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JAPAN

CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 24, 2010
Japan by the numbers (09.24.10)
Raise your hand if you support the DPJ, prefer the convenience of Haneda, and don't mind sharing your problems online.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 24, 2010
Last chance for cheap smokes
Vendors target cigarette smokers with last-chance deals and perks before a hefty tax hike goes into effect.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 22, 2010
Daily deal sites tap into buying power in numbers
Flash marketing + group discounts a la Groupon catch in a big way with Japan's savvy shoppers.
LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Sep 21, 2010
First-class train designs
Japan takes pride in its trains and Eiji Mitooka certainly goes the extra mile in his designs for the new N700-7000 series of Sakura shinkansen.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 18, 2010
Tokyo cafe entrepreneurs bring more to the table
Some cafe entrepreneurs are looking beyond the set menu of java and jazz and bringing more to the table.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 17, 2010
Japan by the numbers (09.17.10)
This week's numbers show that no matter how many people you've dated before marriage, home is certainly where the heart is.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 16, 2010
Privacy not an issue for geolocation apps
Where are you right now ... and do you want to share that information with your social network? Geolocation apps want to know.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Sep 11, 2010
Publishers flock to next-generation newsstands
Publishers adapt to the changin' times and experiment with new digital channels and pay models.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 10, 2010
Japan by the numbers (09.10.10)
This week's surveys show that while many people want privacy on the Web, they want the centenarians to be accounted for in the offline world.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 9, 2010
Japan's depilation revolution: Smooth skin is in for men
A variety of hair-removal products sprout up for men wanting smooth skin.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 3, 2010
Death notebooks promise organized, happy endings
'Ending notes' let people thinking ahead to tie up all the loose ends before they depart.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 2, 2010
Power spots: Japan’s latest spiritual craze
Feeling down? Need a recharge? Seek the nearest 'power spot.'
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 2, 2010
Japan by the numbers (09.02.10)
Surveys uncover attractions to learning and being eco-friendly, as well as aversions to balding and becoming a housewife.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Aug 28, 2010
Crash leggings are no accident
Trendy Japanese girls rip it up and tear it up to show more than a bit of leg.
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Aug 26, 2010
DIY robots: How to build your own lean, mean fighting machine
For robot enthusiasts, DIY kits come in a broad range of difficulties and price ranges.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 25, 2010
Big (only) in Japan? Oshibori
Oshibori: a Japanese tradition of hospitality that never grows old ... but go easy on the body-wiping.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Aug 24, 2010
Asakatsu: up and at 'em
More and more Japanese are getting up with the rising sun, for a little me-time.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 21, 2010
Spill-proof suits for slick guys
Waterproof suits prepare men for whatever might happen during a night out on the town.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 21, 2010
Japan by the numbers (08.21.10)
Surveys say keitai owners aren't as sharp as their smartphones, and the sun is to be feared.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 20, 2010
Summer pick-me-ups for salarymen
The salarymen of Japan have got it tough in the summertime, but we've found a few things that might ease the pain.
Unpacking Japan’s messy leadership election
The Liberal Democratic Party's presidential race is expected to have a record number of candidates.
Nippon Steel's U.S. setback a wake-up for Japan Inc.'s foreign forays
A water tower at a U.S. Steel mill in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday
Kyiv hits Russian ammo depot as Moscow advances in east
A boy stands on a destroyed Russian tank on display at Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv on Saturday.
‘When I die, I would like to come back as a rice ball’
Few in Japan may be more passionate about the 'onigiri' (rice ball) than Yumiko Ukon, owner of an onigiri specialty shop in Tokyo's Otsuka neighborhood.
Almodovar wins top Venice prize for end-of-life film
Director Pedro Almodovar poses with his Golden Lion Award during the 81st Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
U.S. and U.K. spy chiefs warn of deepening Iran-Russia military links
Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns arrives to testify before a closed Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on U.S. President Joe Biden's proposed budget request for the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 12.
No talking, no eating, no standing: Inside sumo's ring purification ceremony
A sumo referee performs the dohyō matsuri, or ring purification ceremony, in January 2017 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
Demand for Calrose rice rises amid Japanese rice shortage
Shuzo Fukushi, who heads Rice Meister Kojimachi in Tokyo, shows a bag of Calrose mixed with domestic rice at his store on Thursday.
Pasocom Music Club returns to the pure pleasures of the dance floor
Pasocom Music Club’s “Love Flutter” marks an important moment for Japan’s electronic community as project members Aoi Shibata (left) and Masato Nishiyama step into a role other artists once held for them — scene veterans who are inspiring the next generation.

Podcast

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

Longform

A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?
By Alex K.T. Martin

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