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Felicity Hughes
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 21, 2010
It's a dress! It's a yukata! It's both!
Would you like your yukata as a frilly dress or cut more to a Vietnamese style? Amazingly, both are now available.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 16, 2010
Big (only) in Japan? Free fans
When the dog days are upon Japan, there's always a good chance that somebody, somewhere will be passing out free fans.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 14, 2010
Wish upon a lucky star: ema cartoon craze
Ema (shrine prayer plaques) are getting a new twist as fans use them for paying homage to their favorite anime and J-pop idols.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BY THE GLASS
Jul 9, 2010
Spanish vintners are shaping up
Ah, Spain . . . land of bullfights, football and flamenco. The current trend to celebrate all things Spanish means that we can be bound a little by stereotypes: Not all Spanish are hot-blooded, football mad, paella eaters. When it comes to wine too, we can be constrained by preconceptions, but there's...
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 8, 2010
Toilet humor to celebrate 30th anniversary of Toto's washlet
Let us give thanks, praise and verse to celebrate Toto's glorious washlet.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 6, 2010
Good news and bad news for manga lovers
Manga publishers vow to crack down on scanlation but hope comes from other quarters.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Jul 1, 2010
Yama girls take to the great outdoors
Eco-consciousness and thirst for a new trend breeds the mountain-skirt wearing yama girls, coming to a power spot near you.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Jun 29, 2010
Designers rock the yukata
Buoyed by a renewed popularity in made-in-Japan traditions, designers are updating the yukata of summer with both retro and modern designs.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jun 24, 2010
New drinks crackle and fizz with invention
Thirsty for something new? How about beverages for shaking, shooting and popping?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 22, 2010
For when raindrops keep falling on our heads
The tsuyu season is no fun in Japan but don't let it rain your parade.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jun 17, 2010
Drinks on the house . . . all around
In a bid to get more punters in the door, more pubs are slashing prices and even putting drinks on the house.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jun 17, 2010
Unbridle your inner carnivore
How do you like your raw horse meat served? Lean, medium or fatty?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jun 11, 2010
I want my Ustream TV
Don't have time to catch a particular gig? Thanks to new tech and sites like Ustream, you might be able to rock on from your cubicle.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BY THE GLASS
Jun 11, 2010
It's down to earth in the Napa Valley
A certain amount of hubris might be expected from the representatives of some of Napa Valley's most famous wineries. Surely the Californians, who flew into Japan last month to show off their wares at Tokyo's American Club, would not miss the opportunity to brag a little about the big impact their wines...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 8, 2010
Virtual versions map out real benefits of Tokyo localities
Jimotonow lets local shop-owners speak for themselves with Twitter-friendly communities representing areas in Tokyo's Suginami-ku.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 4, 2010
Online shopping sites for women on the go
Calling all shoppers: KDDI enters into the growing market of cell-phone sites catering to female consumers on the go.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Jun 3, 2010
Sony steps up its e-publishing game
On the heels of Apple's iPad, Sony fires a shot over Apple's bow with the announcement of a new e-publishing distribution service.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
May 28, 2010
Takashi Murakami sets up shop in otaku heaven
Pop artist Takashi Murakami opens a gallery ... not in Aoyama or Daikanyama .. but in an otaku mecca: Nakano Broadway.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 25, 2010
Summer cell phones: which will make the biggest splash?
Among the new cell phones of summer, which will make the biggest splash?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
May 21, 2010
Municipal meet-ups and pet-owner get-togethers for shy singles
Tired of speed-dating? Maybe your local government can help you in your hunt for the One.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

Podcast

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

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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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