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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 2, 2015
'April Fools' gets the wrong end of the practical-joke schtick
The Japanese film industry has themed many movies around that imported holiday, Christmas, or, more specifically, Christmas Eve, which has become Japan's date night of date nights. Even those outside the local film industry now celebrate special days that originated elsewhere, including Halloween, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day and, as Junichi Ishikawa's new feel-good film makes clear from its title, April Fool's Day.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 20, 2015
Tazawa preparing for seventh MLB season
A day after arriving at the Boston Red Sox spring training facility for the start of his seventh pro season, Junichi Tazawa happily played catch with fellow Japanese right-hander Koji Uehara on Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 18, 2014
Sculpting the uncanny space between permanence and evanescence
Sculpture is supposedly the most solid and permanent of the creative arts, so it is a paradox that an artist like Junichi Mori — whose work often focuses on impermanence and evanescence — has chosen to work in this style, using materials like marble and wood, instead of something more fleeting and tenuous such as spider's webs or dandelion fluff.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 4, 2014
Midfielder Inamoto not in Frontale's plans for next season
Kawasaki Frontale will not re-sign three-time World Cup midfielder Junichi Inamoto for next season, the J. League first-division club announced on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2014
Japan's North Korea delegation urges swift action on abductees probe
The delegation demands that North Korean officials put the highest priority on finding out what happened to the Japanese nationals who Tokyo believes were abducted and may still be alive.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2014
North Korea has list of Japanese residents: sources
North Korea has compiled a list of Japanese nationals who remained there after the end of World War II, and of the Japanese wives of pro-Pyongyang Korean residents of Japan who moved to the North under a 1959-1984 repatriation project, sources say.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 1, 2014
Death-row samurai spills ink, not blood
Why have samurai movies become so middle-aged and sedate? Starting in the silent days and continuing through their 1950s peak, period films with top-knotted heroes typically featured a big one-against-many finale with flashing swords and the occasional firearm. Especially in the early days, both actors and audiences were skewed young.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2014
Japan plans to send officials to North Korea for abduction details
Japan is planning to send government officials to North Korea to learn details about its investigations into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang, government sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2014
Japan, North Korea meet for update on probe into abductees
North Korean officials provided an update Monday on Pyongyang's investigation, launched nearly three months ago, into the fate of at least 12 and possibly hundreds of Japanese nationals believed to have been abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2014
Japan, N. Korea reportedly had secret contact over abduction report
Leaks about another secret abduction meeting say Pyongyang's first report on its new probe into the issue is being delayed by a demand to ease Japanese sanctions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 10, 2014
Little Forest: Natsu/Aki (Little Forest: Summer/Autumn)
Japanese food culture might be ancient, but Japan's obsession with food in pop culture is relatively recent. The "gourmet boom" of the bubble-era 1980s — when Japanese had more money and leisure to dine in style, rather than simply fill their stomachs — was a big spur. The accompanying proliferation of food-themed comics, TV shows and movies still continues, with no end in sight.
BASEBALL
Aug 19, 2014
Red Sox reliever Tazawa won't play for Japan in 2017 WBC, Oh says
With Japan already gearing up for the next World Baseball Classic in 2017, Sadaharu Oh said Tuesday that Boston Red Sox reliever Junichi Tazawa has virtually no chance of playing for his country when the next tournament rolls around.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 2, 2014
Diplomats in Beijing mull ways to improve Sino-Japanese ties
A high-ranking Foreign Ministry official from Tokyo and his new Chinese counterpart on Tuesday "apparently" discussed ways to improve deteriorated relations between the two countries, NHK television reported.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 30, 2014
Top Korea experts from Japan, China chat before abduction talks in Beijing
Japan's chief negotiator on North Korea met with his Chinese counterpart Monday for talks just a day before Tokyo and Pyongyang were to hold another round of negotiations on the abduction issue.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 5, 2014
Novelist Watanabe, who had flair for affairs, dies at 80
Novelist Junichi Watanabe, a writer who favored love stories depicting extramarital affairs, died of prostate cancer Wednesday at his home in Tokyo, his family said Monday. He was 80.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 2, 2014
Uehara, Tazawa visit White House as Obama honors BoSox
Boston Red Sox closer Koji Uehara and relief pitcher Junichi Tazawa were honored with their 2013 World Series champion teammates in a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 31, 2014
North ready to discuss abductions again
North Korea has become open to discussing the abduction issue with Japan again and the two countries agreed Monday in Beijing to carry on with governmental talks.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 30, 2014
Japan, North Korea diplomats seek thaw in ties
At their first formal talks since November 2012, senior Japanese and North Korean diplomats on Sunday agreed to work toward settling "outstanding issues" impeding bilateral ties.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 20, 2014
Debate still rages over Abe-endorsed WWII drama
Takashi Yamazaki's World War II drama "Eien no Zero (The Eternal Zero)," whose pilot hero joins the tokkōtai (kamikaze) suicide squadron in the closing days of the war, has soared to the box office heights since its Dec. 21 release. After ranking No. 1 in the charts for eight weeks in a row, the film now looks likely to finish its run with more than ¥8 billion, making it one of the 10 top-grossing Japanese films of all time.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 18, 2014
Reliever Tazawa avoids arbitration
Reliever Junichi Tazawa avoided salary arbitration and reached an agreement with the Boston Red Sox on Friday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
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.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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