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YU OKADA

BASKETBALL
Mar 20, 2016
Surging Lakestars take care of business against Bambitious
After consecutive defeats to the rival Kyoto Hannaryz on Feb. 20 and 21, the Shiga Lakestars have quietly strung together an eight-game winning streak.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 17, 2016
Joho a class act from start to finish
Before the hectic pace of the playoffs grabs the spotlight and all attention centers on the end of an era, it's an appropriate time to recognize Masashi Joho's significant place in league history.
SOCCER
Mar 10, 2016
Tashima named new JFA president
The Japan Football Association approved FIFA executive committee member Kozo Tashima as its new president and former national team manager Takeshi Okada as the vice president on Thursday at a board of directors meeting.
SOCCER
Feb 24, 2016
JFA offers role of vice president to former Japan manger Okada
Former Japan coach Takeshi Okada has been approached by the Japan Football Association for its vice president's post, a source close to the matter said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 30, 2016
DPJ looks to block LDP blitz
Japan's main opposition party vows to stop the ruling party from winning a critical election it sees as the last chance to preserve the postwar pacifist Constitution.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 28, 2016
Lackluster polls, maneuvering by LDP may give DPJ a drubbing in July election
The Democratic Party of Japan is in the throes of an identity crisis, a fact not lost on delegates meeting for the party's annual convention Saturday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 6, 2016
DPJ to submit bill to lower minimum age of election candidates
Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada said Tuesday the main opposition party plans to submit to the regular Diet session a bill to lower the minimum age of people running for elections.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 12, 2015
DPJ on the rocks amid calls for merger with Ishin no To
Japan's largest opposition party appears to be in danger of falling apart as some core members demand it merge with Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 27, 2015
Japan-Korea dramas shine
Festival/Tokyo, which bills itself as "Japan's leading performing-arts event," is notable this year for its international collaborations — especially between Japanese and Korean dramatists, whose works comprise three of the 12 main programs in its Oct. 31-Dec. 6 span.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 16, 2015
Japan through the lens of its film genres
As a new reporter for a movie trade magazine, I quickly learned that every film has its genre — even ones that don't play by genre rules. The industry slices genre-straddling films into discrete categories: action, comedy, sci-fi, etc. Call it crude, but this system serves a purpose: If you're a buyer looking for horror specifically, you can safely ignore anything labeled otherwise.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 1, 2015
'The Entire Okada Collection of Rimpa: Hakone Joins the Rimpa 400 Year Celebration'
Sept. 5-March 31
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2015
Park urges Abe to uphold 1995 view in upcoming war statement: Okada
President Park Geun-hye says the war anniversary statement that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will issue this month should adhere to the 1995 statement that offered an apology and described Japanese action during World War II as 'aggression.'
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 3, 2015
Park holds meeting with DPJ head Okada in S. Korea
South Korean President Park Geun-hye, who refuses to hold a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, met Monday with visiting opposition leader Katsuya Okada.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 29, 2015
'Obon no Ototo' is one director's attempt to portray his real life through a fictional self
'Life imitates art far more than art imitates life," quipped Oscar Wilde, but in the film world mining one's own life for the sake of art — or rather, a script — is an ancient and hallowed practice. The resulting film, however, may have only a tenuous relationship with the filmmaker's actual biography.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 13, 2015
DPJ's Okada says Abe on slippery slope with push to enact security legislation
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be taking a big risk if he pushes through a dramatic change in security policy despite objections from most citizens, who want a better explanation for why the change is needed, a top opposition figure has said.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 17, 2015
Ishin no To leader lashes Abe over security bills
The ruling bloc had hoped Ishin no To would help the Cabinet enact controversial national security bills, but the party's leader flatly denied that.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 29, 2015
Pirokalpin gets a taste of the majors and opts for indie
Getting signed to a major label is a goal many bands aspire to, but what happens when your contract ends halfway through the making of your sophomore LP? You start your own label and put it out yourself.
JAPAN / Politics
May 23, 2015
Defense chief draws flak for downplaying new risks posed by security bills
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani has triggered a backlash from opposition parties by saying the government's security bills won't end up putting Self-Defense Forces personnel at greater risk.
JAPAN / Politics
May 20, 2015
SDF will only be deployed to 'safe' places, Abe says
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rebuffed criticism on Wednesday that the government's contentious security legislation would put Self-Defense Forces personnel at greater risk, saying they would provide logistics support in areas that are safe.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 13, 2015
Hacker commandeers DPJ chief's Twitter account, posts spam messages
The Twitter account of Katsuya Okada, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, the nation's largest opposition party, was temporarily commandeered by a hacker over the weekend who posted multiple spam messages under his name, a party source said Sunday.

Longform

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores