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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Oct 22, 2019
Wizards GM Tommy Sheppard believes rookie Rui Hachimura built for NBA success
Pro sports executives often talk about strategies for success, offering their opinions on what it takes to build winning teams.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 28, 2019
Yuki Hirose: Exploring the cognitive basis of language
Psycholinguistics professor Yuki Hirose on why she can't read your mind, getting children to sit still for academic studies and the qualities she looks for in a mentor.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 27, 2019
Shinnosuke Abe says goodbye to Giants fans on a winning note
Everyone at Tokyo Dome knew what Yomiuri Giants public address announcer Daisuke Takahashi was going say. They just needed to hear him say it one more time, one last time.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 26, 2019
Japanese-led team creates functioning structure of mini-organs from human iPS cells
A team led by Japanese researchers said Thursday that it had created a miniature multiorgan structure from human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, in a world first.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2019
Team led by Nagoya University professor discovers neurons that make people forget dreams
A team led by a Japanese researcher has identified neurons that remove memories during light sleep, when the body rests but the brain is still active.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2019
Traditional gender roles: Women and men found to respond differently in disasters
Women and men caught up in disasters respond differently, with women quick to take shelter or prepare to evacuate, but often struggling to persuade the men in their families to do so, research suggests.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 21, 2019
Maurice Eric Zacher: Designs on Japan
Japanologist and product designer Zacher on Japanese design, gadgets and university scholarships.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2019
Empress Emerita Michiko admitted to hospital ahead of breast cancer surgery
Empress Emerita Michiko was admitted to the University of Tokyo Hospital on Saturday, ahead of her surgery for breast cancer slated for Sunday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 5, 2019
Team including Kyoto University researchers succeeds in recognizing chimpanzee faces using AI
Researchers from Kyoto University and the University of Oxford said they have succeeded in recognizing the faces of wild chimpanzees with an accuracy of over 90 percent using artificial intelligence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 26, 2019
Devolution? Keio University team designs wearable robotic tail to help elderly keep their balance
Millions of years after the ancestors of humans evolved to lose their tails, researchers at Keio University have built a robotic one they say could help unsteady elderly people keep their balance.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 22, 2019
Former Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Ralph Bryant holds kids clinic
Ralph Bryant is 58 years old and hasn't played top-level baseball since his final season with the Kintetsu Buffaloes in 1995.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 15, 2019
Former NBA forward Ike Diogu joins Susanoo Magic
Nigeria national team captain Ike Diogu, a well-traveled former NBA player, will begin the next chapter of his pro career with the Shimane Susanoo Magic.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
End of U.S. de minimis exemption causes headaches for some businesses in Japan
Proxy-shopping services — companies that ship Japanese products ranging from cosmetics and snacks to limited-edition stationery on behalf of customers abroad — are already feeling the impact of the U.S. suspending de minimis exemptions.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
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.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

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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