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LIFE / Travel
Dec 5, 2015

Oku-Nikko: Once home from home for Japan's diplomats

‘One of the principal points to which travelers will direct their steps is the Lake of Chuzenji,” writes Ernest Mason Satow (1843-1929) in “A Guide Book To Nikko,” the first English tourist guide of the area published in 1875. Satow, a British diplomat and Japanologist, arrived in Japan in 1862...
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Dec 5, 2015

Bathed in good design

The traditional Japanese end-of-year "spring clean" is usually when you discover that some of the home's furnishings are a bit worse for wear. So why not look into some stylish investments now, before you get the broom out for the new year.
EDITORIALS
Dec 5, 2015

Remembering Setsuko Hara

Fans and critics regretted that acting great Setsuko Hara never made more films after 1961, but with her passing perhaps a new generation will discover the pleasure, complexity and intensity of her work.
EDITORIALS
Dec 5, 2015

Unfair pressure during job hunt

Companies forcing university students to take the first job offer they get is piling anxiety, pressure and confusion on these young people before they even enter the workforce.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 5, 2015

FBI investigating California massacre as 'act of terrorism'

The FBI is investigating the fatal shooting of 14 people in California by a married couple as an "act of terrorism," officials said Friday, noting the wife was believed to have pledged allegiance to a leader of the militant Islamic State group.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 5, 2015

Investigators piece together portrait of Pakistani woman in California shooting

Tashfeen Malik's path to accused mass killer in California began in a small city on the Indus River in Pakistan's Punjab province.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE HIGH GROUNDS
Dec 4, 2015

Coffee Amp turns the tables on Tokyo's imported coffee culture

For coffee lovers in Tokyo, the past five years have felt like a never-ending bonanza. Where once you might have trekked halfway across town to get a decent brew, now nearly every neighborhood seems to have its own micro-roaster or fancy coffee stand. Yet when Coffee Amp first opened in early 2010, at...
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2015

U.S. military announces return of two slivers of land in Okinawa in 2018

The United States and Japan announce the return in 2018 of two strips of land from military bases in Okinawa to widen civilian roads.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2015

China vows copyright protection for online news media

China will crack down on illegal reproduction of online news, the country's media watchdog said, days after an influential Chinese news magazine complained publicly about what it described as unauthorized republishing of its stories.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2015

The climate-terror connection

Where climate change threatens to lay waste to the environment, fanatics have banded together to lay waste to civilization.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2015

China's 'insane' gamble on nuclear power

If tech-savvy Japan couldn't avoid a nuclear disaster, what hope for a nation known for lax safety and graft?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2015

The first Olympic hurdle should be voter support

Making plebiscites obligatory for all bidding cities could be the first step toward restoring the tattered reputation of the Olympics.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 3, 2015

James Bond deals with some old ghosts in 'Spectre'

It has been a long time since the world of "Bond, James Bond" has included global gang of evil-doers SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) — an organization that, early on, produced so many formidable foes.
CULTURE / Music
Dec 3, 2015

Review: X Japan at Yokohama Arena

X Japan kicked off its Japan tour on Tuesday night in front of a packed crowd at Yokohama Arena. And the show was a welcome return to form.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 2, 2015

'Spectre' relies on tired Bond film conventions

So this is it. After four outings as the world's best-dressed sociopath, Daniel Craig has announced that he's done playing 007. In a recent interview with London's Time Out, the 47-year-old actor declared with typically British understatement that he'd rather "slash my wrists" than sign on for another...
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 2, 2015

China behind 'massive' cyberattack on Australian government: ABC

A major cyberattack against Australia's Bureau of Meteorology that may have compromised potentially sensitive national security information is being blamed on China, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2015

No time to waste in preparing for retirement

As societies around the world prepare for swelling numbers of retirees, the policy challenge will be to ensure the financial sustainability of pension systems.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 30, 2015

Russian oil tanker runs aground off Sakhalin, spills part of load

Cleanup operations are underway on the Russian island of Sakhalin after a tanker laden with oil grounded close to a fishing port, ripping open at least one of its tanks and polluting several kilometers of coastline.
EDITORIALS
Nov 30, 2015

TPP mitigation must be effective

The Abe administration's plan for easing the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership includes lots of promises, but how well they will work remains a major concern.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2015

Japan may end business tax break for solar installs, Nikkei says

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is reportedly seeking to halt funding for the lion's share of a ¥70 billion renewable energy program by removing tax breaks for companies that install solar panels to sell power.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 30, 2015

Nippon Life plans Japan's largest REIT as investors crave yields

Nippon Life Insurance Co., which is seeking to gather about ¥300 billion ($2.4 billion) for what would be Japan's largest private real estate investment trust, is targeting returns of 4 percent as yields on government bonds languish near zero.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 30, 2015

Stress test to join annual health checks as mental problems rise in corporate Japan

In light of the nationwide rise in mental health problems, the Industrial Safety and Health Law was revised last year to oblige companies to offer annual "stress checks" to employees starting Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2015

JNTO launches video contest for non-Japanese

The Japan National Tourism Organization has announced it will hold a video contest for non-Japanese tourists and residents as part of a campaign to promote the country through foreigners' eyes.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Nov 29, 2015

Lessons in Japan's labor laws from striking NPB baseball stars and English teachers

What do Nichibei Eigo Gakuin teachers in 2000, pro baseball players in 2004 and Berlitz language instructors in 2007 have in common?

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan