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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 21, 2015
Lions' Togame records first home victory since July 2013
Ken Togame waited a long time for another win at home. Actually, it'd been a while since he'd won anywhere else either.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 4, 2015
In the cinematic wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster
In January 2013 Eiga Geijutsu magazine released its annual "Best 10 and Worst 10" lists. The two worst films of 2012, as chosen by the magazine's panel of critics, were Sion Sono's "Himizu" and "Kibo no Kuni (Land of Hope)." The former is about a teenage boy (Shota Sometani) driven to violence by his...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 7, 2015
Passion and prejudice in 1930s Ireland
"Jimmy's Hall" is a glimpse into Ireland in 1932 when the country was in a relative lull between wars, turmoil and strife. Director Ken Loach has consistently worked to bring the lives of the United Kingdom's working class to cinema screens. "Jimmy's Hall" is his second foray into Ireland following "The...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 30, 2014
Ex-Apache coach Bryant hired to lead struggling Fukuoka
Joe Bryant, the now-defunct Tokyo Apache's original head coach, will take over as the Rizing Fukuoka's next bench boss, the bj-league club announced on Monday evening.
BASKETBALL
Dec 23, 2014
Fukuoka fires Duncan after 6-16 start
The Rizing Fukuoka, who gutted their roster of several prominent bj-league veterans in the offseason, made another big move on Monday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Dec 3, 2014
Screen icon's son brings women's rights to the stage
"Since I was a child, I always wanted to devote my life to film as my father did," Kenta Fukasaku said during a recent chat in which his late, great role model, the charismatic movie director Kinji Fukasaku, often figured.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2014
Heritage listing a wake-up call for taking charge of Mount Fuji cleanup
Alpinist Ken Noguchi was devastated by Mount Fuji's designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site last year because the mountain's problems, including its excessive garbage and the irresponsible people who climb and manage it, had not been resolved.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 18, 2014
Actor Ken Takakura, who defined image of yakuza anti-heroes, dies at age 83
Beloved as 'one of the last true movie stars,' Ken Takakura was a true phenomenon of Japanese cinema.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2014
Renowned Japanese actor Ken Takakura dies at 83
Renowned Japanese actor Ken Takakura died of malignant lymphoma early on Nov. 10, media reported Tuesday. He was 83.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 6, 2014
Yoshio Taniguchi: thriving in the shadow of greatness
Architect Yoshio Taniguchi generally doesn't like having his photograph taken for use in the media. In a way, it's a logical extension of his approach to his work, which could be described as architecture by subtraction. Having painstakingly removed everything extraneous from a design, and having overseen...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 16, 2014
The man who lives for the art of dying
Interviewing Seizo Fukumoto, the star of Ken Ochiai's backstage drama "Uzumasa Limelight," I wished I had brought a video camera, instead of my voice recorder and notepad. As he talks, this veteran kirare-yaku — an actor whose forte is being cut down with a sword in jidaigeki (samurai period dramas)...
LIFE
Jan 11, 2014
Everything you ever wanted to know about Godzilla but were afraid to ask
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 9, 2013
BBQ Chickens keep new album 'Broken Bubbles' short and sweet
When making music, Tokyo punk/metal hybrid act BBQ Chickens like to keep things short. The quartet have yet to craft a song that lasts two minutes. A handful of their cuts don't even break the 10-second mark.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Aug 3, 2013
Is new yakuza journal good news for Japan?
If you're a well-connected Japanese gangster, you now have your own newspaper to keep you abreast of underworld life. Another perk of the job.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 12, 2013
'The Angels' Share'
Seventy-six year old Ken Loach can be described as the UK's leftist conscience, always parked somewhere in the corner of the welfare state.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jan 25, 2013
New Yorker opens doors for foreigners in Sapporo
Ken Hartmann, 71, still opens doors for ladies, and still speaks with a brusque, no-nonsense New York accent even after 27 years in Japan.
COMMENTARY
Aug 4, 2009
Drawing down the nuclear stock
Conflicts of interest dividing Moscow and Washington have overshadowed a more positive development — real progress in nuclear arms cuts between the two powers that together hold 95 percent of the world's nuclear weapons.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
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.
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.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
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.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
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.

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