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OLYMPICS
Jul 15, 2021
When Tokyo unveiled its modernity to the world at the 1964 Olympics
The games confirmed Japan's postwar re-integration into the international fold, but also served as a symbol of its modernization.
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JAPAN
Jun 27, 2021
Decades apart, father and son design Olympic aquatics venues in Tokyo
Paul Noritaka Tange has paid tribute to Kenzo Tange's 1964 venue with his design for the 2020 Tokyo Aquatics Center.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 26, 2020
Basketball breaks down barriers on the courts at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park
Community and competition thrive in an athletic cross-cultural exchange in the heart of Tokyo.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Nov 17, 2018
Yuu: Relaxed kappō dining worth crossing town for
It is not hard to track down the very best of Tokyo's high-end Japanese restaurants. After all, there are plenty of guides and websites to point you on your way. At street level, too, it's easy to locate good noodle joints, yakitori counters or mom and pop diners. Navigating the middle ground, though, is far less straightforward.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 28, 2018
A late addition to urban culture, parks say a lot about life in Japan
"Life is park!" proclaims Brutus magazine.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 26, 2018
Knife-wielding man arrested after standoff at Tokyo pub
A man armed with a knife was arrested Monday after holing up at an izakaya (traditional Japanese pub) in central Tokyo while throwing objects out of a window he had shattered.
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LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
May 20, 2018
Cultural education can be fun for kids
Japan's traditional matsuri (festivals) are great, but it's also important to expose the kids to cultures further afield. Here are a few Tokyo international festival recommendations. They're all fun, free and full of opportunity.
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JAPAN
Apr 17, 2017
Japan's shrinking student ranks force cram schools to rethink strategies
In the 1980s and 1990s, when the country's university entrance exam industry was at its peak, cram school veteran teacher Toshiyuki Sakai would regularly stand in front of a classroom overflowing with students.
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JAPAN
Sep 21, 2016
Japanese architect group pushes for Yoyogi National Gymnasium to get World Heritage listing
A group that includes famed Japanese architects Fumihiko Maki and Kengo Kuma on Wednesday launched a campaign seeking inclusion of gymnasium facilities used in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics on UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage list.
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CULTURE
Jun 18, 2015
Yoyogi and Hisaya Odori parks get cultured during the summer
As one of the biggest tourist spots in Tokyo, Harajuku offers visitors endless consumerist pursuits — it's certainly not a place for those who seek peace and quiet.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 1, 2015
Wages of sin might be death, but Greed is worth the risk
Notice: Greed closed its doors in January 2016.
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OLYMPICS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Mar 3, 2015
Moving 2020 hoops to Saitama latest blow for game
The IOC's decision last week to allow the organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to move the basketball competition out to Saitama Super Arena puts an end to any hope the sport ever had of becoming high profile in Japan.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 30, 2014
Yoyogi Park set to reopen on receding risk of dengue infection
Central Tokyo's Yoyogi Park was to reopen on Friday morning after it was closed for nearly two months due to the threat of mosquitoes carrying dengue fever, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 11, 2014
Yoyogi mosquitoes still carrying dengue virus
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Thursday that the dengue virus was detected again in mosquitoes collected in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on Tuesday and Wednesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 6, 2014
Dengue spreads beyond two Tokyo parks; tally at 74
Dengue fever cases rise to 74 as evidence emerges that the virus is no longer confined to the two parks so far linked to the rare outbreak.
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JAPAN
Sep 4, 2014
Tokyo closes most of Yoyogi Park after dengue-carrying mosquitoes found
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government closed most of Yoyogi Park on Thursday after confirming that mosquitoes caught in traps earlier this week were carrying the dengue virus, metropolitan officials said.
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JAPAN
Sep 2, 2014
Mosquito traps placed in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park to gauge dengue fever spread
Faced with the first domestic outbreak of dengue fever since 1945, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Tuesday set up mosquito traps in Yoyogi Park to gauge how many of the insects are carrying the disease.
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JAPAN
Sep 2, 2014
Amid dengue outbreak, eviction also a threat to Yoyogi Park's homeless
The greatest danger the outbreak of dengue fever traced to Tokyo's Yoyogi Park poses to the homeless there may be the threat of eviction, not infection, advocates said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 2, 2014
Dengue fever probe points to Yoyogi Park mosquitoes; 22 people affected so far
The government suspects mosquitoes living in a few separate locations in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park may have been responsible for the recent mysterious dengue fever outbreak, NHK reported Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 1, 2014
More than 10 people may have contracted dengue fever around Yoyogi Park: Fuji TV
More than 10 people who visited Tokyo's Yoyogi Park or its vicinity might have contracted dengue fever, Fuji TV reported Monday.

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