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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 24, 2021
Bitcoin bet sparks rally at Japan’s most expensive brokerage
Bitcoin's fivefold jump in the past year has come amid a flood of money pumped into the global financial system during the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 1, 2021
Komeito lawmaker quits over hostess bar visit amid virus emergency
Kiyohiko Toyama, former acting secretary-general of Komeito, has admitted to visiting a hostess bar in Tokyo's Ginza district despite calls to avoid unnecessary outings at night.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2021
Suga apologizes over lawmakers' hostess bar visits amid virus emergency
The acting chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Diet Affairs Committee and the acting secretary general of Komeito both admitted visiting such bars last week.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 30, 2020
‘My Name Is Yours’: The kids are not alright in this already dated drama
Momoko Fukuda's film about teenage ennui seems out of step during a time in which the coronavirus pandemic has put many rites of passage on hold.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 9, 2020
Katsuhiro Matsumoto forced to hit reset button after Olympic postponement
Swimmer Katsuhiro Matsumoto is headed back to the drawing board
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2020
Leiji Matsumoto cartoon auctioned to aid Italian hospital that treated him
An illustration by famed Japanese cartoonist Leiji Matsumoto that was placed in an online auction to support a hospital in Turin, Italy, that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, was bought Sunday for €7,000 (¥810,000).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 12, 2020
'A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic': An addict's tale with honesty on tap
Honoka Matsumoto stars as a daughter working through issues stemming from her father's alcoholism in a film based on manga artist Mariko Kikuchi's autobiographical web comic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 9, 2020
Seven-Eleven Japan seeks court injunction against disgruntled ex-franchisee in Osaka
Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has sought a court injunction against the former owner of an outlet with which the company terminated its franchise contract late last year, it was learned Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Jan 6, 2020
When American country meets Japanese anime
The lineup of artists onstage at the Tokyo premiere of 'Sturgill Simpson Presents: Sound & Fury' was as eclectic as the film they'd all made: a 41-minute anime music video set to an entire album by the Grammy-winning Simpson.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2019
Internationally renowned Japanese cartoonist Leiji Matsumoto released from Italian hospital
Famed manga and anime creator Leiji Matsumoto returned to Japan Thursday from Italy, where he had been undergoing treatment for pneumonia since mid-November.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 1, 2019
Kento Momota wins second straight title at national championships
World No. 1 Kento Momota won his second straight badminton national championship after defeating Kenta Nishimoto in the men's singles final on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2019
Japanese abductee receiving medical care in North Korea as Pyongyang considers future talks with Tokyo, source says
An order has been issued in North Korea for authorities to provide "a sufficient degree of medical care" to a Japanese woman abducted by agents of Pyongyang in the 1970s, a person familiar with the situation said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2019
Manga creator Leiji Matsumoto recovering after collapsing in Italy
Legendary Japanese manga creator Leiji Matsumoto, known for "Galaxy Express 999" and many other works, collapsed Friday in Turin, Italy, but his condition has stabilized, a source close to him said Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 10, 2019
Tosu wins nail-biter against Matsumoto to stay above relegation zone
Sagan Tosu avoided falling into the relegation zone with a 1-0 home win over Matsumoto Yamaga, a fellow straggler in the J. League first division, on Sunday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Oct 26, 2019
'Cats of the Louvre': A storied museum reveals its secrets
In this surreal work by Taiyo Matsumoto, a small band of stray cats take refuge inside the attic of the Louvre. Their adventures and interactions with the humans of the Louvre unfold in connected chapters of 'secrets.'
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 18, 2019
Matsumoto Yamaga hold league-leading Kashima Antlers to draw
Matsumoto Yamaga earned a 1-1 home draw against the league-leading Kashima Antlers on Friday night.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 29, 2019
FC Tokyo fails to expand league lead after away draw at Matsumoto
FC Tokyo remained winless for a second straight round on Sunday, clinging to their J. League first-division lead with a 0-0 draw at Matsumoto Yamaga.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 13, 2019
Rookie starter Wataru Matsumoto keeps Lions hot on Hawks' heels
Rookie Wataru Matsumoto worked seven innings for the Seibu Lions, who moved into a virtual tie for the Pacific League lead on Friday with a 6-1 victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 11, 2019
Actress Honoka Matsumoto is tackling tough issues on her journey to the top
22-year-old Honoka Matsumoto's latest film looks at the issue of same-sex marriage in Japan, one of a number of difficult topics the actress has taken on in her roles
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 27, 2019
Wakana Nagahara, Mayu Matsumoto lauded by Japan's 1977 world champions
After successfully defending their women's doubles crown at the Badminton World Championships on Sunday, Wakana Nagahara and Mayu Matsumoto were lauded by the first women to claim the title at the inaugural tournament in 1977.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Traders spooked by intervention risk trim record yen shorts
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japan to prop up the currency.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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