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YU KOBAYASHI

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 13, 2016
Tokyo: photogenic to its very core
Care to take a guess what the new exhibition "Tokyo, Tokyo and Tokyo" at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum is about? In fact there are two exhibitions with the same name running concurrently, so it's "Tokyo, Tokyo and Tokyo" and "Tokyo, Tokyo and Tokyo."
SOCCER
Nov 12, 2016
Honda sweats on place in World Cup qualifier against Saudis
National team manager Vahid Halilhodzic has warned star player Keisuke Honda that he is not guaranteed of a starting place when Japan takes on Saudi Arabia in a crucial World Cup qualifier next Tuesday.
SOCCER
Nov 11, 2016
Japan's Osako delivers two-goal performance in rout of Oman
Yuya Osako scored a double on his return to the national team as Japan warmed up for next week's World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia with a 4-0 friendly win over Oman on Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 23, 2016
'For Dignity, Justice, and Revolution': Voices from Japan's prewar labor movement
In 2008, a previously obscure novella by Takiji Kobayashi entered the best-seller lists in Japan. "The Cannery Boat," a tale of worker exploitation originally published in 1929, acquired new resonance in the fallout from the global economic meltdown. Kobayashi features prominently in "For Dignity, Justice,...
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 23, 2016
Frontale's Kobayashi notches winning goal in 81st minute against FC Tokyo
Yu Kobayashi scored for a fifth straight game to give Kawasaki Frontale a 1-0 win over FC Tokyo on Saturday and open up a five-point lead at the top of the overall J. League table.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 19, 2016
Toyota leads Le Mans into Sunday morning
Toyota led the Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race into the morning on Sunday after a close battle with champion Porsche through the night at the Sarthe circuit in western France.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2016
TV presenter Kobayashi has advanced cancer, says actor husband Ebizo
Popular television presenter Mao Kobayashi, 33, has been battling "serious" breast cancer for the past 20 months and is undergoing treatment, her kabuki actor husband, Ichikawa Ebizo, said Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 16, 2016
Blocking rule causing confusion at home plate
One of Japanese baseball's new rules at home plate, or rather the determination to start enforcing one that was technically already in effect, has been the source of some consternation on NPB diamonds.
JAPAN / Politics
May 9, 2016
Constitutional scholar Kobayashi announces plan for anti-Abe party, Upper House bid
A constitutional scholar inspired by U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders jumps into the Upper House race to stop the 'uncontrollable' government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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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