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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2019
Former LDP lawmaker Tsuyoshi Tabata referred to prosecutors over alleged rape while woman slept
Police on Monday referred a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker to prosecutors following an allegation of forced sexual intercourse involving a woman he was dating in December, according to investigative sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 28, 2019
Ex-Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker tenders resignation from Diet amid rape allegations
A former member of the Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday tendered his resignation to the Diet over allegations that he raped a woman he was dating in December.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2019
Coming events give Japan chance to shine as travel destination — if it can rise to the occasion, says tourism chief
Once a tourism underachiever, Japan is riding high like never before. Last year, the nation attracted a record 31 million foreign tourists, topping 30 million for the first time and pulling off nearly a fourfold jump from 2012.
JAPAN
May 30, 2018
Seibu Group subsidiary challenges Tokyo firm over 'Prince Hotel' trademark infringement
Seibu Group's Prince Hotels and Resorts, one of the nation's largest hotel leisure businesses, is planning to file a lawsuit against the owner of the Tabata Prince Hotel, which opened last month in Tokyo, for infringement of the trademark law.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 25, 2017
Tokyo movie house caters to the visually impaired, and everyone else
Listening without watching — that is what Chihoko Hiratsuka describes as essential for understanding the concept of her tiny movie house in Tokyo.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Aug 27, 2016
Vintage ventures in Tabata Ginza
The midday sky swirls with typhoon clouds as I set off to explore a little shopping area known as Tabata Ginza in Tokyo's Kita Ward. I'm thrilled to be in the charismatic company of a third-generation rakugoka (traditional storyteller) who lives nearby. I met Mikio Katsura, 32, by chance in Tabata last month, and he has kindly agreed to give me an insider's tour of the area.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Jul 30, 2016
Inky points of interest in Tabata
Under glowering clouds, I decide to explore the area around Tabata Station in Tokyo. Though recently renovated, the station is one of Tokyo's oldest depots, dating from 1896. The station offers nifty spots for watching shinkansen trains bullet by, but I take the north exit to find the Tabata Bunshi Mura Kinenkan (Memorial Museum of Writers and Artists).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 3, 2016
'Children of Iron' turns the parent-trap formula on its head
Mom and Dad decide to divorce and their kids try to bring them back together — it's a familiar story here, on screens big and small. And it's not hard to understand why: The kids nearly always succeed, making for a happy ending. Veteran hitmaker Yoji Yamada uses it for his first comedy in two decades, the upcoming "What a Wonderful Family!" ("Kazoku wa Tsuraiyo") and his choice is sound — in terms of the box office, anyway.
CULTURE / Art
May 13, 2015
Contemporary artists find a career springboard in London
In one of the most influential art markets in the world, a Japanese woman has opened a gallery dedicated to emerging contemporary artists from the land of the rising sun.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 17, 2014
'My Fair Lady' wrapped in a geisha's kimono
The musical used to be among the rarest of Japanese film genres. Plenty of films here — going back to the early talkies — featured singing and dancing, but Broadway-style musicals, which integrate the songs into the story, never really caught on.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 27, 2013
Speed skater Tabata qualifies for fifth Olympic team
Speed skater Maki Tabata will be going to the Olympics for the fifth time in February after locking up a spot Friday on Japan's team for the Sochi Games.

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