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LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 26, 2016

Designer Jotaro Saito seeks to free the kimono from the confines of tradition

Jotaro Saito has been showcasing his kimono brand at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo since 2006, almost a decade before the eyebrow-raising appearance of X Japan frontman Yoshiki Hayashi's Yoshikimono brand at the event last October.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 26, 2016

Pundit didn't need an actual Harvard degree to get top marks in gaming the system

On Feb. 29 a group of veteran journalists held a press conference to protest communications minister Sanae Takaichi's comment that the government could shut down broadcasters if their news programming was deemed to be politically biased. Former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Shuntaro Torigoe said that Takaichi's...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Mar 25, 2016

Ramen Yashichi: Enjoy some of the city's best noodles without lining up

Yashichi is a notable ramen shop on two counts: it ranked 39 on review website Tabelog's top 50 ramen restaurants for 2016 and has devised a way of dealing with its popularity by eliminating long lines to get it. Rather, when you pull up to its ramshackle exterior, one of the servers will issue you with...
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JAPAN
Mar 25, 2016

Anti-groping badges distributed at stations in Tokyo, Osaka

Volunteers from an Osaka-based group handed out almost 500 badges to commuters on Friday morning in the JR Shibuya Station area in a bid to help prevent young female school girls and college and university students from being groped inside train cars.
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WORLD
Mar 25, 2016

Tech could help secure public spaces, if Europeans wants more surveillance

Facial recognition software, scanners that detect weapons and cameras that spot nervous people are some of the technologies that could be used more widely to secure public places, but some would require greater acceptance of surveillance in Europe.
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CULTURE / Music
Mar 24, 2016

Pop star Carly Rae Jepsen really, really, really likes Japan

Carly Rae Jepsen has a major crush on Japan. Proof of this came last summer when she released her latest album, "Emotion" (rendered "E• MO• TION"), in this country a whole two months before anywhere else in the world. That kind of exclusive isn't common for an album as anticipated as "Emotion"...
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 23, 2016

Sincerely, Little Nigeria: A reporter signs off

After five years of covering Japan's African community, a writer reflects on progress since 3/11 and speculates about the future.
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JAPAN
Mar 23, 2016

Japan airport operators step up security, but analysts warn of vulnerabilities

After at least 34 people died in bomb attacks in Brussels, operators of major airports in Japan tighten security.
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WORLD
Mar 23, 2016

U.S. airports, airlines on high alert after deadly Belgium bombings

Airports in major U.S. cities were on high alert on Tuesday, with police out in force after at least 30 people were killed in bombings on Brussels airport and a rush-hour subway train, though officials said there was no specific threat to the United States.
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OLYMPICS
Mar 22, 2016

Former Olympian Hopkins, long jumper at 1964 Tokyo Games, dies at 74

Gayle Hopkins, who advanced to the final round in the men’s long jump at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics, died in his sleep on Sunday night or early Monday morning in Tucson, Arizona, according to sources close to the matter.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2016

'Statistically significant' doesn't mean 'right'

Statistical techniques were invented by people who dreamed that the power of physics and chemistry might extend to a world of previously unpredictable phenomena, including human behavior.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 22, 2016

Sony-backed M3 targeting investments in health care startups

M3 Inc., a medical Web portal backed by Sony Corp., is embarking on a plan to step up investments in health care startups at home and abroad.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 21, 2016

China sought urgent advice from Fed to deal with 2015 market plunge

China's central bank last year asked the U.S. Federal Reserve to share its playbook for dealing with Wall Street's 1987 crash, emails show.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 21, 2016

Japan backs homegrown stealth jet in aerospace industry revival

Japan is set to become the fourth country to test-fly its own stealth jet — a move that is likely to increase its military presence in the region.
WORLD
Mar 21, 2016

Kenya reports killing 34 al-Shabab fighters in Somalia, losing two of its own

Kenyan troops killed 34 al-Shabab militants in two separate incidents on Saturday and Sunday in Somalia and two of its own soldiers were killed in an ambush, a military spokesman said.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Mar 20, 2016

Playwright brings voices of America's enslaved to the Tokyo stage

Follow-up show to an upcoming Huck Finn musical grapples with how to strike a balance between relating the true horror of slavery and telling the whole story.
CULTURE / Music
Mar 20, 2016

Domestic content rules at Waradise Garage's 'wamono' events

Japan's club scene continues to divide itself into smaller niche events like cells undergoing mitosis. Each new party differs slightly from the others and together they cater to almost every genre and micro-genre imaginable; if it has been blogged about, then there's a night for it.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 20, 2016

Patent and copyright laws can help you win redress when wronged

A reader writes: I have a problem regarding misleading information on a home page, confusing labels and the use of my intellectual property rights on some products.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Mar 20, 2016

Once bathtub-bound dog Ofurochan warms to life and freedom with new family

Shiba Ofurochan, so named after being rescued after three years of life in a bath, has found a new, loving home with the Yoshidas of Tokyo.
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LIFE / Travel
Mar 19, 2016

Battle of Sekigahara: a war set in stone

The open valley basins of Gifu Prefecture at the very center of Honshu, where the town of Sekigahara lies, were easily co-opted as theaters of war. It's no coincidence, given the martial history of the region, that the town of Seki was once known as the premier sword-making spot in the country.
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LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Mar 19, 2016

Be prepared: help from the Digi Police and a disaster-preparedness transceiver camera

The Metropolitan Police Department goes digital
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 19, 2016

Homo sapiens had adventurous sexcapades in dim, distant past: analysis

Our species, Homo sapiens, has a more adventurous sexual history than previously realized, and all that bed-hopping long ago has left an indelible mark on the human genome.
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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 18, 2016

Tokyo condemns latest North Korean missile tests

North Korea fires two missiles into the Sea of Japan just days after the defiant Kim Jong Un threatens to carry out more nuclear tests and missile launches.

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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
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