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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 11, 2023
Tokyo’s Gold Bar makes instant splash in Asia’s 50 Best Bars rankings
A week ahead of the full unveiling of the 2023 edition of the Asia’s 50 Best Bars rankings, the top 51-100 bars across the continent have been announced.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 2, 2023
At the World's 50 Best Restaurant awards, Central's win is a win for the world
The ultimate victory by Central represents a welcome change of flavor for the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 21, 2023
Three in Japan break into World’s 50 Best Restaurants rankings
The top accolades of the evening went to Central (Lima, Peru), but Japan’s influence can be found up and down the list.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 19, 2022
Four in Japan named to World's 50 Best Restaurants List
Tokyo and Osaka remain Japan's culinary hubs.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 30, 2022
Tokyo's Den voted Asia's best restaurant
The top choice at this year's Asia's 50 Best Restaurants is known for its modernist reworking of Japan's traditional multicourse menu and a humorous take on a KFC favorite.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 16, 2022
Natsuko Shoji crowned Asia's best female chef for her fashion-influenced fine dining at Été
At her hyper-exclusive six-seater restaurant, u00c9tu00e9, Natsuko Shoji creates elaborate 10-course meals that reference fashion and art.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 6, 2021
Tokyo's Den, Narisawa and Florilege make the cut at World's 50 Best Restaurants awards
After a year-long pandemic-induced delay, The World's 50 Best Restaurants returned to the live stage in Antwerp on Oct. 5 to announce this year's winners.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 8, 2021
‘Best Day Walks Japan’: A more relaxed approach to hiking in Japan
Lonely Planet's helpful new guidebook covers 60 accessible walks throughout Japan, with accompanying maps and photographs showing off Japan's wilder side in full color.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 26, 2021
Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021 award ceremony celebrates region’s culinary creativity (and resilience)
Nine restaurants from Japan made the 50 Best list, and another nine placed on the inaugural 51-100 ranking.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 21, 2020
Show some love for your elders with these films to bond over
In honor of Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 21, here are some heartwarming films to watch with the more mature people in your life.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 4, 2020
Okamoto's: Rock, rap and the road less traveled
The four-piece band marks 10 years of bucking expectations and musical risk-taking.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 27, 2020
Asia's 50 Best Restaurants is a somber countdown for an industry and continent in crisis
In the latest edition of the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants rankings, Singapore's Odette has retained its No.1 position for a second straight year, ahead of The Chairman in Hong Kong and Tokyo's Den. But the announcement on Tuesday was overshadowed by the escalating coronavirus pandemic that has swept the continent.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 25, 2020
Coronavirus fears force Asia's 50 Best Restaurant Awards to go online only
This year's Asia's 50 Best Restaurant Awards, set to be hosted in Kyushu's Saga Prefecture from March 22-24, have been forced to go online only due to fears surrounding coronavirus (COVID-19), restricted travel across Asia and the Japanese government's advice to limit large-scale events.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 8, 2019
Teruhito Nakagawa named J. League MVP, with Iniesta joining Marinos and Tokyo players in Best XI
Yokohama F. Marinos midfielder Teruhito Nakagawa was named the J. League's most valuable player Sunday after helping lead his team to their first championship in 15 years.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 25, 2019
MLB-bound Giants ace Shun Yamaguchi earns maiden Best Nine Award
Yomiuri Giants ace Shun Yamaguchi earned his first-ever Best Nine Award on Monday in what could be his last season before departing Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 30, 2019
After 20-year wait, Roland Emmerich recounts WWII battle in drama 'Midway'
Twenty years after first toying with the idea, German film director Roland Emmerich brings his World War II drama "Midway" to cinemas next month, focusing on the 1942 Battle of Midway.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 6, 2019
Japan dominates 2019's Asia's 50 Best awards
Japanese chefs and their restaurants continued to dominate at the seventh Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards. But once again they fell short when it came to the ultimate prize, the number one position on the list.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 27, 2019
Tokyo-based pastry chef named Asia's best
Patissier Fabrizio Fiorani was named Asia's Best Pastry Chef at the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony in Macau on March 26.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 26, 2018
Seibu leads way with six selections to Best Nine team
The Seibu Lions didn't make it to the Japan Series, but the Pacific League champions dominated Monday's Best Nine Award announcement.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Jul 7, 2018
At Mugaritz, sommelier Guillermo Cruz pairs sake and the avant-garde
Although Basque Country in Spain might not be your first thought when it comes to Japanese brews, two-Michelin-star Mugaritz is helping diners fall in love with sake by offering multiple pairings with each imaginative dish.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
North Korean animators may be involved in Japan anime production, report says
North Korean animators may be involved in the production of some Japanese and U.S. animated shows, according to a report by a website providing analysis on North Korea.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.

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