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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 11, 2017

China's Communist Party makes final preparations for key congress

China's Communist Party opened a meeting Wednesday to make final preparations for a key party congress later this month, state media said, a five-yearly event where President Xi Jinping is expected to further tighten his grip on power.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 11, 2017

Halilhodzic warns Japan to shape up before Brazil, Belgium tests

National team manager Vahid Halilhodzic branded Japan's 3-3 draw with Haiti on Tuesday "the worst match I have seen" and warned his players to shape up or be humiliated in next month's friendlies against Brazil and Belgium.
EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2017

Judging the Abe administration

Voters should see through recent dramatic events and identify what each party stands for in substance so they can make a rational decision.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 10, 2017

Main parties ignoring Japan's top security threat

Neither Shinzo Abe nor Yuriko Koike are addressing Japan's most difficult threat: demographic devolution.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 10, 2017

Star quarterback of 49ers, Giants, 'Ice Bowl' fame Y.A. Tittle dead at 90

Y.A. Tittle, a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback who played for the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants, has died at the age of 90, the 49ers said on Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Oct 8, 2017

NeoPhoenix roll past lethargic Sunrockers

There wasn't a way to sugarcoat the facts.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 8, 2017

Milestone man Chris Marrero taking things in stride at Orix

Chris Marrero sent a ball over the fence in left field at Chiba's Zozo Marine Stadium, rounded the bases, and did a small hop to land on home plate with two feet during a game against the Chiba Lotte Marines on Sept. 29.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 8, 2017

'King Kazu' wants to continue reign

Fifty-year-old soccer legend Kazuyoshi Miura insists he has no plans to retire any time soon, even joking that the day he stops will be "the day I die."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 8, 2017

Bluster or legit threat? Trump remarks show North Korea military option on U.S. leader's mind

Bluster or legitimate threat, U.S. President Donald Trump's latest castigation of North Korea has again left observers wondering if the leader will greenlight some kind of military action against the country in a bid to halt its seemingly inexorable march toward a credible nuclear strike capability....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 7, 2017

Hiroshi Sugimoto: The illusion of architecture

The renowned artist made a name for himself by capturing time in a photograph. Now he attempts to do the same with an art complex in Odawara ...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 7, 2017

Hokkaido's Hakodate is heaven for gourmands of all stripes

Hakodate occupies a unique place on the Japanese landscape, both literally and gastronomically speaking.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Oct 7, 2017

Taj Mahal Everest: Great Nepalese and Indian food

Taj Mahal Everest, an Indian and Nepali restaurant, near the place where the Kyoto Sanga football club plays their home games in the western part of Kyoto, manages to divide their menu fairly between the two neighboring countries.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 7, 2017

Determined toddler with limb difference wins fans across the web

Meet Camden Whiddon. He's a cheerful 4-year-old boy who adores his younger sister and brother, and loves to go down slides. He was also born without any limbs.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 7, 2017

'Kotan Chronicles: Selected Poems 1928-1943': Translating poetry about the Ainu and frontier life in Hokkaido

Poetry can be a vital record of the past. Anarchist and poet Genzo Sarashina (1904-1985) was the son of first-generation Japanese settlers in Hokkaido. Later he became an expert on Ainu culture, working tirelessly to conserve the language, fables and songs of Japan's indigenous peoples and publishing...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 7, 2017

'Me': Novel explores the psychology of the telephone scam

Charles De Wolf's new understated-but-excellent translation of 2010's "Ore Ore" is sure to bring novelist Tomoyuki Hoshino to a wider audience. "Me" is a bizarre, compelling — and at times confusing — novel, which Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe praised for its "literary thought." Oe awarded the novel...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 7, 2017

Spanish chef Eneko Atxa: 'You have to break a lot of plates before you can dance with them'

Eco-friendly Basque chef on the opening of his new Tokyo eatery.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Oct 7, 2017

Corny conundrum

'I love eating corn on the cob at the end of summer, but it's so hard to eat now that I'm older. How do you eat it?'
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Oct 7, 2017

Hurricane Nate threatens New Orleans, Gulf Coast region after killing 25 in Central America

Hurricane Nate may strengthen on Saturday, threatening to hit the U.S. central Gulf Coast with strong winds and storm surges after it killed at least 25 people in Central America.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 7, 2017

Canada to compensate aboriginal children removed from families

Canada will pay up to 750 million Canadian dollars ($598 million) in compensation to thousands of aboriginals who were removed as children from their families decades ago, a top official said Friday, promising to end "a terrible legacy."
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 7, 2017

Final tally in New Zealand election shows no winner, opening way for coalition talks

A final tally of New Zealand's Sept. 23 election released on Saturday showed neither the ruling National Party or opposition Labour won enough seats to form government, leaving the small nationalist New Zealand First Party with the balance of power.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Oct 6, 2017

October 7, 2017

Reader Mail
Oct 6, 2017

Stamp out maternity harassment

It's bad that there has to be an organization about maternity harassment. Matahara, as it is known in Japan, is the abuse — both mental and physical — of pregnant and post-pregnant women in the workforce.
Reader Mail
Oct 6, 2017

Hagerty's remarks on Trump-Abe 'grossly improper'

Regarding the story "Trump-Abe ties to shape stay in Tokyo: Hagerty" in the Sept. 30 edition, U.S. Ambassador William Hagerty's remarks were grossly improper. They represent, during the run-up to an election, an implicit message to Japanese voters to support Shinzo Abe and the LDP if they desire good...
Reader Mail
Oct 6, 2017

Koike picks right name for her party

The Party of Hope is aptly named. Yuriko Koike is hoping the Tokyo voters have a very short memory of all of the many promises that she would spend 100 percent of her time working for Tokyo.
Reader Mail
Oct 6, 2017

Turn on your car headlights, please

Regarding "Police caution drivers over risk of fatal accidents at dusk" in the Sept. 15 edition, I have always been puzzled as to why Japanese road users, even in the worst weather conditions, habitually drive without using their headlights.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
Two Japanese nationals shot dead in Manila
Commuters cross the street through traffic in Manila.
Osaka fire kills two firefighters and leaves four injured
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire in the Dotonbori district in the city of Osaka on Monday.
Trump’s peace-deal demands leave Ukraine's Zelenskyy with only bad options
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint news conference with the European Commission president in Brussels on Sunday.
Japan watches nervously as Trump ramps up pressure on Zelenskyy
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba takes part in an online meeting focused on Ukraine, with leaders from the "coalition of the willing," a group of nations that have pledged support for Kyiv against Russian aggression, late Sunday.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
Top MLB prospect Rintaro Sasaki is committed to doing it 'the hard way'
Rintaro Sasaki hits a home run during a game against Duke at Stanford's Sunken Diamond on March 16.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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