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20 QUESTIONS

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 11, 2019
Hideo Furusawa: Toward the shining light of French cooking
Hideo Furusawa talks about why he became a chef, his admiration of Alain Ducasse and food sustainability.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 27, 2019
Tokyo babies smile for Solveig Boergen
'When a baby is born ... every moment is filled with so much joy and wonder and we often wish we could freeze time — newborn photography does just that.' Solveig Boergen
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 13, 2019
Vaughan Allison: Transforming nonessentials into essentials
Vaughan Allison on why his blood is black, his best concert memory and the most underrated area in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 30, 2019
Nemo Glassman: Bringing that extra variable to Japan travel
Name: Nemo Glassman
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 23, 2019
Hiroki Ogasawara: Looking for a truly multicultural Japan
From the Olympics to English education, sociology professor Ogasawara has plenty to say about the state of Japan today.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 9, 2019
Declan Somers: Having fun with fundraising
Name: Declan Somers
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 23, 2019
Corey Mah: Fashioning a new life in Tokyo
From retro video games to avant-garde Comme des Garcons' fashion, moving to Japan became a calling for Corey Mah.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 9, 2019
Tatsuhiko 'Ryu' Akashi knows you're never too old to play
Medicom Toy's urban vinyl and other designer toys keep the inner kids alive in their adult fans.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 26, 2019
Maho Kato: Living life by nature's design
Drawing from nature and past experiences, jewerly maker Maho Kato says don't fear failure to live life to the fullest.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 12, 2019
Aki Fujita Taguchi on life behind the camera
Rock photographer Aki Fujita Taguchi reveals how to snap the essence of a band in just three songs.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 29, 2018
20 Questions: The best answers of 2018
It's been an entertaining year of 20 Questions — here's our top picks of answers in 2018.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 22, 2018
Ayako Minase can put a song in your heart
Singer-songwriter Ayako Minase's 'mature pop,' with its fun retro-influences and contemporary sensibilities, comes from the heart.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 8, 2018
Charles Odlin: The man who can help you take that leap
Bungee jumping company owner Odlin says that taking the plunge has a high level of 'perceived risk,' when in reality it takes place in a very controlled enviroment.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Nov 24, 2018
Max Goshko-Dankov: Public art returns lost personal connections
Russian artist Max Goshko-Dankov on his talent for combining incompatible colors, the role of art in modern society and how adult coloring helps you get in touch with yourself.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Nov 10, 2018
Hidemitsu Shimizu: Realizing the full extent of vocal possibility
Narrator and voice actor Hidemitsu Shimizu on how he brings characters to life, who has the sexiest male voice and rapping about math for work.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 27, 2018
Patrick Wheare: From tabula rasa to building community
Architect and Shibaura House project manager Patrick Wheare on why he's a flamingo, Japanese architecture and the local Shibaura community.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 13, 2018
Junko Naito: Living and working a la mode
As Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo kicks in, PR veteran Junko Naito talks about her life in style
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 29, 2018
Mixing music genres into something magic
Curator of the Live Magic! festival shares experiences of DJ-ing in Japan and reveals some of his favorite tunes.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 22, 2018
Patrick Behuhuma: Looking to the future of Africa and Japan
A love of samurai movies brought business analyst Behumuma to Japan, but a love of Africa and promoting its culture has kept him here.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 8, 2018
Kosuke Kurotaki: The 'festival guy' who just wants everyone to have fun
Whether he's serving you drinks, playing you records or carrying a festival float, Wokini bar owner Kurotaki is detrmined to entertain you.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Yen’s fragility raises specter of a new currency war in Asia
Suspected intervention to drag the yen off a 34-year low against the dollar is already seen as unlikely to have a lasting effect if Japan continues alone.
Online booking for Mount Fuji climb to open on May 20
Visitors climb the slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters. From May 20, climbers will have access to a new online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.

Podcast

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