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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 6, 2018

Fans of Japan and East Asia are reinventing Orientalism with a friendlier face

The Western entertainment industry presents a distorted image of Asia. But it also inspires hordes of fans to learn more.
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BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2015

Budget hotels thinking outside the capsule

With Japan's tourist numbers and hotel prices on the rise thanks to a weaker yen, developers are getting creative with a new niche line of stylish but cheap accommodations in bunks, cabins and pods of all shapes and sizes.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Dec 23, 2013

Secrets, lies, gaffes, glory: 2013 in quotes

A mix of scandals, achievements, political missteps and commemorations highlighted 2013. Here's a rundown of the quotations that shaped the Year of the Snake.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 23, 2009

Toilets take center stage at exhibition

As if the scandals of the last few years were not enough, Japan's sumo fraternity must now suffer the indignity of having its toilets exhibited in public.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 31, 2002

Fear and loathing in XXL Las Vegas

The combination of classic American kitsch and the Japanese love for it makes Las Vegas a mandatory stop on any Japanese person's tour of the U.S. This is how I find myself in Las Vegas now with two Japanese home stay students.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 18, 2001

Lasorda not doggin' it in Osaka

Tommy Lasorda gets around. On Sunday, July 8, the 73-year-old former Los Angeles Dodgers manager was at the Osaka Dome, "producing" an American ballpark event for the Kintetsu Buffaloes, wolfing down some Dodger Dogs and doing a TV interview. Two days later, "Tumblin' Tommy" was coaching third base for...
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CULTURE / Film
Mar 10, 2022

With ‘Turning Red,’ a big red panda helps break a glass ceiling

Domee Shi is the first woman filmmaker with sole directing credit on a Pixar feature.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
May 8, 2021

A humbling NBA moment brings cheers from Japan

Going viral because you got dunked on? Yikes — unless you're Yuta Watanabe, whose effort has endeared him to a growing wave of basketball fans in his home country, Japan.
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CULTURE / Music
Sep 30, 2020

Ten Japanese albums Rolling Stone missed on its '500 Greatest' list

Rolling Stone compiled a list of the 500 greatest albums of all time but there were no Japanese entries. So we came up with a few candidates of our own.
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BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2019

Carmakers see $17 billion wiped out by Trump's Mexico threat

The automotive industry is bearing the brunt of trade-war crossfire again as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to slap tariffs of as much as 25 percent on goods from Mexico, a key production hub for carmakers from Mazda Motor Corp. to General Motors Co.

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