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LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Mar 5, 2010
Japan by the numbers (03.05.10)
75% of Japanese housewives have bought their husbands clothes. Reading Japan by numbers, it's shocking what you might learn.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Mar 5, 2010
Foodex Japan 2010: shaking up sake
Drinks that pushed the envelope were also showcased at Foodex Japan. Fancy an awamori coffee or a saketini?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 5, 2010
Sweetening the veggie deal
Japanese beverage and snack makers want you to eat your vegetables, and they're doing their best to sweeten the deal.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Mar 4, 2010
Foodex Japan 2010: new snacks
Sweet snacks are the next stop on our tour of Foodex Japan 2010. Crepe stick, anybody?
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Mar 4, 2010
Toyota Reverse
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Mar 3, 2010
Foodex Japan 2010: trends
In Part 1 of our Foodex foray, we sample imported 'snow ice' and local soy doughnuts, and take note of products cashing in on Ryoma-mania.
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Feb 28, 2010
LDP analysis
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Feb 26, 2010
Connecting six degrees of separation
It's a small world on Hitotsunagi, a new site that mines online data and displays the relationships between famous names.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Feb 25, 2010
Baum cake blitz
Baumkuchen, known as the 'king of cakes,' can be had for pittance at Muji, and its konbeni partner, Family Mart.
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Feb 25, 2010
Jobs Growth OnIce
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 24, 2010
Pulse Rate: 社畜 (shachiku)
In our new series, Pulse Rate looks at why everyone seeking info on 'corporate cattle' and black-listed companies in Japan's search engines.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 23, 2010
Japan by the numbers (2.23.10)
Our survey says ... 78% of all surveys have an agenda: Japan by the numbers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 22, 2010
A new generation of cosplayers
Cosplay ... fun for the whole family! Even the little ones! Baby henshin!
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Feb 21, 2010
Wild Things
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Feb 18, 2010
Toyota JAL maze
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 16, 2010
Japan's après ski party scene heats up
The apru00e8s ski scene in Japan is heating up, as more party events bring mixers to the moguls.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Feb 16, 2010
Cell-phone magazine comes out of the closet
Playing to lovers of Tokyo Girls Collection, Model Closet launches a mobile cell-phone magazine promising to provide 'non fiction, real trend.'
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Feb 14, 2010
Giri Valentine
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 12, 2010
QR code breaking out of the box
Companies and municipalities are still finding new ways to unlock the potential of QR codes in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 12, 2010
Cyber Arts Japan: As interactive as they want to be
"What are silk screen prints doing in a show of media art?"
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Rich Japanese still fear yen crash, wealth manager says
The yen slumped more than 2% on Monday alone, nearing ¥150 to the dollar, after the U.S. and China temporarily lowered tariffs, triggering a reversal of bearish dollar bets.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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