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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
May 9, 2018

Swedish life coach channels force of positive thinking

The soft sound of bodies moving in thick cotton fabric and naked feet stroking the dojo floor is interrupted by loud shouts, causing a man passing by on his bike to turn his head. Through the large windows, he watches the children and adults as they punch phantom antagonists before of them.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 16, 2018

In interview, ousted FBI chief James Comey says it's 'possible' that Russians have leverage over Trump

Donald Trump is "morally unfit" to lead the U.S., former FBI Director James Comey said in a highly anticipated prime-time interview Sunday, adding that he can't rule out the possibility the Russian government has incriminating information about the president.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2018

Japanese families tell Abe they want Trump to go to bat for abductees

The families say the denuclearization summit next month is a “now or never” chance to repatriate their loved ones and that U.S. President Donald Trump is their best bet.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2018

Slugger Wladimir Balentien alters focus going into new season

Wladimir Balentien switched things up a little this spring.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 26, 2018

Seibu ace Yusei Kikuchi refuses to rest on laurels

Yusei Kikuchi has put last year behind him. All the wins, the career numbers and accolades, firmly in the rearview mirror. His brush with the Sawamura Award, now just a fond memory.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 25, 2018

The elderly are dominating Japan's fitness clubs

Japanese gyms are almost totally monopolized by people of middle and advanced ages, especially those over 65, and have become indispensable arenas for their socializing.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 24, 2018

Ben Tarquin wants everyone dancing in the streets

Making street dance and multimedia the voices of today's youth
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 21, 2018

Rui Hachimura making splash in second year with Gonzaga

It has been two seasons since Rui Hachimura took his talents to Spokane, Washington, and this year, the Gonzaga University forward began showing some of it.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 13, 2018

The films and the fury of punk moviemaker Gakuryu Ishii

Last year's release of "Blade Runner 2049" and this year's Netflix series "Altered Carbon" have rekindled interest in the futuristic cyberpunk aesthetic, though those works were decidedly more "cyber" and less "punk."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 1, 2018

Living and breathing history, through noh

Noh performer Hisa Uzawa has spent her life devoted to an art form that — with its slow and steady movements, sparse staging and ancient chanting — may at first seem staid. In her hands, however, the 650-year-old tradition becomes relentlessly contemporary.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Feb 12, 2018

A salaryman is left blinking in the dust left by the #MeToo charge

One Japanese salaryman laments the changes the #MeToo movement has had on relationships between men and women in his workplace.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 10, 2018

Juliet Knapp: A life of theatrical management

Name: Juliet Knapp
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Feb 3, 2018

Yosuke Masuko: Spinning dough in Vietnam

Bao and Ey Doan are sat at a table on the second floor of their favorite weekend dining experience, a chic, cavernous brick-and-beams pizzeria located inside a 130-year-old French colonial building in downtown Ho Chi Minh City.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 31, 2018

'Country of cowards': Comedy duo's political satire stands out in gun-shy Japan

In what was perhaps a make-or-break moment for their careers, comedy duo Woman Rush Hour did something on prime-time television in December that most of their fellow comedians try their best to eschew: They talked about politics.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jan 20, 2018

Entering the drone age: Japan seeks to tap into the potential of unmanned flying vehicles

When officials from the Crisis Management Division of the city of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture carried out emergency response drills last summer, they received a helping hand from an unconventional source.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jan 17, 2018

‘To look good, you need to look masculine,’ says Ethan Newton of Bryceland’s Tailors, Tokyo

For Bryceland's proprietor, an outspoken critic of 'fast fashion,' mens' style inspiration begins with dustbowl America and ends with James Stewart.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2018

Bike sharing model proving tough fit in parking space-scarce Japan

Bike sharing has a lot going for it. It's mass transit that's ultracheap, burns body fat instead of fossil fuels and is adored by venture capitalists. But the business model has hit a major snag: parking.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 13, 2018

Shōtengai: Examining the evolution of Tokyo's venerable shopping districts

Jesse McFaddin strolls around Togoshi Ginza shōtengai (shopping district) on a recent chilly December afternoon.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 13, 2018

Mural painter can't relax in bathhouses

Name: Mizuki Tanaka
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 9, 2018

Pushing for a more diverse dancefloor

When the acclaimed end-of-year techno party Future Terror announced its full lineup of DJs in December, there was a notable omission among the 19 names: There were no women.
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Jan 3, 2018

In 2017, Japan woke up to the issue of discrimination

The year saw a landmark human rights survey and action on hate speech and pensions — but conditions remain dire for foreign 'trainees' and other workers alike.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Dec 25, 2017

Knowing the difference between 'shinpai' and 'fuan'

How do you say 'I'm worried about how senior citizens live alone' in Japanese?
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 19, 2017

Nathan Chen credits rival Yuzuru Hanyu for inspiration

With less than two months to go until the Pyeongchang Olympics, American Nathan Chen is finding himself the focus of a lot of attention. And with good reason.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Dec 16, 2017

Solitary mosaic artist Takako Hirai chips away at expression

In a cramped studio in Ravenna, Italy, Takako Hirai runs her finger along the cracks in a mosaic artwork depicting dappled light in a park. The spaces between the tiles, she explains, determine the flow and movement of a mosaic, even more than the arrangement of the pieces themselves — as if meaning...
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 15, 2017

Sean Dyche has Burnley moving in right direction

The Visit Lancashire website lists as one of the things to see in Burnley as the "iconic Singing Ringing Tree which towers high above Burnley on Crown Point Moor and has been named in the top 10 pieces of 'sound art' in the world."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Dec 9, 2017

Artist Saeko Ando forms a bond with Vietnam

Vietnamese lacquer is the medium Aichi-native Ando chose to bring to life artistic ideas.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2017

Putting democracy's troubles in context

History shows us that democracy has survived crises far greater than the present moment.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Truck driver's body recovered from huge Japan sinkhole after three months
Workers stand around a vehicle carrying the body of a person recovered from a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Friday.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.

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

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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