Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Jun 20, 2018
Bill Hersey, man about Tokyo, 1930-2018: some tributes
by Mark Schilling
Writer's kindness was legend, and his photos and columns told the story of a Tokyo social scene's rebirth after war and Occupation.
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National / History | Defining the Heisei Era May 26, 2018
Defining the Heisei Era: Japan indulges in excess
by Rob Gilhooly
The Japan Times presents the first installment of a monthly 12-part series that looks back at the leading issues of the past three decades.
National Sep 18, 2017
Diners have no complaints about the service at a pop-up restaurant in central Tokyo where the 17 waiters and waitresses all suffer from dementia. The Restaurant of Order Mistakes — a play on the title of a classic Japanese children's book, "The Restaurant of Many ...
National May 16, 2017
Roppongi's Hardy Barracks, a little-known U.S. base in the middle of Tokyo
Yokota Air Base and the Yokosuka naval base are well-known U.S. bases in the Tokyo area. But few people know the U.S. military also has a major facility right in the heart of the city. Since 1945, U.S. Forces Japan has been keeping an off-limits ...
National Feb 27, 2017
Grand Hyatt kitchen fire prompts evacuation at Roppongi Hills; no one injured
A fire broke out at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo in Roppongi Hills on Sunday, prompting about 200 people to evacuate. An oven at a steak house on the hotel's sixth floor caught fire at around 7:30 p.m., damaging about 10 sq. meters of its ceiling ...
Food & Drink | NEIGHBORHOOD HOP SPORTS Dec 23, 2016
Sugar, spice and all things nice in Roppongi's craft beer bars
by Davey Young
Depending on who you ask, Roppongi is either Tokyo's most sophisticated neighborhood or its seediest. Yet everyone can agree it's one of the city's most international. Each night, expats, emigres and immigrants wend their way through a landscape of restaurants, hostess bars, art galleries ...
National Oct 14, 2016
An iron pipe that fell Friday from near the 10th story of a building under construction in Tokyo's Roppongi district struck a pedestrian on the head and killed him Friday, police said. The accident occurred just before 10 a.m. as workers were dismantling scaffolding. Rescue ...
Film Sep 27, 2016
French director Jean-Jacques Beineix to head jury for 29th Tokyo International Film Festival
More than 200 films will be screened, with 16 taking part in the competition section, at this year's Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) running from Oct. 25 to Nov. 3. The 29th TIFF will take place at Roppongi Hills in Minato Ward. Jean-Jacques Beineix, director of ...
National Aug 3, 2015
The world's second museum dedicated to Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang will open in Tokyo's Roppongi shopping and entertainment district in March for a period of 2½ years, according to Sony Creative Products Inc., the comic strip's exclusive agent ...
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Jun 6, 2015
'Bottakuri' scams put the squeeze on the unwary
by Mark Schreiber
"On any given evening, you can see noisy quarrels between club staff and customers outside the local police box," attorney Katsuyuki Aoshima tells Asahi Geino (May 2), adding, "The police treat these as civil claims between the shop and the customer, and won't get ...
Business / Corporate May 8, 2015
Blue Bottle Coffee Inc., a U.S. coffee chain dubbed by some the "Apple of coffee," is considering expanding further in Japan, according to the company's founder and CEO. James Freeman, who heads the chain known for using fresh beans within 48 hours of roasting, said ...