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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 6, 2018
Komesan: A Tokyo restaurant where rice takes its rightful place center stage
Komesan subscribes to the radical notion that rice is not just an afterthought but the focal point and raison d'etre of the meal.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Restaurant Do's and Don'ts
Jan 6, 2018
Finding and keeping restaurant and bar staff in Japan can be its own full-time job
Even if you think you're fully staffed, the constant turnover in the industry means you'll never really be finished with the cycle of searching for, hiring and training new employees.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 30, 2017
No looking back in hunger: a wrap-up of Tokyo's restaurant scene in 2017
As the year draws to a close, all that's left to do is to slurp New Year's soba and give thanks for another bumper year of superlative dining.
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JAPAN / History
Dec 28, 2017
Ailing Ome museum dedicated to samurai novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on the brink
A museum dedicated to Eiji Yoshikawa — famed author of the samurai epic novel "Miyamoto Musashi" — in Ome, Tokyo, is facing closure due to low attendance, it says.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Dec 24, 2017
Homeless in Tokyo: Fallen through society's cracks and frozen out
A night on homeless patrol in Tokyo highlights the range of factors that can lead to a life on the streets.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Dec 24, 2017
Tony Cetera, 'Lone Ranger' of Tokyo's homeless, calls for a good deed a day
Tony Cetera is 79 years of age and has bad legs, but that doesn't stop him helping the homeless whenever he can.
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JAPAN
Dec 20, 2017
Japan's retailers harness panda power
A giant panda cub made her public debut at Japan's oldest zoo in Tokyo on Tuesday, and naturally retailers saw a golden opportunity in black-and-white souvenirs.
JAPAN / History
Dec 16, 2017
Heart of gold: The Ginza Line celebrates its 90th birthday
Born of disasters, war and massive infrastructure projects, 21st-century Tokyo has plenty of ghosts buried underground. If you ride the subway these days, you can catch a fleeting glimpse of two of them but, if you blink, you'll miss them. The Ginza Line is marking 90 years since its opening with the...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 16, 2017
Den: 'Ultimate home cooking' taken to the next level
Chef Zaiyu Hasegawa's leap into the unknown is now starting to look like a stroke of genius.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 16, 2017
Longrain: Getting the Thai savory, sweet, spicy and sour mix right
Marrying good food and drinks with a buzzy style and easygoing ambience is a formula that works just as well in Tokyo as in Melbourne.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 8, 2017
Female chief priest and her two attackers dead in Tokyo Shinto shrine stabbings
A violent attack with Japanese swords and survival knives at Tokyo's famed Tomioka Hachimangu shrine has left three dead — including the chief priestess and her brother — in an apparent family feud that turned deadly.
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JAPAN
Dec 7, 2017
New Tokyo Station plaza offers a more pleasant promenade to the Imperial Palace
A new plaza on the Marunouchi side of Tokyo Station was unveiled Thursday after years of construction, offering pedestrians a much improved promenade from the station to the Imperial Palace.
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JAPAN
Nov 28, 2017
Michelin dishes out new stars in 2018 Tokyo guide
The new edition includes 82 new restaurants, including five new two-star establishments and 23 entities garnering single stars, Michelin said on Tuesday.
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JAPAN / Society
Nov 23, 2017
'Boys' for rent in Tokyo: Sex, lies and vulnerable young lives
Ignorance about STDs, exploitation and camaraderie found in the sex-worker bars of Shinjuku's Ni-chome gay district.
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BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2017
Japan ranks dead last in Asia for top foreign talent
In a survey measuring appeal to highly skilled foreign employees, the nation fell behind countries including Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 19, 2017
Views from Americans in Tokyo: Do you agree with the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?
American citizens in Tokyo were asked whether they support the part of their nation's supreme law that guarantees their right to bear arms.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Nov 18, 2017
Locale: Californian farm-to-table in deepest Meguro
At Locale, the menu depends on the ingredients freshly delivered by a network of organic farmers around Japan.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Nov 18, 2017
Eneko Bar: At long last, a place in Tokyo to savor classic Basque pintxos
Finally, Tokyo has a pintxos bar worthy of the name. And what a name: Creative culinary genius Eneko Atxa now has a Japan outpost for his contemporary, inventive cuisine.
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JAPAN / Society
Nov 16, 2017
Shibuya expo showcases innovations toward creating an inclusive society
The social welfare system has long been viewed as a form of assistance for the needy.
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2017
Tokyo pushes back on 'bizarre' death tax that deters expats
Considering a work stint in Japan? You'd better make it short, and you'd better stay alive.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight