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JAPAN

BASKETBALL
Jun 30, 2013
Japan cagers hold off visiting squads
The Japan and women's national basketball teams recorded victories for the second time in as many days, leaving Sendai's Xebio Arena on Saturday with momentum.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jun 30, 2013
Cat In The Spat
BASKETBALL
Jun 29, 2013
Japan men, women triumph in basketball exhibition series openers
Atsuya Ota, a Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix center, scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Japan men's national basketball team defeated the Philippines 86-67 on Friday at Xebio Arena in Sendai.
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2013
How will Japan's farms survive?
One hindrance to the Abe government's agricultural growth policy could be the terms of trade for Japan if it participates in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jun 27, 2013
Tweet Beat: #6k_live, #都議選, #進撃の育児
Streaming live under the sea, getting out the vote and the meme machine of 'Attack on Titan.'
EDITORIALS
Jun 27, 2013
Makeshift fix for electoral disparity
Ruling coalition party members in the Lower House ramrod passage of an overdue reapportionment measure that only begins to address vote-value disparities.
EDITORIALS
Jun 27, 2013
Sorry state of expressways
The sorry state of expressway sections and bridges will demand a sizable repair and reconstruction budget for the indefinite future. Whence will funding come
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 27, 2013
Abe's fixations threaten newfound unified approach on North Korea
Just as U.S. President Barack Obama seeks a united front to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe threatens to go rogue.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jun 27, 2013
Modified Baseball
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 25, 2013
Japan by the numbers (06.25.13)
We read Japan by the numbers and learn ... Powerpoint rules, and blogs sway a quarter of consumers, but not as much as Abenomics.
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Jun 24, 2013
Going with the flow in the trade office for Japan
There are some things to say as one leaves the New York office of Japan's JETRO, having worked amid the ebb and flow of trade for 44 years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 23, 2013
Temples, dragon boats and fireworks in Chinese Nagasaki
There was a time when the journey from East China to Nagasaki was a long and treacherous one across an unpredictable sea. Once a ship entered the verdant hill-sheltered bay that led to the city, the passengers thanked the gods for their safe arrival. After anchoring in the harbor, a procession accompanied...
EDITORIALS
Jun 23, 2013
All aboard the luxury train
With Japan's train system the envy of the world, three railway companies will offer luxury trains to cruise Japan in a style reminiscent of the Gilded Age.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jun 23, 2013
Tax Guillotine
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jun 22, 2013
Euglena — the little single-celled organism that could save the world
Look in that pond! It's a wonder organism! A CO2 killer! a biofuel! A latte! It's euglena!
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2013
Brazil's Rousseff cancels Japan visit
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will postpone her planned visit to Japan due to the mass protests breaking out in dozens of cities around her nation, officials in Tokyo said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 22, 2013
Tourism goal within reach, JTA chief says
The rapid drop in the yen helped lure a record 3.17 million tourists to Japan from January to April, but achieving the government's goal of 10 million this year will require more work, Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner Norifumi Ide said.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
End of U.S. de minimis exemption causes headaches for some businesses in Japan
Proxy-shopping services — companies that ship Japanese products ranging from cosmetics and snacks to limited-edition stationery on behalf of customers abroad — are already feeling the impact of the U.S. suspending de minimis exemptions.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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