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Ben Shelton celebrates with his father, former ATP player Bryan Shelton, after his win in the ATP Candian Open final in Toronto on Thursday.
TENNIS
Aug 8, 2025
Ben Shelton captures first ATP Masters title in Toronto
Toronto marks the third career title for Shelton after victories in Tokyo in 2023 and Houston in 2024.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at city hall on Thursday.
OLYMPICS
Oct 19, 2024
'Time to get busy': LA mayor says 2028 Games preparations underway
The Paris Games were widely seen as a triumph of planning and execution and set a high bar for Los Angeles.
Daniel Evans battles Karen Khachanov in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.
TENNIS
Aug 28, 2024
Proud Evans out-lasts Khachanov in longest ever U.S. Open match
In front of a lively crowd, Britain's Evans beat the 23rd seed from Russia 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4, in a five-hour epic.
Karen Hill Anton's “A Thousand Graces" centers on a young woman who takes her first steps toward adulthood by leaving her home in the countryside to go to college and live on her own terms.
CULTURE / Books
Aug 27, 2023
An intimate portrayal of resisting society’s expectations
Set in the 1970s, Karen Hill Anton’s novel captures a woman’s emotional struggle to bear the pressures of Japanese society while pursuing her dreams.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 27, 2023
Stefanos Tsitsipas beats gutsy Karen Khachanov to reach first Australian Open final
Winning his first Grand Slam crown this weekend would see Tsitsipas take the No. 1 one spot from Spain's Carlos Alcaraz.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2022
After a disturbing night, concern rises for teenage skaters
Would raising the minimum competition age save young athletes from abuse and humiliation?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Jul 4, 2021
‘Paradise in Plain Sight’: You don't need to look far for life lessons
In Karen Maezen Miller's book, the Zen garden she restores to its former beauty becomes a metaphor for life.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 12, 2020
Karen Hill Anton: Crossing boundaries without a map and finding home abroad
In her memoir, the former Japan Times columnist delves into her unplanned travels across the globe and reveals a trove of insights about living life in far-flung places.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 26, 2020
Japan Black Lives Matter marches reflect shared sense of justice, U.S. envoy says
'Perhaps some people feel that it's important to hold the ideal America up in the mirror and hold it to account,' says Osaka-Kobe Consul General Karen Kelley.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2019
Trump Organization turns over 3,376 pages to Manhattan D.A. probing hush-money payments, but no tax returns
The Trump Organization has given 3,376 pages of documents to New York state prosecutors probing whether the company falsified business records related to hush-money payments made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2018
Prosecutors given at least 12 recordings by Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
Twelve audio recordings seized from U.S. President Donald Trump's onetime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, were turned over to federal prosecutors on Friday, according to a filing in federal court in Manhattan on Monday.
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Dec 23, 2017
'The Confessions of Lady Nijo': a memoir of timeless depth and beauty
In 1940, a scholar was going through the holdings of the Imperial Household when a manuscript in the geography section caught his eye. Seeing it titled "Towazugatari," meaning "Unrequested Tale," he took it home to inspect it more closely. It soon became clear that the work was not a treatise on geography...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2017
Japan shouldn't neglect humanities studies in favor of other disciplines: Oxford professor
In June 2015, the education ministry sent shock waves through Japan's academic humanities community when it issued a notice urging national universities to restructure their humanities departments and shift their focus to fields that have greater social demand.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 12, 2017
Sumoto wins Riga JGP as coach gets emotional
This was more like it.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 24, 2017
Chen seen as challenger to Hanyu, Fernandez
Nathan Chen put on quite a show at the U.S. national championships in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday.
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Apr 8, 2015
Documentary on Japanese 'war brides' is gaining steam
The documentary-film scene just keeps getting better, and here's one recent example that strikes a chord. Three women (Kathryn Tolbert, Lucy Craft and Karen Kasmauski) — all first-born daughters of Japanese war brides who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1950s to wed Americans — have gotten together...
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
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.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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.
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