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CYCLING

COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 25, 2015
What goes around ...
An elderly man travels down a small street on a bike, constantly ringing his bell to let pedestrians know he is coming up behind them.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 3, 2015
Cyclists take to social media to voice anger about new traffic regulations
Cyclists are taking to social media to complain about the ambiguity of new traffic regulations, some of which give police leeway to call violations on a case-by-case basis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
May 11, 2015
Tandem bikes now street-legal in Aichi
On April 1, Aichi eased cycling regulations to let tandem bicycles use public roads, becoming the first prefecture in the Tokai region to do so.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 14, 2015
Driving him crazy
Which kind of driver do you detest most?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 1, 2015
In lycra and online, foreigners are doing their bit for Tohoku
Four years on from the catastrophic events of March 2011, Lifelines introduces two examples of how foreign nationals are pitching in for Tohoku and having fun in the process.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 13, 2014
Kibiji bike path: eating local in the slow lane
It doesn't take a great mind to read a map, and neither does it take one to get lost. I found myself doubting my direction three times as the Kibiji bike path — one of Japan's top 100 cycling roads — wound its way through pear- and grape-growing country, past a continuous patchwork of rice fields...
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 12, 2014
Unclear on the concept
Twenty-something man: There's three lanes. Over there is a cycling lane.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 5, 2014
Cycling Sayama
A forested area bordering western Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture offers day-trippers a chance to experience the great outdoors on two wheels.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 13, 2013
Bike-riding bureaucracy may threaten the classic 'obāchan dismount'
The new regulation decrees that bicycles must be ridden on the left side of the road, in the direction of the flow of traffic. Seems logical, doesn't it? But no one has said how this will prevent accidents or make anything safer; we're just presuming it will.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 30, 2013
Aichi city gambles on female cyclists
The Toyohashi Velodrome in Aichi Prefecture has started a program to train professional female cyclists to drum up interest in the dying sport.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 22, 2013
Vienna embraces the culture of the bicycle
On the Praterstern, where cars, buses and trams converge from several busy streets on a road that loops around Vienna's central train station, a new digital counter stands under the eye of the Riesenrad Ferris wheel.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 2, 2013
Searching for Mount Fuji
Japan is full of good place names. Who can resist Utsukushigahara (Beautiful Field) in Nagano Prefecture, Ginza (Golden Seat) in Tokyo or the sad irony of Fukushima — Isle of Good Fortune?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 28, 2013
As Japan reeled from disaster, three men went cycling
In 1977, British author and long-term Tokyo resident Alan Booth made a journey on foot from the northernmost point in Japan, Cape Soya, to Kyushu's southernmost tip, Cape Sata.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 4, 2013
Cyclists who flout law face charges
Traffic accidents have witnessed an overall decline in recent years, but the percentage of cases involving bicycles is on the rise. National Police Agency data show bicycles were involved in 20.8 percent of all traffic accidents in 2011, up 18.5 percent from 2001.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2013
A futile fight against nature
Let the 'amateur' majority enjoy their 'clean' sports, but is it fair that the most resolute athletes are robbed of the chance to perform at their best?
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Apr 26, 2011
Electric bikes highly charged and geared for commuting
Frequent quakes makes commuters rethink their modes of transportation and the worth in investing in an electric bike.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Jul 28, 2010
GPS navigation for cyclists gathers speed
Tokyo isn't the easiest city to navigate, which makes mobile GPS devices and apps for cyclists a no-brainer.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 2, 2009
Chiyoda Ward wants you to ride your bicycle
A lack of bicycle parking spaces doesn't make cycling so attractive in the city but at least Chiyoda Ward seems to be moving in the right direction.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 27, 2009
Shinjuku shows the way
Property ads in Hatsudai and Hatagaya, immediately west of central Tokyo's Shinjuku Station, often trumpet the fact that it's possible to "commute by bike" to the neighboring hub.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 27, 2009
Cyclists unite in calling for new road-sharing infrastructure
Staff writer Edan Corkill rolled up with his camera to last weekend's 40-km "Tokyo City Cycling 2009" event to celebrate the joys — and utility — of urban bicycling, and asked participants how often they ride, where they like to ride and how they think bike-riding in Japan could be made safer.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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