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Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2013
Foreigners to get info on 'sento' etiquette
Tokyo's "sento" public bathhouses are making an effort to become foreigner-friendly by printing multilingual brochures and posters to explain Japan's communal bathing etiquette ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 30, 2013
Tokyo: How do you feel about the capital hosting the 2020 Olympics?
Enthusiasm tinged with ambivalence greets the news that the city has been chosen to host the 2020 Summer Olympics — at least among this unscientific sample of Tokyoites.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LIGHTING THE OLYMPIC FLAME
Sep 24, 2013
Harumi urged not to sit back and squander Olympic windfall
People who live in Tokyo's Harumi seafront district are excited about hosting the Olympic Village when the games come to town in 2020, but the trick will be parleying the construction into a long-term boon.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 23, 2013
Tokyo: What would you like to be reincarnated as?
Is it a bird? Is it a Pacific islander? Tokyoites tackle the big existential question: What do you want to be in your next life
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 23, 2013
Tokyo hopes to recover its luster with special zones for foreign businesses
To bolster Tokyo's dwindling profile in Asia, the metropolitan government has launched the Special Zone for Asian Headquarters project to persuade more than 500 foreign companies to set up shop here by 2016.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2013
Japan to protest Fukushima-Olympics cartoons in French weekly
Japan plans to complain to the French satirical newspaper Le Canard Enchaine after it published cartoons poking fun at Tokyo hosting the 2020 Olympics in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2013
Experts uncertain about Tokyo bid
As the weekend vote looms by the International Olympic Committee to decide the city that will host the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, experts in Japan say the three candidates are neck and neck amid lingering worries about the radioactive water leaking from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2013
Tokyo sets up English website on radiation
The metro government opens an English website offering radiation-related information — a last-ditch effort before the 2020 Olympics host is picked — to brush off the negative impact from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant mess.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 2, 2013
Tokyo: How would you describe Roppongi in one word?
'Roadworks.' When I was a lot younger I went there, and I don't have a great memory of that time because it was all roadworks, everywhere you look. And later, when a little older, when I went into bars I was just scared and don't remember much.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 2, 2013
Tin Man's throne: the rise and fall of a Roppongi royal
Gilbert Otaigbe is the current owner of Black Horse bar and nightclub in Roppongi. At the height of his success in the mid-2000s, he owned at least seven bars, clubs and restaurants.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices
Aug 26, 2013
Tokyo: How much TV do you watch each week, and what do you watch?
Tomomi MizoguchiBar staff, 38 (Japanese)I watch around 20 hours of TV each week, which may be high, because I like to watch TV dramas such as "Kodoku no Gurume," broadcast on Wednesdays, which is about a salaryman looking for good restaurants to eat in. I like shows in which I see people eating a lot....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 21, 2013
Spreading the word through manga
Videos of anime conventions in America greet visitors to Tokyo's Museum of Contemporary Art at this summer's "The Power of Manga — Osamu Tezuka and Shotaro Ishinomori" exhibition. Looped footage of attendants in cosplay at the Los Angeles Anime Expo and other similar events play, while a "prologue"...
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Aug 19, 2013
Abe and his ministers give anti-foreigner rallies tacit green light
To the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Aug 12, 2013
Tokyo: If today was your last day on Earth, what on Earth would you do?
I would do as I always do — no real changes for me. I would stay home or go to work, to sleep — same as always, except perhaps for one thing: I always take one hour to get home after finishing work, but if it was my last day on Earth, I would take two.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2013
Tokyo real estate lures Asian bargain hunters
When Julia Chang, a 48-year-old Taiwanese who divides her time between Taiwan and Tokyo, decided to diversify her family's overseas investments, she settled on real estate in the Japanese capital, where prices have slumped for two decades.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2013
Low-lying ward boosts rain forecasts
Susceptible to flooding, Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, 70 percent of which is below sea level at high tide, will start posting rainfall forecasts on its website from Thursday in a pilot program aimed at improving its flood control as much of the nation grapples with a spate of torrential downpours.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 29, 2013
Tokyo: Now that Abe's coalition has a majority in both Diet chambers, what should he do?
I would like to buy a house in the future, so while housing loan taxes are low now, I would like to see Mr. Abe help those looking to buy houses by lowering these taxes even further. Also, I think that until the economy improves, the consumption tax should not be increased — for now.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 22, 2013
Police stonewalling over death of U.S. teen in Shinjuku prolongs family's ordeal
The family of Scott Kang had hoped that the release the autopsy report would shed some light on the U.S. teenager's death in Shinjuku in 2010 and bring them nearer to obtaining closure. Instead, it has reopened old wounds and raised fresh questions about the original police investigation.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 22, 2013
Tokyo: Which famous Japanese person would you most like to meet and why?
If I had a chance, I'd like to meet the ex-Blue Hearts singer Hiroto Komoto, who covered issues such as many people entering companies all wearing the same suit, all wanting to join big firms and wanting to buy the same-style house. I like him because he 'sang out' about these things.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 15, 2013
Tokyo: Which of Japan's many summer firework displays do you recommend?
I think the best fireworks display in Japan is in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. Even though it is not the biggest in Japan, the huge round fireworks let off there are very famous and attract people from all over the place. I'm looking forward to seeing the Nagaoka fireworks this year.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Osaka police crack down on crime ring over underage prostitution
Osaka Prefectural Police headquarters
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.

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