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TENNIS
Jun 26, 2015
Nishikori confident of fitness for Wimbledon after calf injury
Kei Nishikori expects to be ready for Wimbledon next week, saying Friday that his condition is steadily improving after hurting his left calf last week.
JAPAN
May 3, 2015
Mori Trust heir shows how women can shine
The daughter of real estate magnate Akira Mori fits the mold for the government's female empowerment campaign and is preparing to take over.
TENNIS
Oct 4, 2014
Nara, Date-Krumm won't play in Japan Women's Open
Local favorites Kurumi Nara and Kimiko Date-Krumm have withdrawn from next week's Japan Women's Open, organizers announced Saturday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 16, 2014
Nara, Date-Krumm eliminated in first round at Pan Pacific Open
Kurumi Nara crashed out in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open on Tuesday in a grueling three-set match against eighth-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2014
Stupid advice for women worried about rape
Anyone who doubts that politically correct online activitists are out to lunch need only read up on their reaction to a nail polish that allows women to discreetly discover whether their drink has been spiked by one of several common 'date rape' drugs.
TENNIS
Aug 22, 2014
Nara expects tough match against Wozniak in U.S. Open first round
Kurumi Nara said Thursday she will go into this year's U.S. Open as the 31st seed with the same mindset she had last year, when she reached the third round as a qualifier.
TENNIS
Jun 10, 2014
Date-Krumm reaches second round in Aegon Classic
Kimiko Date-Krumm cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Paula Ormaechea of Argentina on Monday, advancing to the second round of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham.
Japan Times
TENNIS
May 27, 2014
Date-Krumm handed first-round defeat at French Open
Kimiko Date-Krumm was sent to a first-round defeat in women's singles at the hands of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia at the French Open on Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 26, 2014
Chasing a Phantom of success
Based on "Le Fantôme de l'Opéra," a 1911 novel by the French author of detective fiction, Gaston Leroux, and transformed into a musical composed, co-written and produced by Englishman Andrew Lloyd Webber (now Baron Lloyd-Webber), "The Phantom of the Opera" was first produced in London in 1986 and went on to be a huge hit worldwide.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 12, 2014
Super Kabuki 'spells fun'
Just like the many native English-speakers who have difficulty understanding the language and classical references in the works of William Shakespeare, so Japanese people generally feel a sense of distance from kabuki, as though it were a foreign language.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 19, 2014
NNTT debut peers behind the masks of 'Condemned' Sartre family
Until Japan was opened to the West in the mid-19th century, its theater culture mainly comprised traditional forms such as kabuki, comic kyōgen, bunraku (puppet theater) and noh.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Jan 20, 2014
Expiry dates
It's hard when our children decide we're past our prime. Let's prove we've still got a little shelf life sorting out an admittedly tricky subject.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 23, 2013
Morita fights through pain to reach second round
A trio of local favorites advanced to the second round of the Pan Pacific Open on Monday with Ayumi Morita battling through an injury in a straight-sets victory over Britain's Laura Robson.
TENNIS
Sep 20, 2013
Date-Krumm falls short of goal at Korea Open
Kimiko Date-Krumm missed out on a semifinal berth at the Korea Open after losing to Francesca Schiavone on Friday.
TENNIS
Sep 17, 2013
Date-Krumm reaches second round
Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm advanced to the second round of the Korea Open on Tuesday with a first-round victory over Britain's Heather Watson.
JAPAN / History
Sep 5, 2013
New theory on 1613 mission floated
Historian Naotsugu Hamada has proposed a new theory about the 1613 mission that Date Masamune, Sendai's then-feudal lord, sent to Europe and Mexico, arguing that he may have intended to use funds from trade with Mexico to reconstruct Tohoku, which had been rocked by a quake-tsunami disaster just two years earlier.
EDITORIALS
Aug 27, 2013
Reducing food loss
More than 30 Japanese food companies, wholesalers and convenient store chains are testing a way to reduce 'food loss' caused by strict obeisance to expiration dates.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 30, 2013
Date-Krumm, Nishikori fall at Wimbledon
Veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm's memorable run at Wimbledon came to a shuddering halt on Saturday after the 42-year-old was blasted out of the third round by defending champion Serena Williams.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Oct 26, 2012
The secret allure of the surgical mask
What started as a trend for the shy is growing into a style choice for some.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
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.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
India seen overtaking Japan in nominal GDP in 2025
The skyline of central Mumbai's financial district
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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