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LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 26, 2019

Five Japanese restaurants on the shortlist for new culinary award

A legendary Kyoto restaurant serving kaiseki, Japan's exquisite multicourse haute cuisine. A traditional grilled-eel specialist in Tokyo with roots dating to the days of the shoguns. An irreverent fast-food joint where fish burgers rule. The newly opened offshoot of one of Scandinavia's most innovative...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 23, 2019

Reform education to produce true leaders

Greater involvement by families and local communities can stimulate the curiosity of young potential leaders and cultivate their spirit of adventure.
SPORTS
Jan 18, 2019

Yuzuru Hanyu, Naomi Osaka nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards honors

Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu and U.S. Open winner Naomi Osaka have been nominated for prestigious honors by the Laureus World Sports Awards, it was announced on Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Jan 12, 2019

A new year taste for Tokyo's best speciality sake bars

With the start of a new year comes a new set of resolutions. An increasingly popular choice is Dry January, a campaign led by the British charity Alcohol Change UK, in which participants vow to abstain from drinking for 31 days. Millions of people around the world have been documenting their virtuous...
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2019

Taro Aso's blaming of sexual harassment victim is voted 2018's most sexist remark by a Japanese politician

Finance Minister Taro Aso's apparent justification of sexual harassment committed by a former prominent bureaucrat topped a list of the most egregious sexist and discriminatory remarks made by Japanese politicians in 2018, according to a recent online survey.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jan 4, 2019

SeaHorses hold off Levanga down the stretch

Mikawa's Takanobu Nishikawa scored a season-best 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting on Friday night.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2019

Watch this, ignore that: A guide to U.S. politics in 2019

The impeachment of Donald Trump is possible, but actually removing him from office is unlikely.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Dec 30, 2018

Stars switching numbers, changing names becoming staple of NPB offseasons

Offseasons in NPB are about change, just not exactly the type that immediately springs to mind.
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2018

China to restrict imports of scrap steel and aluminum from July

China will restrict imports of scrap steel and aluminum from July 1, the environment ministry said on Saturday.
EDITORIALS
Dec 27, 2018

We should brace for economic troubles next year

Policymakers must begin preparing for the anticipated downturn, ensuring that they have the tools to respond.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2018

Nationalism doesn't have to be a dirty word

Like any political ideology, nationalism has many faces and some are beneficial and worthy of affirmation.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2018

The U.S.-North Korea deadlock

Both Washington and Pyongyang are going to need to make concessions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 17, 2018

Deep in the red: Chinese county pays price for vanity-project binge

In the heart of an impoverished village in southern China, a life-sized statue of Mao Zedong sits on a platform adorned with intricate stonework, flanked by a diorama of Red Army soldiers and traditional brick-and-tile homes with curved roofs.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 8, 2018

‘Punksters of food’ Gaggan Anand and Takeshi Fukuyama join culinary forces to create GohGan

World-class chefs Gaggan Anand and Takeshi 'Goh' Fukuyama team up to launch GohGan, an exclusive space that will combine on-site accommodation with a restaurant, projected to open in 2021 in Fukuoka.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2018

G20 gives markets a short-term win

China and the U.S. agree to freeze tariffs for three months, but that's about it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 1, 2018

Magazines explore the inevitability of death and taxes

From this week, beneath the glitter of tinsel and glimmer of outdoor seasonal illumination, the bonenkai (year-end party) season begins in earnest.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 28, 2018

Top Democratic lawmaker to probe hate crimes and surveillance of minorities after GOP ranks balked

The presumed incoming Democratic Chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said on Tuesday he plans to investigate the drastic spike in hate crimes and whether federal investigators have wrongfully targeted racial and ethnic minorities instead of focusing on white supremacist groups.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2018

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma confirmed as a Chinese Communist Party member

Jack Ma, co-founder of China's most valuable company, was officially confirmed as a member of the Communist Party in a state-backed newspaper recognizing business leaders for their contributions to the country's development.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2018

Ministry selects 150 leading master craftspeople for annual award

The labor ministry said Sunday it had picked out 150 contemporary master craftspeople, praising them as leaders in their respective professions with outstanding skills.
EDITORIALS
Nov 7, 2018

No tidal wave but a tide has turned

The world must expect less from Washington during the two remaining years of U.S. President Donald Trump's first term as he and his team face genuine oversight for the first time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 3, 2018

Japan Times 1918: Tokyo celebrates the Allies' victory in World War I

Today the citizens of the capital of Japan rejoice with the Allies, of whom Japan has been so important a member, and celebrate the triumph of their common cause.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2018

Tsunami are a clear and ever-present danger

Complacency is the greatest threat in the face of a natural hazard that knows no time or season.
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2018

U.S. curbs exports to Chinese chip firm Fujian Jinhua as trade war intensifies

Opening a new front in its trade and technology disputes with China, the Trump administration on Monday took action to cut off a Chinese state-backed semiconductor maker from U.S. exports of components, software and technology goods.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2018

U.S. defense chief looks to calm European allies nervous about INF pact withdrawal

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday that the United States was in consultation with its European allies on an arms control treaty, as NATO members urge Washington to try to bring Russia back into compliance with the pact rather than quit it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2018

A U.S.-China great power competition?

Asian nations are anxious about Trump's aggressive approach toward China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2018

Mitsubishi Bank CEO Kanetsugu Mike pulls out of Saudi business forum

The chief executive of Japan's biggest bank has pulled out of Saudi Arabia's financial conference, dubbed "Davos in the Desert," joining a growing list of withdrawals following the killing of a government critic at the kingdom's consulate in Turkey.

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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight