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Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Apr 7, 2015

Laviolette aims to work magic again with Predators

If an NHL team wants to make it to the Stanley Cup Finals and maybe even do some trophy hoisting once they're there, they would be wise to hire Peter Laviolette as their coach.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2015

Japan must shut out short-term investors, says Orix founder

Yoshihiko Miyauchi, who ran Orix Corp. for more than 30 years, says Japan must discriminate against short-term shareholders.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2015

Criminals, frauds taught capitalists about trust

The history of markets is, in part, the history of lying, cheating and stealing — and efforts to fight commercial crime.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 7, 2015

Art's 20th-century identity crisis

The 20th century is rather like the teenager who never grew up — a century that saw itself as perpetually young, as the "modernist" culmination of history rather than part of the historical process. In short, an age guilty of "chronocentricism." But, like all the other centuries, culled and packaged...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 7, 2015

Nylon references a synthetic world

The Wish Less gallery is so named for a reason. Located on a quiet backstreet of Tabata in Tokyo, it advocates "wishing less" and "acting more" by offering itself as a meeting place for visitors to discover and talk about new art.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2015

After six-day run as world's oldest person, Arkansas woman, 116, dies

Gertrude Weaver, who last week became the world's oldest-known living person, has died at the age of 116 at a senior care facility in Arkansas, officials said on Monday.
BASKETBALL
Apr 5, 2015

Lakestars thrash Broncos

The Saitama Broncos topped the Shiga Lakestars in three statistical categories on Easter Sunday: turnovers, personal fouls and missed 2-point shots.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2015

Pan-Arab military force — a good idea or bad?

The Arab League's decision to establish a joint military force is a major accomplishment for Saudi Arabian foreign policy, but comes with serious risks.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Apr 4, 2015

New neighbors, please go away

When I came to live in Kurohime in northern Nagano Prefecture in the late autumn of 1980, I was a bit awed by the amount of snow, which piles up and compacts to a depth of 5 meters in the mountains.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 4, 2015

Something old, something new, something blue

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 4, 2015

'Encore! The New Artisans' is a visual bible of decorative, sometimes gimmicky crafts

Craft, writes author Olivier Dupon, "is no longer a trend; it is at last enshrined in contemporary life."
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 4, 2015

Women's participation in elections questioned; sake labels mandatory; Tokyo bathhouses call for one-day lockout; automatic ticket gates employed

100 YEARS AGO
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 4, 2015

America's memory wars and the Vietnam debacle

April 30 marks the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, as Americans remember it — the day that the North Vietnamese army captured the capital of South Vietnam and reunified their country.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 3, 2015

Tigers battery provides spark against struggling Giants

Ryutaro Umeno did most of the damage early, Randy Messenger did the heavy lifting late, and the Hanshin Tigers batterymates helped make sure their team's fans were the ones still cheering after the final out.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Apr 3, 2015

Releasing stubborn Gourriel best move for BayStars

The lasting image of Yulieski Gourriel's 62-game tenure with the Yokohama BayStars may have come after the Cuban star's very first ichi-gun game in the team's pinstriped uniform.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2015

Xi celebrating soft-power win over U.S. too soon

If Chinese leaders are to achieve their growing international aspirations, they'll have to be far more ambitious about getting their financial house in order first.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 3, 2015

Japan bubble alert found in drug stock rally that won't quit

This year's Japanese stock rally has a surprise leader: pharmaceutical companies, which tend to lag behind the market when it gains.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 2, 2015

Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn brings life to hit manga 'Death Note' on stage

Frank Wildhorn, the man responsible for bringing a batch of literary classics to the stage ("Jekyll & Hyde," "Dracula," "The Scarlet Pimpernel"), is taking on the popular manga series "Death Note" as his latest project.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 2, 2015

Be kind to live long, world's oldest woman says from Arkansas

The world's oldest person, 116-year-old Gertrude Weaver of Arkansas, believes the key to longevity is treating other people kindly.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 2, 2015

'April Fools' gets the wrong end of the practical-joke schtick

The Japanese film industry has themed many movies around that imported holiday, Christmas, or, more specifically, Christmas Eve, which has become Japan's date night of date nights. Even those outside the local film industry now celebrate special days that originated elsewhere, including Halloween, Valentine's...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 1, 2015

Battle over Shibuya park heats up as Tokyo Olympics loom

Mayor vows to appeal after the district court sides with his opponents over the treatment of Miyashita Park's homeless and a deal to grant Nike naming rights.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 1, 2015

Japan investors say weakening yen key to 'Abenomics' success

Two leading investment strategists have offered a rare bullish view of the market, saying Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is achieving his goal of reviving the economy by weakening the yen, and there's more to come.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Apr 1, 2015

Halilhodzic warns against complacency after Uzbekistan rout

New national team manager Vahid Halilhodzic hailed his players' efforts after Tuesday's 5-1 thrashing of Uzbekistan, but warned they will have to prove themselves all over again when he picks his next squad.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 31, 2015

Japan trounces Uzbekistan in friendly

Japan turned on the style to sweep Uzbekistan aside 5-1 on Tuesday night and give new manager Vahid Halilhodzic the perfect start with two wins out of two.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2015

Lee Kuan Yew and the myth of Asian capitalism

Singapaore's Lee Kuan Yew thought a competent meritocratic government should not only provide order but also guide economic development. The success of 'Asian capitalism' seems to prove him correct.
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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