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Lucky food, charming decorations and visiting deities: welcoming the new year with history and tradition

Culture | NEW YEAR SPECIAL Jan 1, 2014

Lucky food, charming decorations and visiting deities: welcoming the new year with history and tradition

Wearing kimono, getting together with family and friends, and not working for the first three days of a new year. Shogatsu, or New Year's, is when Japanese generally work less than the rest of the world. It is also the time to follow long-standing traditions ...

Blending old and new for New Year's

Events / Events In Tokyo | NEW YEAR SPECIAL Jan 1, 2014

Blending old and new for New Year's

by Mayumi Koyama

Thanks to the calendar this year, many people can have a long holiday, so many will be heading out of Tokyo on vacation. But if you're staying in the capital, there will be enough events at the beginning of the year to get you ...

History overshadows present and future Japan-China relations

Commentary / World Jan 1, 2014

History overshadows present and future Japan-China relations

by Ezra F. Vogel

Can Japan and China find a way to reduce the risk of conflict, and prevent continuing hostilities that could last decades? Can they peacefully coexist in the new era when they are both great powers?

<I>Umami</I> magic: Japan's <I>dashi</I> ingredients win global fans

National | NEW YEAR SPECIAL Jan 1, 2014

Umami magic: Japan's dashi ingredients win global fans

by Kota Ishikawa

From French bouillon to Chinese soup stocks, broths made from long hours of simmering are common in many cuisines. But one as abundant in umami taste as the dashi broth, made instantly from briefly soaking or heating simple ingredients like dried bonito and kelp, ...

Aging Kamiyama hopes to rejuvenate with IT startups

Business | NEW YEAR SPECIAL Jan 1, 2014

Aging Kamiyama hopes to rejuvenate with IT startups

by Atsushi Tomoe

After a long, fruitless search for a new business base, entrepreneur Tetsu Sumita found himself lured by the unique appeal of a little-known remote town in western Japan nearly two years ago. And it did not take much time for him to launch a venture ...

National | NEW YEAR SPECIAL Jan 1, 2014

Combining best of East and West diets to enhance longevity

by Keiko Kimura

Many people attribute longevity in Japan to the traditional Japanese diet. Yet even a balanced Japanese meal, full of health-enhancing elements such as taurine, magnesium and isoflavones, typically has two major flaws: too much salt and too little calcium, which can lead to stroke ...

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