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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 7, 2020
FlexHIIT Tokyo wants you to unlock your strengths
FlexHIIT Tokyo trainers Mitch Kondo and Diana Tsuruda on why it's important to be both strong and flexible; how to get the most out of a group workout; and the difference between health and wellness.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 7, 2020
Virus countermeasures easing congestion on Japan's famed rush hour trains
Those packed commutes are getting easier to bear thanks school closures, telecommuting and staggered working hours.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 7, 2020
Forget the Olympic sheen, keirin is a gritty gambler's sport
Fast and physical, keirin is Japan's premier cycling competition. It's Olympic debut was at the 2000 Sydney Games, but the real action (and real money) takes place at Japan's 43 velodromes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 7, 2020
Boat racing: Endearingly rubbish and genuinely dramatic
Kyu014dtei (boat racing) is a kind of slow, aquatic NASCAR that also happens to be one of the few things that you can legally gamble on in Japan.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 6, 2020
Organizers manage to hold sport climbing test event without athletes
The Ready Steady Tokyo sport climbing event had a wall, music, PA announcers and even a famous spectator.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / 'Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020' Recaps
Mar 6, 2020
Ep. 35 'The Monster in the Hallway'
I have to hand it to Toshiyuki, aka "Shacho," he knows how to steal the spotlight.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 5, 2020
Judo standouts Funa Tonaki, Naohisa Takato set lofty goals for 2020 Games
Funa Tonaki and Naohisa Takato aim to give the Japan national judo team a boost by winning gold medals on July 25, when the judo competition kicks off at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2020
Typhoon-flooded Musashikosugi plunges in Kanto ranking of top places to live
The Musashikosugi district in Kanagawa Prefecture plunged in this year's rankings of most desirable places to live in the Kanto region, a private survey showed Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2020
COVID-19 is a risk to the Olympics, in 2020 and beyond
Maybe a pandemic will spark much needed reforms to shrink the ever-expanding games.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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