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JAPAN PULSE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 3, 2009
Has Tokyo's art-fair scene got the goods?
Credit crunch be damned. Tokyo art fairs are going strong, with more coming to the roster. And now Tokyo Photo is coming into focus.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 31, 2009
Latin lovers in Japan
Whether it's homegrown or imported, Latin-infused rebel rock is coming to a stage near you.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Aug 29, 2009
To instant noodles, we slurp-salute you
We hail instant noodles, which appeared on this earth, on Aug. 25, 1958, with a list of some slurpalicioius faves.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 27, 2009
Say you'll build it (and they will come)
Architecture on display in Tokyo galleries is building a steady followers, and it appears that a vast majority are men.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Aug 18, 2009
Matches made on the green
Golf begat golf bars begat gorukon (golf + group dating). Those without the yen to burn on real golf courses are teeing off for love at virtual greens.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 15, 2009
Privacy you can dance to
If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance, and we'll be dancing with ourselves.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 13, 2009
Fell in love with a Gypsy
Ever seen 200 Japanese kids mosh to accordions and violins? It's magnificent.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Aug 10, 2009
Recession wedding (bring your own champagne?)
You would think the recession would inspire couples to economize their nuptials, but it appears that the marriage industry and the matchmakers that fuel it are not scaling back.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 10, 2009
Beetle mania
August signals an onslaught of beetle wars in Japan, for both kids and grown-up kids.
LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Aug 9, 2009
Uniqlo rocks the T-shirt
Madonna did it with H&M, Kate Moss did it with Top Shop and now Puffy Ami Yumi are doing it in Uniqlo.
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.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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.
'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.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
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.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
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.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
By Alex K.T. Martin

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