' it's a Wonderwall life

Masamichi Katayama, founder of interior design firm Wonderwall, describes the importance of accumulating and keeping objects and artworks in life — even if you have more than 500 of them.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
May 25, 2017

Hollywood's love storyboard

If you're the type who sticks around after a movie to read the credits, you'll know it takes more than one village to make a feature-length film. Ten or even 20 villages is more like it. Among the villagers are people with the title of "storyboard artist" and "film researcher," although, like many artisans...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
May 23, 2017

The day China's version of the Lehman crisis explodes

Concerns are mounting in international financial circles that the present status of China's economy is getting closer to what had existed in the United States when it was hit by the crisis triggered by the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2017

North Korea declares medium-range missile ready 'for action,' shows off apparent photos from space

North Korea said Monday that its test-firing a day earlier of a solid-fuel, medium-range missile capable of striking most of Japan was "perfect" and that the weapon was ready to be deployed "for action."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 20, 2017

'Japanese Garden Notes': An informative photo book

"Japanese Garden Notes" is a gorgeous photo book that introduces aspects of traditional Japanese garden design. It walks the reader through the philosophy of "space and passage," "function and art" and "intent and time," explaining why certain details recur and the emotions they are meant to inspire....
COMMENTARY / World
May 16, 2017

China's hidden pollution oozes to the surface

Xiongan, intended as China's green city of the future, will have to serve as a model of how China can clean up its past.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 6, 2017

Some day my prince will come, say Vanuatu worshippers of mere mortal royal Philip

The retirement of Britain's Prince Philip from public life led world headlines Thursday, but his most devout and remote followers have only just heard the news.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 3, 2017

Woody Allen learns a new trick for 'Cafe Society'

If you were led blindfolded into a cinema and unaware of what movie you were seeing, I still think that if it was a Woody Allen film, within 20 minutes you'd know it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
May 3, 2017

Developer taps power of design to create dementia-friendly housing in Setagaya

Despite all the talk about the swelling ranks of people with dementia in Japan and what to do with them, there has been little discussion so far about housing designs that meet their needs.
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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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