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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 11, 2015
Victims seek redress for 'unparalleled massacre' of Tokyo air raid
Why has one of the deadliest wartime events in history never been properly memorialized in Japan?
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LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Mar 10, 2015
G10 Sake Night washes down well at Tokyo's Bar Shampoo
It's Saturday night at Bar Shampoo, one of the roughly 200 tiny watering holes crammed into the Golden Gai district of Shinjuku, and Takashi Goto is setting up for G10 Sake Night, the popup event he's hosted every weekend since June.
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JAPAN / History
Mar 9, 2015
Tokyo firebombing survivor fears Japan starting down road to war again
Katsumoto Saotome was 12 the night he ran for his life through a sea of flames, jumping over smouldering railroad ties along a train track as U.S. B-29 bombers rained incendiary bombs down around him.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 3, 2015
Takazawa adds Akasaka bar to his name
Great news: Chef Yoshiaki Takazawa has opened a bar. This is fantastic for all those who know the beautiful bijou, high-end restaurant in Akasaka that bears his name. Revered by visiting gourmets, it is one of the hardest tables in town to book. Now, we all can sample his cuisine in a more accessible...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 3, 2015
A long, leisurely lunch leaves no doubts at Chic Peut-etre
Let's hear it for lunch. Long, leisurely sessions at the table, with multiple courses and an equal number of wines to go with them. And then at the end, lingering over coffee and conversation. That's the way it happens every Saturday at Chic Peut-etre.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / A TASTE OF HOME
Mar 3, 2015
Swedish cuisine: so much more than meatballs
Some Swedish delicacies, such as lutefisk (dried cod treated with lye), attract comments that are less than flattering. And when I say less than flattering, I mean downright slanderous. "Reminiscent of the afterbirth of a dog, or the world's largest chunk of phlegm," is one immortal line delivered by...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / THE PERSISTENT VEGETARIAN
Feb 24, 2015
Indian fare adds spice to vegetarian dining
While it's easy to trust that almost every Indian restaurant will have plenty for a vegetarian to eat — and you can often ask for an all-vegetarian meal by request — it's an incomparable delight when the menu is entirely made up of vegetarian choices.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 23, 2015
Tokyo: Why did you decide to run the Tokyo Marathon?
Mark Buckton caught up with some of the runners in a sweaty state after Sunday's big race.
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LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Feb 21, 2015
Finding thrills on plum blossom hill
February is a tricky month for venturing out in Tokyo. Daylight hours lengthen and the light softens slightly, but the weather itself seems controlled by a sadist at the thermostat.
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Feb 21, 2015
Tokyo Dome a worthy option for basketball
One of the key selling points of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bid was its compact plan, which called for 85 percent of the venues to be within 8 km of the Olympic Village.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 17, 2015
A little shiokara goes a long way at Surugaya Kahei
The specialty at this little counter-type sake bar is shiokara, the salty, odoriferous innards of assorted seafood.
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JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Feb 3, 2015
Tokyo's Kamata area looks to revive its film industry
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 2, 2015
Going the extra mile for fair-trade fashion
Tokyo fashion industry insiders push the message that what we choose to buy and wear has consequences.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 24, 2015
Smoke signals: Can Tokyo ever go smoke-free?
Japan has long held a reputation of being something of a paradise for smokers. Tobacco is, at least by Western standards, relatively cheap and people can still light up in many of the country's restaurants and bars. In fact, before the turn of the century smokers could pretty much puff away on a cigarette...
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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 18, 2015
'Baby-friendly' Tokyo cafe tells moms to pay to use their own baby food — or go
Reader N was decidedly unimpressed with the service encountered at one Tokyo establishment when she and her friend took their young babies out for lunch.
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JAPAN / History
Dec 13, 2014
Tokyo Station at 100: all change
“Tokyo Station is not just a station, it is a symbol of Japan. It has always been a part of progress in rail technology but it's much more important than that. It is a landmark that represents Japan.'
ENVIRONMENT
Dec 9, 2014
Tokyo may fail Olympic sustainability vow, activists say
Tokyo risks falling down on its pledge to stage an environmentally sustainable 2020 Olympics due to the import of illegally felled timber from Southeast Asia, activist group Global Witness said.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Dec 7, 2014
International schools in East Asia are as local as they want to be
International schools are not hermetically sealed off from their surroundings. The local culture can have a huge impact on everything from the schools' academic approach and parental involvement to community outreach.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Dec 3, 2014
Kick out the touts who rule Roppongi
if you are touted in Roppongi, do not waste your time reporting it to the police. You will be in for a very humiliating experience, as I discovered recently.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Dec 1, 2014
What to buy, where to go: 40 steps to maximum merriment this Christmas in Japan
From meeting Pikachu in Fukushima to a laughter ritual in Osaka, here are dozens of ways to make sure you make the most of the festive season.

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