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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 16, 2017
House sitting in Japan — still mostly an expatriate affair
A reader writes in about the possibility of coming to Japan as a house sitter.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 28, 2017
Japan — where the suburbs meet utopia
After flirtations with city and country, a roaming suburban boy finds that true bliss lies somewhere in between.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2017
95% of tourists to western Japan hope to return to explore less-trodden paths
Close to 95 percent of tourists from Asia who have visited western Japan would like to travel to areas off the beaten track, a survey showed Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
May 31, 2017
Puppeteer pulls the strings from the sticks of Toyama, with a point to prove
From Toyama to schools far and wide, Jack Lee Randall lives his lesson — that art can thrive wherever people are.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
May 17, 2017
Thirty years of JET: countless treasured memories and priceless gaffes
Past participants in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme recall their most memorable experiences, from the inspiring to the excruciating.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2017
Kyoto-based Buddhist group struggles with decline in temples and priests
A Kyoto-based Buddhist group with the largest number of followers in Japan is boosting its support to its member temples in other prefectures amid a shortage of incoming chief priests and a decline in danka (financial supporters).
EDITORIALS
Mar 26, 2017
Mixed recovery in land prices
The latest data on land prices testify to the slow progress in the government's efforts to reverse the population exodus from rural to urban areas and achieve more balanced economic growth nationally.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2017
Millennial movers revive Japanese mountain towns amid depopulation
High-speed broadband. An award-winning brewpub built with recycled materials as part of a "zero waste" mission. An artist-in-residence program. Organic pizza from a wood-fired oven.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 12, 2017
Seeing Ainu as they want to be seen
Portrait project on show in Tokyo is the result of months spent living as part of Hokkaido village community.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / PHOTO ESSAY
Jan 14, 2017
Echigo-Tsumari: Creative adventures on the art field
It's winter. Inclement weather in December far north of Tokyo should come as no surprise: the farms and forests are normally blanketed in snow. So while preparing for our stay at the "House of Light," an installation in Niigata Prefecture by U.S. conceptual artist James Turrell, we aren't deterred when we receive a call from the "House's" staff warning us to anticipate snowfall.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 3, 2017
The slow life in rural Japan is converting more young people
Aging settlements nestled in mountain valleys or fishing villages are drawing more than just retirees who want to live in seclusion.
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2016
Safe driving by senior citizens
The government needs to come up with better ways to reduce the rising number of accidents caused by elderly drivers.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Nov 5, 2016
Campfire pleasures both old and new
My father went off to war and never came back to us. My mother remarried when I was 10 and my new Dad was in the Royal Navy. Until I was 13 he was mostly at sea, so lots of chores came my way.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 23, 2016
Uninvited pair of animal invaders leave island in a tizzy
When a boar and a deer show up offering diversity and hope to repair our ecosystem, we should be honored that they'd even consider taking up residence here.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 25, 2016
If you don't feel accepted in Japan, join the far-from-exclusive club
If you feel you've never been accepted in Japan, then welcome to the club: Many Japanese people don't feel accepted here either.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2016
A ski resort success, Niseko defies rural Japan's demographic decline
Japan's shrinking population has weighed on the world's third-biggest economy, alarmed government forecasters and turned some rural communities into veritable ghost towns.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Aug 6, 2016
Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura: the samurai era in town and country
A friend I've known for more than 20 years is now president of the Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura cultural theme park in the Kinugawa Onsen area of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 24, 2016
Cruel wind of circumstance blows islanders’ plans off course
The story of how one small accident heralded the abrupt end of a seafaring lineage.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jul 3, 2016
Western media cherry-pick facts and phalli to fit the 'no vagina' narrative in Japan
In Western media coverage of Megumi Igarashi's case, a commonly expressed view has been that Japanese society suppresses vaginal art while celebrating all that is penile. This view is untenable.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 26, 2016
Never mind Japan's looming pension disaster — here's a cute squirrel
On our island of just 529 people in the Inland Sea, we have one post office and one bank. The bank, run by the almighty JA (Japan Agriculture), shares an office with the JA dry goods store, which offers everything from rodent poison to a new water heater.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Japan bread recalled after rat parts found inside packs
Pasco Shikishima has recalled 104,000 packs of its white Chojuku bread after parts of a rat's body were discovered in two of them.
Japanese students' English proficiency is improving
An education ministry survey has shown that the English proficiency of public junior and senior high school students in Japan is continuing to improve.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Gambling scandal involving Shohei Ohtani's interpreter being turned into TV series
Ippei Mizuhara interprets for Shohei Ohtani during the baseball star's introductory news conference with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Dec. 14.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Stormy seas ahead as Beijing and Manila trade barbs over secret deal
Philippine Marines wave to Philippine Navy personnel and the media during a resupply mission at their military outpost, the BRP Sierra Madre, a warship run aground in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in 1999, in the South China Sea, in March 2014.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.

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