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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 28, 2018
Monk: Diminutive ristorante punches well above its weight
It's a long hike to Tsujido Station from the Shonan shoreline. Thankfully, there are some excellent places to revive yourself among the bars and eateries that cluster on the beach side of the railway tracks. Monk is one of the newest and best.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Jul 21, 2018
Otto Knot: Italian food, sailing knots and great waffles
When visiting Otto Knot, a cozy neighborhood cafe in the city of Takatsuki, don't miss their homemade raspberry sauce and ice cream-topped waffles.
Japan Times
TENNIS
May 15, 2018
Kei Nishikori beats Feliciano Lopez in first round of Italian Open
Kei Nishikori advanced to the second round of the men's singles at the Italian Open after beating Spain's Feliciano Lopez in straight sets on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 2, 2018
Thai tycoon denies poaching protected wildlife, pleads not guilty
The president of Italian-Thai Development Pcl, Thailand's largest construction company, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to trespassing in a wildlife sanctuary and poaching, a lawyer said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2018
Italy's election was actually quite traditional
The nation's voters favor weak central governments for a reason.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Feb 24, 2018
Echi Ponte Vecchio a Osaka: Florence-inspired pizzeria with a view
Chef and Italophile Daisuke Yamane has a thing for a particular bridge that spans the Arno River in Florence: the Ponte Vecchio. While the famous Italian bridge may or may not ring a bell, you'll more than likely recognize it from a photo: a centuries old whimsical multi-story bridge with houses and shops built into it. The bridge also has a starring role in the 1986 film "A Room with a View," occupying much of the aforementioned view.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 16, 2017
Italy fires coach Gian Piero Ventura after team fails to qualify for World Cup
Italy coach Gian Piero Ventura was fired Wednesday, two days after the Azzurri's failure to qualify for the World Cup.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 1, 2017
S'accapau: Modern Italian dining bar fare with flair
Beware of basement dining bars with neon signs, dim lighting and moody music. All too often they deliver style with little substance and menus that titillate but fail to deliver. Thankfully, there are a few exceptions. In Nishi-Azabu, one of the best is S'accapau.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 26, 2017
2,300 migrants rescued in Mediterranean, two die
Rescuers saved around 2,300 migrants from rubber and wooden boats in the central Mediterranean on Thursday, but also recovered two dead bodies, the Italian coast guard said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Nov 18, 2016
erba da nakahigashi: Modern Italian with deep Japanese roots
Arriving at erba da nakahigashi, you might think you have stumbled across a plush, exclusive Japanese restaurant, rather than one serving Italian cuisine. The walls leading down to the basement premises are finished in lacquer and the dining room has no tables, just a compact open kitchen with a wooden counter. There are only eight seats, each set with chopsticks.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 1, 2016
Magnussen cleared for Italian Grand Prix
Renault driver Kevin Magnussen has been given the green light to race in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix after passing a fitness check at Monza, the Formula One team said on Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 19, 2016
Chef Massimo Bottura's Kyoto menu is both colorful and daring
When Italian chef Massimo Bottura arrived in Japan in late July to present a series of meals at the elegant Ritz-Carlton Kyoto, it represented quite a coup for the hotel in only its second year of existence. Just six weeks earlier, Bottura's restaurant, Osteria Francescana in Modena, had been voted into top place on the increasingly influential World's 50 Best Restaurants list.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 5, 2016
Yoji Tokuyoshi's 'contaminated' take on Italian cuisine
Most Japanese chefs who go to Italy stay just long enough to learn new skills before returning home. Very few stay and set up their own restaurants. Yoji Tokuyoshi not only did that, he became the first to win a Michelin star there.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 12, 2016
'Venetian Renaissance Paintings from the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice'
July 13-Oct. 10
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 14, 2016
'The Genius of Michelangelo: Majestic Renaissance Architecture'
June 25-Aug. 28
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 17, 2016
Caravaggio: Art that has been through the wars
"In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
Japan Times
TENNIS
May 11, 2016
Nishikori uses late rally to beat Troicki in Rome
World No. 6 Kei Nishikori came from a set down to defeat Viktor Troicki 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 in their Italian Open second-round match on Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 12, 2016
'Leonardo Da Vinci: Beyond the Visible'
Jan. 16-April 10
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 7, 2015
Italian molds new career selling Hokkaido cheese
A 40-year-old Italian who has lived in Japan for nearly a decade discovered a new career this summer at a cheese company in Hokkaido.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 5, 2015
Hamilton takes charge
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton set the pace in practice for the Italian Grand Prix on Friday with dominant Mercedes turning on the power and leaving its rivals trailing.
'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.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
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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