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CULTURE / Music
Mar 11, 2021
How TikTok resurrected a Japanese pop star's defining hit
Miki Matsubara's 1979 hit song 'Mayonaka no Door: Stay With Me' has been discovered by a new generation of digitally savvy teens. The Japanese music industry has taken notice.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 18, 2021
Pep Guardiola urges Manchester City to embrace 'beautiful challenge' of hectic schedule
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said it would be easy to feel overwhelmed by the club's packed schedule but called on his players to embrace the "beautiful challenge" as they compete for four trophies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2021
Japan's most famous activist investor steps up takeover battle with Carlyle
Analysts say Yoshiaki Murakami may have a controversial past, but his campaigns generate returns for other stock owners.
Japan Times
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Feb 8, 2021
Tom Brady’s seventh Super Bowl win ends NFL’s most challenging year
Brady guided the Buccaneers to a 31-9 romp that recalibrated his own standard for greatness.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 8, 2021
Manchester City crush Liverpool, while Chelsea on the up under Tuchel
City's first win at Anfield since 2003 left them top of the Premier League by five points and effectively knocked Liverpool out of the title race.
Japan Times
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Feb 5, 2021
Staging the Super Bowl during a global crisis
The practical question is no longer if they should play Super Bowl LV — the last of 269 NFL games this season — but how to play it and how it will be presented.
Japan Times
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Feb 3, 2021
Dynamic Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes building legacy as leading voice for social justice
'When he's in football mode he's in football mode,' Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka said Tuesday. 'And outside of football he's able to affect the community in such a positive way.'
Japan Times
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Feb 2, 2021
All business, no buzz as Super Bowl week gets off to quiet start
Opening Night had plenty of Super Bowl content, but none of the memorable weird and wacky sound bites from questions asked by interlopers dressed as superheroes and supermodels.
Japan Times
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Jan 30, 2021
Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians reflects on decision to go all in on Tom Brady
'You can't hit a home run unless you're going to swing for one,' Arians said. 'You can't do anything special in life sitting on a fence.'
Japan Times
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Jan 25, 2021
Chiefs beat Bills to earn second straight trip to Super Bowl
Since the beginning of the season, the Kansas City Chiefs have had one goal they turned into a catchphrase after winning last year's Super Bowl: Run it back.
Japan Times
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Jan 23, 2021
Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes on track to play in AFC title game
Mahomes said Friday that he is out of concussion protocol and is ready to start the AFC Championship game.
Japan Times
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Jan 21, 2021
When removing two stars from playoff games represents progress for NFL
While fans of the Ravens and the Chiefs would vigorously disagree, others might consider the removal of Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes welcome sights.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 7, 2021
John Stones helps send Man City past United in League Cup semifinals
City will meet Tottenham in the final at Wembley on April 25 as the club goes for its fourth straight League Cup title.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 4, 2021
Pep Guardiola hails Manchester City as back after win over Chelsea
City scored three times in the first 16 minutes as Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden and Kevin De Bruyne helped the visiting team send a warning to the other title contenders.
Japan Times
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Oct 4, 2020
Chiefs-Patriots game off after Cam Newton positive for COVID-19
The game is the second to be postponed due to a coronavirus infection, joining the Titans-Steelers game that has been pushed back to Oct. 25.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 22, 2020
Man City beats Wolves for fast Premier League start
An abnormally short preseason and a lengthy list of injury and coronavirus-related absentees didn’t stop Manchester City getting off to a fast start in the English Premier League on Monday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 19, 2020
'The Cat and the City' author Nick Bradley: When writing fiction, 'there's no such thing as wasted living'
Nick Bradley's debut novel is a love letter to Tokyo brimming with details of everyday life that he absorbed during his years in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 6, 2020
City Pop on Vinyl brings back the glitzed-out sounds of Japan's bubble
Soak up the sounds of city pop with five albums that highlight old-school heavyweights or showcase newer artists' takes on the bubble era genre.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.

Podcast

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

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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