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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 20, 2015
New York's Met showing 150 newly donated Japanese art treasures
An exhibition of 150 important Japanese artworks is being held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Oct 3, 2015
Ito, Hirano beaten in Asian table tennis championships final
Table tennis prodigies, Mima Ito and Miu Hirano, came up short in the women's doubles final at the 2015 Asian table tennis championships on Saturday, losing in straight games to North Korea's Kim Hye Song and Ri Mi Gyong.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2015
Seven & I to close 40 Ito-Yokado supermarket stores
Seven & I Holdings announces that Ito-Yokado Co. will close about 20 percent of its stores as the trend toward specialty stores erodes profits.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2015
Kagoshima governor calls remark about women 'slip of the tongue'
Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito sought to explain Friday as a "slip of the tongue" an apparently discriminatory remark toward women he made the previous day in which he questioned the use of teaching trigonometry to women.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 15, 2015
Reeling from recalls, Honda again opts for insider as new CEO
Honda Motor Co. is turning to an insider who has spent his entire career at the company to navigate its exit from a global auto safety crisis, after seven people died in its cars.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 9, 2015
Kuroda's former ally Ito sees little downside now for yen
It's hard to imagine the yen declining much further from its current lows, said a former deputy to Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda when he was in charge of the nation's currency policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2015
Kunio Ito, the man behind Japan's corporate governance blueprint, is feeling pleased
The architect of a revolution at domestic companies is a happy man.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
May 20, 2015
Urban planning
"Inside Architecture — Dare mo Shiranai Kenchiku no Hanashi" is a fascinating look at the relationship between money and city planning, economy and architecture. The filmmaker behind this formidable documentary is 38-year-old Tomomi Ishiyama, a Fulbright scholar who studied at New York City University...
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 20, 2015
Japanese-American arts group seeking funds to upgrade LA theater
A Los Angeles-based Japanese arts group called Wednesday for business and government to support their efforts to revitalize a local theater that has staged performances for the Japanese community in the United States for decades.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
May 15, 2015
Ben & Jerry's get in on the Mexican food boom with the Brrr-ito
Last time I checked, the line for Tokyo's new Taco Bell stretched around the block. So seeking out alternatives for your Mexican cravings may be the best course of action. Ice cream shop Ben & Jerry's, of all places, offers an intriguing option with the Brrr-ito (¥650).
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 15, 2015
Astroscale opens lab in Tokyo in bid to clean up space junk
A Singapore-based company that aims to sweep junk from space has expanded to Tokyo and has handed its biggest broom to 32-year-old female President Miki Ito.
CULTURE / Art
May 13, 2015
Contemporary artists find a career springboard in London
In one of the most influential art markets in the world, a Japanese woman has opened a gallery dedicated to emerging contemporary artists from the land of the rising sun.
BASKETBALL
May 8, 2015
Takamatsu hires Ito to replace Maeda as bench boss
The Takamatsu Five Arrows made their first coaching change since 2011 on Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 12, 2015
'Celebrating Two Contemporary Geniuses: Jakuchu and Buson'
March 18-May 10
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Feb 21, 2015
Ito takes silver at Nordic Worlds
Yuki Ito provided the highlight for Japan on Friday at the Nordic Skiing World Championships with a silver medal in women's ski jumping.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 18, 2015
Promising signs of change in corporate Japan
Change in Japan is increasingly driven by bold action from outliers within the private sector.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 27, 2014
Toyo Ito literally connects architecture to the people
"For the past nine years, it's been a struggling journey — groping toward an unseen goal. Nobody could tell how and when this building would settle into the right shape within the budget," architect Toyo Ito said at the Oct. 16 opening of "Toyo Ito: The Making of the Taichung Metropolitan Opera...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 19, 2014
New 'Dick Whittington' pantomime spells fun for all the family
Now a language-school teacher in Tokyo, Gareth Hinchley worked for Britain's chief forestry agency before coming to Japan in 2005. Originally from Manchester, he'd done a bit of writing as a child but hadn't pursued it seriously before he wrote "Dick Whittington," the upcoming production by Tokyo Theatre...
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2014
Seven & I to challenge online retailers with same-day delivery
Retail giant Seven & I Holdings Co. next year will start providing same-day delivery of products sold online by its group stores, a source close to the matter said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 8, 2014
GPIF asset review may be delayed until December, adviser says
Japan's ¥127 trillion retirement fund may delay announcing its portfolio review until December, according to Takatoshi Ito, who was a top adviser to the government on overhauling public pensions.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.

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