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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Sep 16, 2017
'The Book of Five Rings': The text that showed many a Japanophile 'the way'
Legendary 17th-century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi authored this book in the last years of his life, expanding his 'two heavens as one' double-sword strategies into a complete life philosophy.
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MORE SPORTS
Jul 18, 2017
UFC plots growing presence in Asia, beyond
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is returning to Japan after a two-year absence on Sept. 23, when it will host UFC Fight Night Japan at Saitama Super Arena.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 27, 2017
The ambiguous world of today's ventriloquists
Franco-Austrian choreographer and director Gisele Vienne is fascinated by puppets and brings a group of nine ventriloquists and their marionettes to the stage in her latest piece, "The Ventriloquists Convention." The play is part of the World Theatre Festival Shizuoka run by Shizuoka Performing Arts Center from April 28 to May 7 at venues in and around the city of Shizuoka.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 27, 2017
All Shizuoka's a stage for SPAC's theater festival
At a recent news conference, Satoshi Miyagi, the artistic director of Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC), gave notice of an imminent invasion — by girigirijin.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 24, 2017
Prewar bayonetting martial art makes return to schools
A little-known Japanese martial art called jukendo came under the spotlight recently after it was stipulated in the revised junior high school curriculum guidelines for the first time as one of nine martial arts schools can choose to teach students.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 14, 2017
'Old Masters from the State Hermitage Museum'
March 18-June 18
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CULTURE / Stage
Feb 22, 2017
CITA 'usher' points to need for a Japan theater shakeup
You won't be alone if you've never heard of the Tokyo-based International Centre for Theatre Arts, because few have seen any plays it has staged and anyway its focus is firmly on building a reputation outside Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Feb 11, 2017
Let kids seize the day, and an opponent
It's an all too familiar sight: my two young children, exhausted after a long day at nursery, return home and proceed to jump up and down, bounce off walls and throw toys at each other's heads in a rush of post-containment energy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 3, 2017
'50th Anniversary Exhibition: Iwasa Matabei and Genji-e — Challenging the Classics'
Jan. 8-Feb. 5
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 17, 2016
Sonya Park: The styling of Arts & Science
Pajamas may sound like an unlikely creative catalyst for a business. For Sonya Park, however, it made perfect sense: She was determined to create a pair of comfortable, luxurious pajamas that she would want to wear herself.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 24, 2016
A golden age of theater for Japan's seniors
At the age of 91, Saitama resident Izumi Noguchi is speaking at his first press conference — at least as an actor anyway.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 21, 2016
Boosting Japanese innovation
To revive Japan's international competitiveness, the educational system must teach students how to think, make judgements and express themselves.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 30, 2016
Caution on reforming university course offerings
Liberal arts majors often become the best software developers and technology employees because their critical thinking skills allow them to see the bigger picture.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 24, 2016
Liberal arts studies are key to Japan's economic revival
Technologies combined with liberal arts are indispensable for the third industrial revolution, which is almost over, and the fourth industrial revolution, which has just begun.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 18, 2016
Marie-Antoinette, a Queen in Versailles
Oct. 25-Feb. 26
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Oct 12, 2016
Godiva chief finds modern business lessons in the ancient art of the bow
Arriving in Japan in 1985, Jerome Chouchan wasted little time enrolling in an archery dojo in Tokyo, a first step that has taken him to the elevated title of renshi and the rank of fifth dan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Oct 12, 2016
For Godiva boss, outcome follows form, in business as in archery
In his book titled 'Target,' Jerome Chouchan shares how the philosophy of Japanese archery increased company performance and made business more enjoyable.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 23, 2016
With levity, Obama awards arts medals to Mel Brooks, Audra McDonald, Berry Gordy
President Barack Obama awarded 24 American giants of the arts and humanities with medals on Thursday, lauding their accomplishments — and sharing some laughs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Aug 21, 2016
Osaka urged to spend more on arts ahead of Olympic extravaganza
A call by an influential Kansai business group for the Osaka prefectural and municipal governments to increase their budgets for art and culture has sparked debate between the governor and business circles over how to best do that.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 3, 2016
'Roman Wall Painting in Pompeii'
Until July 3
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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