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TOKYO

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / NEIGHBORHOOD HOP SPORTS
Jan 27, 2017
Finding craft beer in the shadow of Tokyo's high-rise offices
For the first few days of each year, Tokyo is relatively quiet. Businesses are shuttered for the New Year's holiday, and many of the city's inhabitants retreat to family homes in the countryside to unwind with loved ones. Neighborhoods that are typically crowded with office workers, such as Yaesu, east...
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JAPAN / Society
Jan 24, 2017
Japan Golf Council urges new Olympic venue over female membership ban
The Japan Golf Council urges Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers to move the event's golf competition away from a country club in Saitama Prefecture, even if the venue changes its rules and allows women to become full members.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 23, 2017
Hovasse appointed as Japan's first foreign-born women's basketball national team head coach
Having achieved successful results over the past several years, the Japan women's national basketball team is shooting for a medal finish at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
OLYMPICS
Jan 22, 2017
Germany calls for Russian Olympic ban
A ban of Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics and possibly the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games should be considered if there was state-run doping in the country, Germany's Olympic Committee chief Alfons Hoermann said on Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Jan 22, 2017
Meet the man who gets frisked by the Tokyo police five times a year
'Am I the only one who gets frisked five times a year?' was a question posed on Facebook by a black man living in Tokyo last year, as he related the harassment he's received at the hands of Tokyo's finest over the years.
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jan 21, 2017
Balanced scoring guides Alvark past B-Corsairs
There are games when almost everything goes right for an offense.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 20, 2017
Tempura Yokota: The taste of tradition in a fast-changing neighborhood
The sign on the street outside Tempura Yokota and the elevator up to the restaurant are as modern as they come. But the patinated sliding wooden door that greets you on arrival speaks of tradition and, once you're inside, so does the welcome.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 20, 2017
ici: sophisticated French cuisine at bistro prices
The backstreets of Ebisu do not lack for great French cuisine. So how can a tiny new restaurant put itself on the map in such a popular dining district? One approach is to adopt a short, catchy name written in lowercase letters. But at ici (French for "here"), the real strategy is offering brilliant...
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BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2017
Businesses fear big losses with Tokyo Big Sight shutdown for 2020 Olympics
Analysts estimate that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will have a positive economic impact of some ¥20 trillion.
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jan 17, 2017
Alvark cruise past 89ers to usher in second half of season
The Alvark Tokyo opened the second half of the B. League season with a methodical 91-80 victory over the Sendai 89ers on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 17, 2017
'Eternal Treasures from Kasugataisha Shrine'
Jan. 17-March 12
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 17, 2017
Koike says more scrutiny needed in Tsukiji market relocation
In an interview with The Japan Times, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike stressed the need to scrutinize the contamination problem at Toyosu, the relocation site for the famed Tsukiji fish market, following revelations that more toxins have been found there.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2017
Tokyo office boom fades with more space, fewer workers
Commercial property prices in Tokyo, a bellwether for the market, look to have peaked as the capital faces a glut of new offices even as the number of workers is set to decline.

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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.
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