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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2015

All aboard Tokyo's yellow Hato Bus as China tourists surge

London isn't the only city with an iconic bus.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 9, 2015

Why the Takata air bag crisis threatens 'Abenomics'

A symbol of all that's wrong with Japan Inc., Shinzo Abe must make an example of the scandal-hit company.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 9, 2015

Abe launches tourism panel; inbound target may be raised

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launches a key advisory panel to draw up a midterm program to increase the number of people visiting Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 7, 2015

A guide to disaster survival and good design

'The medium is the message" — with that famous 1964 phrase, communication theorist Marshall McLuhan emphasized that societies are influenced just as much by a medium as the content it carries. Three years later, McLuhan and graphic designer Quentin Fiore teamed up to create the book "The Medium is...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 6, 2015

The ethical butcher of Paris brings his beef to Tokyo

Being a butcher is hardly a glamorous job in any country — unless you are Hugo Desnoyer. No ordinary meat merchant, his business in Paris counts numerous Michelin-starred chefs among its customers, including Pierre Gagnaire, Alain Passard and Pascal Barbot.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2015

Abe, Park hold first bilateral talks since taking office, address 'comfort women' dispute

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye agree to try to resolve as soon as possible the dispute over the 'comfort women.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2015

Quiet East China Sea ADIZ highlights Beijing's struggle to control contested waters

As the battle for control of the South China Sea heats up, Beijing's struggle to assert its authority over another disputed waterway may prove instructive.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 30, 2015

Japanese pacifism is not the moral choice

Only in Japan is unilateral pacifism considered viable, but in a world of new threats a policy of sympathetic indifference is morally questionable.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 30, 2015

Abe treads in China's footprints in Central Asia, picks up human rights baggage

Prime Minster Shinzo Abe's trip to Mongolia and Central Asia — in which he became the first Japanese leader ever to visit Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan — looks to bring in a raft of investment deals for Tokyo. But the whirlwind tour likely had other motivations, too, and raises questions...
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JAPAN / Society
Oct 29, 2015

Despite labor crunch, Japanese firms slow to accept disabled applicants

Law graduate Yusuke Hatsuse says he thought his college degree and national sports success would make him an attractive recruit for Japan's best-known employers. When none invited him for interviews, he applied for virtually every job he could find.
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Oct 28, 2015

Who saved Kyoto from the atomic hellfire?

Many Americans have been given credit for sparing Kyoto from bombings, both conventional and atomic, during World War II, but it turns out that an old secretary of war was responsible.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2015

Anticipating more muscular missions, MSDF launches new minesweeper

Amid the national debate over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proactive security policy and newly enacted laws, a state-of-the-art minesweeper built for the Maritime Self-Defense Force was launched Tuesday in a ceremony in Yokohama.
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JAPAN / Society
Oct 26, 2015

U.N. rapporteur urges crackdown on impunity for child sex offenders

Japan must stamp out the impunity granted to people who sexually exploit children, including light sentences and the reluctance to prosecute, to overcome the nation's "institutional" tolerance for such crimes, a U.N. expert said Monday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 22, 2015

Tokyo film festival ups its domestic fare

The 28th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival, which began yesterday, is the biggest event on the Japanese film calendar. And like any such event, TIFF has had its share of critics over the years.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 20, 2015

After Hara's exit, Tanishige becomes longest-serving CL skipper

Continuity in Japanese dugouts took a hit when now-former Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara sat down for his retirement news conference on Monday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Oct 18, 2015

Residents upset over condominium overhaul

It is a common sight in Japan to see houses or condominiums undergoing a spruce up. Covered in tarpaulins and wrapped in a steel cage of scaffolding, this state of affairs can last from just a few weeks to several months, depending on the scale of the renovations.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 18, 2015

Beck, Oga looking to change women's basketball culture

First in a two-part series
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Oct 17, 2015

Kyoto forum's leaders warm up to renewables

Each autumn, the world's most influential scientists, engineers, business leaders and science policy experts gather in Kyoto for the Science and Technology in Society Forum. The STS Forum is the brainchild of Koji Omi, a former finance minister and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry bureaucrat and...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2015

China's unfinished island wars

China will continue to pursue its claim to the Spratly Islands, but Hainan and Taiwan remain the two great pearls of its maritime frontier strategy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 13, 2015

Pow! Wow! to pack a punch in Tokyo

Inspiration comes in many forms: It could be a piece of artwork that changes your vision of the world, or it could be a phone call from a friend that spawns an international art phenomenon.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 10, 2015

Lefkada's Hearn: Europe reclaims its literary 'lost son'

The Greek island of Lefkada, rising from the Ionian Sea south of Corfu, is famed for its white beaches and vertical cliffs from which the poet Sappho is said to have leaped to her death. The island is also claimed as the one of the potential sites of Homer's Ithaca, home of the great wandering hero Odysseus....
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JAPAN
Oct 9, 2015

Hungarian diplomat wins top prize in annual photo competition

Familiar looking landscapes offering a taste of old Japan's hidden and harmonious coexistence with the modern era exemplify the theme of this year's "Japan Through Diplomats' Eyes" annual photo competition.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.

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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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
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