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CULTURE / Music
Mar 27, 2016

The fin. tries to break through borders with its 'Through the Deep' EP

For the members of The fin., being a Japanese rock band isn't easy. Ever since its inception, the four members say they have felt a sense of being on the outside of an industry that rarely embraces those who challenge established conventions. Even after garnering attention two years ago with debut EP...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 27, 2016

China tries to ease worries about overseas military bases

China has launched an unusual charm offensive to explain its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, seeking to assuage global concerns about military expansionism by portraying the move as Beijing's contribution to regional security and development.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2016

Charged Brussels suspect may be missing airport bomber

"The man in the hat" is how Belgium has come to know the country's most wanted suspect in the Brussels attacks, seen in a CCTV picture with two others who were about to blow themselves up at Brussels airport on Tuesday.
CULTURE / Books
Mar 26, 2016

Black Illumination: the disqualified life of Osamu Dazai

The author Osamu Dazai committed suicide — several times. The first was on a cold December night in 1929, just before his school exams. But the overdose of sleeping pills he took was not enough; he survived, and graduated. The second was in October, 1930, on the barren sands of a beach in Kamakura...
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 26, 2016

A question of time

A train pulls up to Kuji Station in Kanagawa Prefecture.
EDITORIALS
Mar 26, 2016

Tuna poachers reap big profits

Japan should lead the way on tuna conservation, before its favorite fish disappears.
EDITORIALS
Mar 26, 2016

Happiness in short supply

Ranked 53rd out of 156 countries, Japan is a less happy place now than it was a decade ago, according to the World Happiness Report.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Mar 26, 2016

Rolling Stones rock Cuba for free with 18-song show

The Rolling Stones rocked a massive crowd at a free outdoor concert in Havana on Friday, capping a week of engagement with the West for the communist country, which once censored the veteran British band's music.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 25, 2016

Giants treat new skipper Takahashi to season-opening victory over Swallows

So far, so good for Yoshinobu Takahashi and the Yomiuri Giants.
BASKETBALL
Mar 25, 2016

Fukuoka ends 12-game slide, hands Hiroshima 35th consecutive defeat

The Rizing Fukuoka scored points in a hurry and never let up in Friday's series opener against the host Hiroshima Lightning in Yamaguchi.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Mar 25, 2016

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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Mar 25, 2016

A brief but sweet history of strawberries in Japan

It's hard to tell when the real season for fresh strawberries is in Japan, they are even available in December. The actual season, however, goes from spring until early summer, starting with the ones grown in southern Kyushu and ending with the ones grown in the north. In the Kanto region, strawberries...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Mar 25, 2016

Asahi's new sugar-reduced beer is nothing special

Cherry blossom season is upon us, meaning it's time to overindulge in some brews while sprawled out in a park. But who wants to deal with the health-related guilt that comes with Japan's silly season?
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 25, 2016

Nagasu added to U.S. team for worlds

Mirai Nagasu will represent the United States in the upcoming world championships in Boston, U.S. Figure Skating announced on Wednesday. Nagasu, the 2008 U.S. champion, will replace the injured Polina Edmunds.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 24, 2016

Government, media equally to blame in debate on free speech, say journalists

Veteran Japanese journalists have stepped up their criticism of communications minister Sanae Takaichi over her comments that the government can suspend broadcasters' operations if they air what it considers politically-biased programs.
BASKETBALL
Mar 24, 2016

George Washington reaches NIT semis

Yuta Watanabe and the George Washington men's basketball team extended their season by defeating the visiting and second-seeded University of Florida 82-77 in the NIT quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 24, 2016

Nara chasing playoff berth, consistency late in season

Without their 22 road games, the Bambitious Nara would be in no position at this stage of the season to be vying for a playoff position.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2016

Bombings are a sign of Islamic State's panic

The Brussels attacks by Islamic State may be a sign of a group feeling cornered and on the run.
Japan Times
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"...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 24, 2016

'Stranger'; 'The World's Most Astonishing News'; CM of the week: Rohto

The TV Asahi drama special "Stranger" (Sun., 9 p.m.) is based loosely on "The Poe Family," the award-winning 1970s girl's comic by Moto Hagio, which is about vampires.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 24, 2016

U.N. expects record first-day signatures for Paris climate deal

The United Nations expects the number of countries that will sign the Paris climate change agreement at an April 22 ceremony in New York to exceed the record for the number signing up to an international accord on the day it opens, a U.N. official said on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2016 JAPANESE BASEBALL PREVIEW
Mar 24, 2016

Hawks eyeing PL three-peat

The following is the second of a two-part NPB preview (here is the first part) concluding with the 2016 Pacific League:
Japan Times
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.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2016

What would Donald, Hillary or Bernie do?

What would Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders do in their first 100 days as U.S. president?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 23, 2016

'Banksy Does New York' and throws shade on the art world in the process

Who is Banksy? The U.K.'s best-known-yet-unknown street artist/conceptual prankster was in the news again this month after researchers at Queen Mary University of London analyzed maps of Banksy's wall works in London and Bristol to pinpoint a possible suspect. Excited headlines shouted as though Batman's...
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2016

Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford dies after bout with rare cancer at 46

Rob Ford, who catapulted into the international spotlight after admitting he smoked crack cocaine while mayor of Toronto, has died. He was 46.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2016

Gomes expands horizons with Japan move

Yomiuri Giants reliever Tetsuya Yamaguchi, for some reason, thought he could get away with a first-pitch, 128-kph slider over the outside of the plate against Jonny Gomes.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
103-year-old remembers Soviet attack right after WWII
Shoichi Takahashi holds a photo of himself when he was younger, in Otaru, Hokkaido, on May 17.
Schools get students involved in revision of unreasonable ‘black rules’
At Yawata Junior High School in Nagoya, there are no more rules on clothing and hairstyles. Students are free to wear either the school's uniform or clothes of their own choosing.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
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.

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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