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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 18, 2011

Holiday season starts with market in Osaka

With Halloween finished it's now, according to the business community, time to start making Christmas preparations.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 18, 2011

Fukuoka's got talent

A cappella group ALT48 have far fewer members than the teen-idol group from Tokyo, but they do have something extra.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2011

Tohoku kids to get Christmas cards

Tokyo elementary school children gathered Wednesday to write Christmas cards to raise the spirits of young survivors of the March 11 Tohoku region catastrophe.
COMMENTARY
Nov 15, 2011

Scientific mind meltdown

In a survey conducted more than 10 years ago, Chikio Hayashi, former director of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, polled people's opinions toward the statements of two hypothetical airlines with regard to airplane accidents.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 15, 2011

Takahashi turns in solid performance to defend NHK Trophy

Daisuke Takahashi defended his NHK Trophy title on Sunday with a solid showing in the free skate.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2011

Antinuclear-plant protesters rally in Fukuoka

A series of large antinuclear rallies took place in Fukuoka on Sunday with the organizer saying more than 15,000 people, including from South Korea, took part calling for dismantlement of all nuclear power plants in Japan.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 13, 2011

PL champion Hawks are vital part of vibrant Fukuoka

While I was flying from Tokyo's Haneda Airport to Fukuoka for the Pacific League Climax Series final stage last week, a thought occurred to me. What if the Wright Brothers could come back and take a similar flight today? What would they think of the advances made in aviation since they made that...
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Nov 12, 2011

Dissent within DPJ ranks looks set to fester

Delaying the decision to take part in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations by a day may have bought a little time, but experts said Friday there is no going back for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda now that he has announced Japan will participate in the free-trade talks.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2011

Vowing to revive Sony, Stringer stands firm, says he's 'up for the fight'

Sony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer said he'll remain in his post and is determined to turn around the consumer-electronics giant that has predicted a fourth straight annual loss.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Nov 10, 2011

Tokyo Designers Week 2011

A selection of blipped on our radar at Tokyo Designers Week 2011.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 10, 2011

Breathing life into the nature of architecture

Staging an exhibition of architecture, perhaps more than any other art form, demands a curatorial grasp of space-making. In the inevitable absence of the built reality, stand-ins in the form of drawings, models, photographs and film are drafted in to explain and evoke architectural ideas and experiences....
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2011

BOJ official urges restoration of fiscal health as debt rises

The government may see borrowing costs jump unless it contains its growing debt burden, a Bank of Japan Policy Board member warned Wednesday, saying officials can't allow low bond yields to make them complacent about fiscal policy.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2011

Softbank, Alibaba seeking partners to take over Yahoo

Softbank Corp. and China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. are talking with private-equity funds about making a bid for all of Yahoo Inc. without the company's blessing, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / RADIATION DECONTAMINATION
Nov 9, 2011

Locals borrow equipment to do own decontamination work

At around 11 a.m. on Oct. 18, members of the media and local residents crowded around in front of a house in the Onami district in the city of Fukushima.
COMMENTARY
Nov 9, 2011

This time, how about a debate of substance?

The GOP presidential candidates, their sinews stiffened and their blood summoned up, may rightly dread Wednesday's version of what are inexplicably called debates. The candidates have some explaining to do, particularly regarding two subjects that deserve more searching examination than is possible in...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Nov 8, 2011

Birthdays, debuts and memorials, all in the name of fashion

Cavalli makes first trip to Japan
COMMENTARY
Nov 7, 2011

Asian leader receives coveted American award

They honored the controversial, though increasingly appreciated, Asian statesman Lee Kuan Yew at the historic Ford Theater in Washington recently, and I wish I had been there.
BASKETBALL
Nov 6, 2011

Road to recovery: Sendai 89ers help healing

March 6, 2011, was a typical Sunday for the Sendai 89ers.
COMMENTARY
Nov 5, 2011

Conformity enforced in the name of diversity

Illustrating an intellectual confusion common on campuses, Vanderbilt University says: To ensure "diversity of thought and opinion" we require certain student groups, including five religious ones, to conform to the university's policy that forbids the groups from protecting their characteristics that...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2011

No chain reaction in reactor 2, expert says

The discovery of xenon in the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant's reactor 2 earlier this week was likely a result of "spontaneous fission," a nuclear expert said Friday, agreeing with an earlier conclusion by Tokyo Electric Power Co. that some of the melted fuel did not reach the condition of "criticality,"...
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JAPAN
Nov 4, 2011

March 11 a chance for rebirth: experts

While the March 11 disasters devastated the Tohoku region and added another challenge to a nation already troubled with social and economic malaise, the crisis can be turned into a chance for revival, lawmakers and experts said Thursday.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 4, 2011

Get a sample of Japanese arts

The Japanese arts of noh and kabuki are popular with tourists from all over, and Kamigata Traditional Entertainment Night was created to make productions easier to comprehend with its all-English program of traditional theater.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2011

Xenon means recent fission in reactor 2

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Wednesday that some of the melted fuel in reactor 2 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant may have triggered a brief criticality event.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 2, 2011

Car taxes could be cut next year

The government may try to spur car sales by slashing related taxes.

Longform

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building