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Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 9, 2020

Design innovations in Kyoto's textile industry pave the way forward

The contrasting worlds of contemporary designer Mae Engelgeer and Hosoo, a historical Japanese textile company, overlap to ethereal effect at 'Colortage,' an exhibition of new approaches to fabrics.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 9, 2020

A sea change for Japanese sculptors

'Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2020' in Western Australia, brings together eight Japanese sculptural works, including Harayuki Uchida's new 2.5-ton stainless-steel kinetic 'Merry Gate.'
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Southwestern USA report 2020
Mar 9, 2020

Japanese find innovation beyond Silicon Valley and Cambridge

Over several decades, Japanese investment gravitated towards certain corners of the United States for various reasons: Japan’s proximity to California, the concentration of banks and financial firms in New York, the strength of manufacturing in the South and Midwest, and the indisputable reputation...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2020

Want to know if COVID-19 was there before you?

No one is using big data as effectively as South Korea to combat the coronavirus, even if it gets a little personal.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Mar 8, 2020

March 9, 2020

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Women of Taste
Mar 7, 2020

Elizabeth Andoh: Writer, chef, world-renowned washoku expert

Elizabeth Andoh's decades-long passion for cooking and Japanese cuisine had an unlikely catalyst: A bowl of awful udon noodles.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2020

Japan's COVID-19 infections much higher than reported, says NIID

The real number of COVID-19 infections in Japan is likely several times higher than government reports are indicating nationwide, a specialist in infectious diseases says.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 7, 2020

Paradise lost: Japan longs for simpler times in trying days

The Japanese weren't always workaholics. Once upon a time, work had its place and knew its place. It didn't swallow life whole. Other pursuits were given their due. People worked without being consumed by work.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 7, 2020

YouTube content that attempts to find real Japanese opinions

A lot has changed over the past decade insofar as Japanese content on YouTube is concerned, with creators moving away from uploads that simply record personal experiences to posts that give viewers real insight into the lives and opinions of Japanese people.   
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 7, 2020

FlexHIIT Tokyo wants you to unlock your strengths

FlexHIIT Tokyo trainers Mitch Kondo and Diana Tsuruda on why it's important to be both strong and flexible; how to get the most out of a group workout; and the difference between health and wellness.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 7, 2020

Crisis management

'If NHK was smart, it would be sending its collectors out in full force now that companies are asking their staff to work remotely.'
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 7, 2020

Ex-Keio running back Taku Lee puts pilot's dream on hold to pursue NFL ambition

Becoming a pilot is a dream for many boys. Little Taku Lee wasn't the exception — that is, until he discovered another dream.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2020

Nothing is the end of the world

The physicist's optimism wasn't always politically correct, but it sure made a nice contrast to the doom and gloom.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 6, 2020

Organizers manage to hold sport climbing test event without athletes

The Ready Steady Tokyo sport climbing event had a wall, music, PA announcers and even a famous spectator.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / 'Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020' Recaps
Mar 6, 2020

Ep. 35 'The Monster in the Hallway'

I have to hand it to Toshiyuki, aka "Shacho," he knows how to steal the spotlight.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2020

The China factor behind Trump's India visit

The far-reaching shift that President Donald Trump has initiated in U.S. relations with China promises to reshape global geopolitics and trade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 6, 2020

Wanted: A strategy to narrow Japan's widening gender gap

Now is the time for Japan to adopt forward-thinking inclusive policies and practices that empower and enable women to thrive in the new economy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Mar 6, 2020

ASMR in Japan is burning brightly

Nippon Cultural Broadcasting jumps on the ASMR bandwagon with a weeklong special dedicated to the soothing sounds of bonfires.
Reader Mail
Mar 6, 2020

More assistance needed for non-Japanese

Regarding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's dramatic television broadcast on Feb. 29, in which he asked the public to help fight the spread of the new coronavirus, as a foreigner (I am an Ethiopian) living among the locals, I would like to point out two areas where the government needs to urgently work on...
Reader Mail
Mar 6, 2020

Firms should step up to the plate

It's time for Japanese companies to exercise corporate social responsibility by taking extraordinary measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak in this country.
Reader Mail
Mar 6, 2020

An ode to toilet paper

Recent news of shortages in Japan struck me, and I wrote a poem about it, titled "Abundant Supply."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2020

Coronavirus could cost airlines over $110 billion; Flybe collapses

The coronavirus epidemic could cost commercial airlines up to $113 billion (¥12 trillion) in revenue this year, an industry body warned Thursday, more than three times a projection it made just two weeks ago as the virus continues to spread around the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2020

COVID-19 domino effect: South Korea tech firms reel as Vietnam links curbed

For one South Korean multinational company that makes smartphone components used by Apple Inc. and LG Electronics Inc., the coronavirus epidemic is dealing blow after blow.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2020

Use the coronavirus crisis to promote teleworking

The COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to change Japan's archaic corporate culture and promote telework.
SUMO
Mar 5, 2020

Health risks in spotlight as Spring Basho nears start

The Japan Sumo Association is proceeding with the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, but has decided, in light of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, that it will be held behind closed doors.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 5, 2020

Wizards rookie Rui Hachimura making strides on defense

Rui Hachimura has demonstrated throughout his rookie season that he's a capable scorer, using his athleticism to get plenty of close-to-the-basket shots and perimeter scoring chances.
Millions told to evacuate as heavy rain sparks flooding and landslides in Kyushu
Heavy rain falls in the city of Kumamoto on Monday morning.
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.
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea
This handout video grab released and taken on August 11, 2025 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows an incident between a Chinese Navy vessel (left) and a Chinese Coast Guard ship as seen from a Philippine fisheries boat near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
Weather agency warns of landslides and flooding in Kyushu as heavy rain continues
An embankment on the Amikake River that collapsed due to heavy rain in Aira, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday. Downpours continued in the Kyushu region over the weekend.
Tokyo’s WWII museums hold diverse views on war and peace
A carrier-based Type 52 Zero fighter marks the entrance foyer of Yasukuni Shrine's Yushukan, a museum that tells a more nuanced story of Japan's experience in World War II than the controversies around the shrine might suggest.
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.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.

Podcast

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

Longform

Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
By Naoko Abe

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