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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 30, 2017
Togashi catalyst for Chiba's success
Yuki Togashi is one of the most dynamic young basketball players in Japan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 24, 2017
Leyland motivated Team USA on way to WBC victory
This, Jim Leyland insisted, was it.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 23, 2017
U.S. trounces Puerto Rico to capture first WBC crown
It will take time to determine whether the United States' first World Baseball Classic title was the spark needed to ignite greater interest in the tournament in the nation from which baseball originated, and, most importantly, from its biggest stars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 21, 2017
Players encouraged by growing interest in WBC
Adam Jones on Saturday night in San Diego made the catch heard 'round the World Baseball Classic when he leapt against the wall to rob Manny Machado of a home run.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 28, 2017
Challenger Carlson, champion Yamanaka express confidence ahead of WBC bantamweight title bout
Mexican challenger Carlos Carlson declared that he would take Shinsuke Yamanaka's WBC bantamweight title belt when they square off at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Thursday evening.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 14, 2016
'Knight of Cups': Is Malick's cup half-full or half-empty?
Halfway through "Knight of Cups," the latest treatise from philosopher-filmmaker Terrence Malick, the movie's chorus of internal monologues yields a line that could be read as a memo to the director himself: "Don't get your head too far up your own ass."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 11, 2016
Loosening and tightening the corset on women's liberation
When the historical significance of fashion is discussed, the multi-talented artist Jean Cocteau is often quoted as having said, "Style is a simple way of saying complicated things."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 10, 2016
Producer Christian Storms: 'The currency of my life is experiences, not money'
American actor/director on the differences between Japanese and Hollywood productions and working as a guide.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 19, 2016
Kyoto's photographic slice of life
Kyotographie is growing up. The international photography festival, which runs for a month at various stunning venues throughout Kyoto, is in its fourth year. So far there have been no signs of growing pains, even if the Kyotographie team members appear a little exhausted as they gather at their ramshackle...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 8, 2016
'Paris Haute Couture: The Only Gown in the World'
March 4-May 22
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 2, 2016
'The Big Short' explains the 2008 financial meltdown with strippers, guns and shouting
When I was in junior high school, my English teacher walked into the classroom one day, placed a pencil on his desk and pointed at it, saying, "All right, give me at least a page about this before the bell rings — and it had better be interesting." We thought he was nuts, but the lesson was a valuable...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 24, 2015
Tokyo fashion week: womenswear gets a welcome jolt of energy
The 2016 spring/summer womenswear lineup certainly threw up its fair share of surprises at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo earlier this month. The biggest talking point of the shows, however, was an edgy tribute to one of the country's traditional garbs — the luxurious kimono.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 12, 2015
A disfigured face drags ghosts back to postwar Berlin in 'Phoenix'
In Kobo Abe's 1964 novel "Tanin no Kao" ("The Face of Another"), a scientist left disfigured by an industrial accident dons a synthetic mask and poses as a different man in order to seduce his estranged wife. When she responds rather too readily to his advances, he reacts angrily, only to discover that...
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 29, 2015
Arsenal favored to give Wenger sixth F.A. Cup victory
Arsenal has already suffered one setback ahead of Saturday's F.A. Cup final against Aston Villa.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 11, 2015
Capturing Raf Simons and the ghost of Christian Dior
You may not "J'adore Dior," but it's hard not to be fascinated by the goings on within the French fashion house, which is now one of the fashion industry's two remaining haute couture maisons.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 10, 2014
Love, Rosie: 'Astringently fresh look at teenage intimacy'
Bad timing, bad decisions and a whole lot of fidgeting follow the relationship trail of best friends Alex (Sam Claflin) and Rosie (Lilly Collins) — two kids in Dublin who have been holding hands since the age of 5. They share their most intimate secrets, and when Alex loses his virginity, Rosie is...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Nov 7, 2014
Fashion exhibitions take the limelight this month
H&M's big sister, COS, is here
How Takaichi won the LDP’s leadership race
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses in the party leader's office after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on Saturday.
Asahi ships beer using paper and fax after ransomware attack
Drinks produced by Asahi at a liquor store in Tokyo. Retailers in Japan are warning customers of possible Asahi Super Dry beer shortages after a cyberattack paralyzed production and distribution at the major brewer.
Retro-wrapped trains mark 100th anniversary of Tokyo's Yamanote Line
Trains decorated to resemble the 103 (left) and 205 series of trains that formerly ran on the Yamanote Line, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Americans and Canadians unite in battling 'eating machine' carp
A Fisheries and Oceans Canada team patrols the Grand River in Dunnville, Ontario, in search of invasive grass carp specimens on Sept. 25.
Suzuki eyed for LDP secretary-general, reflecting Aso’s growing influence
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi (center) speaks to reporters on Sunday after meeting Taro Aso, the party's supreme advisor, at the party's headquarters.
Takaichi, the LDP’s first female president, is far from an ‘overnight success’
Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party chief Sanae Takaichi greets her fellow LDP members on Saturday at party headquarters.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.
Eat your balloons: The culinary theater of Grant Achatz comes to Tokyo
Avant-garde chef Grant Achatz and his team from Alinea are in Tokyo for a three-week residency.
Japan’s first foreign wine investor plants its roots in Hokkaido
Intrigued by Japanese wines, Burgundy winemaker Etienne de Montille decided to explore Hokkaido's wine scene, eventually setting up his outpost in Hakodate in 2017.

Podcast

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

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
By Alex K.T. Martin

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