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Japan Times
TENNIS / MATCH POINT
Apr 24, 2015

Morita encouraged by play after long layoff

Though Japan lost to Belarus 3-2 in last weekend's Fed Cup tie at Ariake Colosseum, there was some good news to emerge from the event.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 24, 2015

Awesome City joins a major club

Bassist Takumi Matsuzaka had a clear plan in mind when he launched his band, Awesome City Club, in early 2013.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 24, 2015

Young Juvenile Youth courts clubs and charts

Whether it's younger stars like Sam Smith and Charli XCX whose pasts have seen collaborations with producers such as Disclosure, Alex Metric and Starkey, or established names like Bjork delving into the underground to work with Arca and The Haxan Cloak, the trajectories of pop and club music have never...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 24, 2015

Natsume Mito gets a few choice cuts for a song about her hair

Sometimes all it takes to jump-start a music career is one viral video. Japanese acts such as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Babymetal attracted attention domestically and abroad thanks to memorable clips uploaded to YouTube, earning millions of views in the process.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 24, 2015

Apple Watch debuts in Japan with little fanfare

The much-hyped Apple Watch went on sale to a muted fanfare Friday as shoppers came to terms with limited availability of the tech giant's first wearable gadget.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2015

Russia's economy steps back from the brink

Russia's economic performance is leading some forecasters to be a bit more optimistic about the depth of its recession.
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 22, 2015

Gamba, Reds force way to top again

The J. League season is only six games old, but already there is a familiar look about both the top and bottom of the table.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 22, 2015

Ukraine's young actress in a coded world without sound

Yana Novikova is a 21-year-old Ukranian actress who was born deaf. She is one of the leads in "The Tribe," a near-silent film starring a cast of deaf actors who communicate only through sign and body language. There are no subtitles.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 22, 2015

OMG, are GMOs altering our bodies?

Oh, for the innocent days of old, when one could lick ice cream cones or eat cupcakes with pink icing without thinking anything except "Do I get seconds?" Nowadays, no eating experience can be defined by such blissful ignorance, unless you want to get in the fast lane to the land of obesity, Type 2 diabetes,...
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Apr 21, 2015

Decline of NCAA men's hoops result of poor fundamentals

"Speaking as a fan, I think (men's college basketball) is a joke."
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 21, 2015

To defeat sexism, men need to take a stand against other men

When it comes to dealing with highly sexist males, just one other man's voice has more sway those of hundreds of victims and countless public awareness campaigns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 21, 2015

JPMorgan's Japan head of equity research resigns

Jesper Koll is leaving JPMorgan Chase & Co. after running the firm's equity-research team in Tokyo for more than five years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2015

Ending the refugee shipwrecks

The most comprehensive solution for ending refugee casualties at sea would be to eliminate the causes of the illegal traffic or, failing that, to involve more countries in helping the refugees.
EDITORIALS
Apr 21, 2015

Keep the Bandung spirit alive

Countries the world over should take the spirit of the Bandung declaration seriously and apply it to today's international situation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2015

'In Our Time: Art in Post-industrial Japan'

April 25-Aug. 30
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Apr 20, 2015

Saito stumbles again in quest to find success as pro

Yuki Saito has spent most of the past two seasons off the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' ichi-gun roster and with the farm team. His poor showing so far this year makes one wonder just how many days he'll spend with the top team going forward.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2015

The poverty of American presidential politics

The time, effort and money that will be poured into the battle for the U.S. presidency are enormous, but the difference the outcome will make is limited.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2015

Asia's tough love agenda for IMF, World Bank

It's time for developing countries to have a greater say in managing the global economy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / BLACK EYE
Apr 19, 2015

Meeting Miss Universe Japan, the 'half' who has it all

Progress occurs when people of substance assume the mantle of leadership, and it appears Ariana Miyamoto is equal to the task.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 18, 2015

The Asahi cries foul on school sports

Baseball fans were disheartened to learn that Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish would be out for the entire 2015 season because of elbow surgery. The right-hander could still have a promising Major League career, but like other Japanese pitchers who have crossed the Pacific, he seems cursed by infirmities...
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Apr 18, 2015

Mastering the art of partaking in a tea ceremony

"Cold, withered, shrunken."
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 17, 2015

Sterling doing self no favors with off-field activity

When Brendan Rodgers heard about a sportsman spraying an attractive Chinese girl with champagne, the Liverpool manager was probably relieved to learn it was Lewis Hamilton and not Raheem Sterling.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Apr 17, 2015

The holy trinity of the '60s: sumo, baseball and tamagoyaki

Earlier this year, yokozuna (sumo grand champion) Hakuho broke the all-time victory record of Taiho, the yokozuna regarded by many as the greatest sumo wrestler of the postwar period. This reminded me of a well-known saying from the 1960s, Taiho's heyday, which says that Kyojin (the Yomiuri Giants baseball...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2015

Jumbo jets face a make-or-break year at Boeing and Airbus

The jumbo jet, for many years the workhorse of modern air travel, could be close to running out of runway.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 16, 2015

Critic Koga assails 'lynching' LDP, urges media to stand up for truth

An ex-bureaucrat who took on the Abe administration on one of the country's most popular news programs has called out media executives for increasingly giving in to government pressure.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 16, 2015

Rizap gym owner seeks to triple profit by shrinking waistlines

For Kenkou Corp., slimmer waistlines mean fatter profits.
Japan Times
JAPAN / TELLING LIVES
Apr 16, 2015

Expat champions tastes, roots of rural Japan

American Justin Potts, 33, is more fascinated with Japan's rural countryside than most Japanese and vexed by their lack of appreciation for its natural beauty, agricultural bounty and artistic cuisine.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Japanese star convicted of indecent assault in Hong Kong
J-pop idol Kenshin Kamimura leaves the West Kowloon Law Courts on bail in Hong Kong on Wednesday, after he was found guilty of indecent assault of a woman who worked as his interpreter at a restaurant in Mong Kok district in March this year.
Tens of thousands left stranded at Osaka Expo by train service interruption
Visitors rest inside the Osaka Expo venue early Thursday morning
Welcoming foreign residents benefits Japan, three quarters of economists say
The streets of Tokyo's Ginza district in April. The number of foreign residents in Japan hit a record high at 3.76 million as of the end of last year, comprising just over 3% of the population.
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Ishiba's critics be able to garner enough support for a leadership race?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's political survival likely hinges on whether a leadership race will take place within the Liberal Democratic Party following its decision to have its election committee canvass the opinions of party members and prefectural chapters on the subject.
Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan’s germ warfare
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.

Podcast

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

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
By Tomoko Otake

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