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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 16, 2013
'Masterpieces of Arts and Crafts in the Prince Arisugawa and Prince Takamatsu Families'
To commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Japan Art Association, The Ueno Royal Museum is presenting a collection of arts and crafts that once belonged to the Arisugawa (1835-1895) and Takamatsu (1905-1987) imperial families.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2013
Endangered gorilla gives birth again at Ueno Zoo
Western lowland gorilla Momoko gave birth Wednesday at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, officials at the facility said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2013
After mating season ends, pandas are put back on view at Ueno Zoo
Tokyo's Ueno Zoo resumes public viewing of two giant pandas Friday after a brief hiatus for the mating season.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2013
Giant panda pair at Ueno Zoo are observed mating
Tokyo's Ueno Zoo said Tuesday that two giant pandas have mated, sparking hopes for a cub.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2013
Ueno Zoo to draw curtain on pandas angling to mate
Two giant pandas will be removed from public view Thursday because they appear to have entered the mating season, Tokyo's Ueno Zoo said Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
May 18, 2008
A rare, short breed returns
Not even the sonorous voices of 20 young children singing "I am a Noma Horse," was enough to put Erika, who really is a Noma horse, at ease.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Mar 5, 2006
Chizuko Ueno: Speaking up for her sex
In the United States today, it is no longer radical to suggest that the next president could be a woman. In Nordic countries, no husband would rail at a pregnant wife who expected him to share child-raising duties. And female heads of state are now found the world over.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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