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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 14, 2017

Masaaki Yamada: A painter of all stripes and colors

Masaaki Yamada (1929-2010) is like a mystery man of modernism. He apparently had no specialist art training of note and is known only by a skeleton biography that is mostly blank before 1943, and patchy thereafter. Said to have begun painting from the so-called tabula rasa of bombed out World War II...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 14, 2017

BOJ tapering fears overdone

Ultra-loose policy is the glue holding the economy together, but arguably the BOJ should be even bolder.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2017

Akie Abe's connection with Moritomo Gakuen scandal puts role of Japan's first lady under spotlight

Is the wife of a prime minister a public official who should be subject to legislative rules and bureaucratic regulations on her activities, or a private citizen who shouldn't be held accountable over the political impact of her activities?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2017

Vienna again tops list of nicest cities as Baghdad comes in last

Vienna, Austria's grand capital on the Danube river, has topped consulting firm Mercer's list of cities offering the highest quality of life for the eighth year in a row, while Baghdad is again considered the worst place to live.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2017

Hitachi looks to boost U.S. rail business amid Trump's $1 trillion infrastructure blitz

Hitachi Ltd. is aiming to expand its rail business in the U.S. by bidding for streetcar and light-rail projects as President Donald Trump pledges to spend as much as $1 trillion to upgrade infrastructure across the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 13, 2017

China lawmakers add defaming Communist Party 'heroes' to civil code offenses

Lawmakers on Sunday introduced amendments to China's nascent civil code to make defaming "heroes and martyrs" of the ruling Communist Party a civil offense, as the leadership moves to strengthen its grasp on the history of the People's Republic.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 12, 2017

Seeing Ainu as they want to be seen

Portrait project on show in Tokyo is the result of months spent living as part of Hokkaido village community.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 12, 2017

Sleepy Colorado town comes alive for Frozen Dead Guy Days

Every March the cryogenically frozen corpse of a Norwegian man breathes fresh life into sleepy Nederland, Colorado, where throngs of fun-lovers fill the streets for Frozen Dead Guy Days, a festival in honor of the town's most famous resident.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 11, 2017

Unlocking Tokyo's history one step at a time with guided walking tours

Tokyo has never had a reputation for being walkable.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 11, 2017

Cherry blossom season is the perfect time to visit Japan

If Japan is on your bucket list, there's at least a strong chance that you're thinking of going during cherry blossom season.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 11, 2017

Monocle raises its glass to 10 years in Japan

There are precious few publications standing against the accepted status quo that print media has had its day and the future is digital. Taking a stand among their ranks is lifestyle magazine Monocle, which even eschews social media, choosing to address those who seek its singular lens via a 24-hour...
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 11, 2017

Talented, youthful Dutch squad no longer a secret

Wladimir Balentien, the affable slugging outfielder for the Netherlands and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, said he knew the young group of players darting around the infield for the Dutch during the World Baseball Classic four years ago were going to be special.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 11, 2017

Newcomer Nakamura notches first goal in Jubilo's first victory of season

Shunsuke Nakamura scored a trademark free kick and Kengo Kawamata also hit the target as Jubilo Iwata beat Omiya Ardija 2-1 on Saturday to claim their first win of the J. League season.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 11, 2017

Namie: one step forward, a few steps back

Evacuees from the Fukushima town of Namie are struggling to find a good reason to return to their homes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 11, 2017

Native American groups take oil pipeline protests to White House

Thousands of Native American demonstrators and their supporters marched to the White House on Friday to voice outrage at President Donald Trump's support for the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines, which they say threaten tribal lands.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 10, 2017

Russian police detain prominent Putin critic Ildar Dadin after his prison release

Police in Moscow detained prominent anti-Kremlin activist Ildar Dadin on Friday — less than two weeks after he was released from prison — when he staged a one-man demonstration outside Russia's prison service.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Mar 8, 2017

New Zealander is on a mission to turn Japan green, one balcony at a time

Quakes of 2011 in Christchurch and Tohoku put Kiwi on the path to self-reliance and sustainability.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 8, 2017

A dystopian future set in the present aftermath

With "Homo Sapiens", director Nikolaus Geyrhalter paints a haunting dystopian vision of civilization minus its creators. This unique documentary consists of nothing but steady, perfectly framed wide-shots of abandoned structures and wastelands. Imagine Wes Anderson doing location shots for "The Walking...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Mar 8, 2017

'Voyage of Time': Terence Malick's 40-year dream

Filmmaker Terrence Malick is renowned for quirky brilliance, but the director of "Thin Red Line" and "The Tree of Life" is also notorious for his steadfast refusal to have anything to do with the press. Not even online statements or a 10-second Skype session. He just doesn't do them.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 8, 2017

Matsuda, Tsutsugo carry Japan past Cuba in WBC opener

The fans waited as Nobuhiro Matsuda rounded the bases and exchanged high-fives with his teammates. They knew what was coming, and when Matsuda pumped his fist and let out a guttural yell, as is his custom after home runs, the Japanese fans packed in Tokyo Dome exploded with enough force to knock the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 7, 2017

'Air-Real'

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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2017

Dems: win by out-Trumping Trump

The Democrats can only succeed against Trump by getting louder, meaner, more over the top and beating him at his own game.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2017

SpaceX's moon mission is NASA's wake-up call

The lunar vacation offered by Elon Musk's SpaceX may also serve as the starting gun for a new and very different space race.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 7, 2017

Carson in first speech to HUD draws flak after calling slaves 'immigrants'

Ben Carson, the new secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), on Monday referred to slaves brought to the United States against their will as "immigrants," drawing quick condemnation from civil rights groups who cast his remarks as offensive.
WORLD
Mar 7, 2017

AQAP chief says U.S. refused to swap 'blind sheikh' for hostage killed in 2014 raid

The leader of al-Qaida's Yemeni wing has said the United States refused to exchange jailed Muslim cleric Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman for a U.S. journalist who died in a failed rescue attempt in 2014, according to a recording posted on its media channel.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 6, 2017

Physical activity found to help patients with progressive pulmonary diseases

Good news for smokers. A group of researchers from Osaka has discovered that physical activity can be beneficial to patients with progressive smoking-induced pulmonary diseases.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Mar 6, 2017

Belly nice — and nasty: the many uses of 'hara' in Japanese

Introduce a wide range of phrases using the noun u8179 (u306fu3089, belly).
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 6, 2017

Let's discuss changes to education in Japan

The education ministry will lay out new school curriculum guidelines that urge elementary and junior high schools to teach students that the disputed Senkaku Islands and Takeshima islets are 'integral parts of Japanese territory.'
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Confusion over Japan’s ‘hometown’ plan overshadows African development event
First Lady Yoshiko Ishiba (center, in white and blue dress) hosts an event on Japanese culture with the first ladies of African leaders on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
In pictures: Koenji Awa Odori 2025
Japan Times
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.

Podcast

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

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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