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Shaun McKenna
Shaun McKenna joined The Japan Times in 2007. He was the Music and Entertainment editor until 2019 when he became the Senior Commissioning Editor at the newspaper. He now also hosts and produces the Deep Dive podcast.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 9, 2011
Sendai to hold jazz festival
In times of trouble music can soothe the soul. And if anyone's souls needed soothing, it would be the people of Sendai.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 17, 2011
Meitoku players give famed kabuki piece the Kurosawa treatment
In 1985, director Akira Kurosawa released "Ran," a Japanese take on William Shakespear's masterpiece "King Lear." Kochi's Meitoku International Players are taking a similar approach to Namiki Gohei's 1840 kabuki piece "Kanjicho" by presenting it in an Italian setting and performed in English.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 4, 2011
Yokohama's Chinatown community marks lunar new year
Yokohama's Chinatown district is ready to get the party hopping.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 4, 2010
CrossFit pushes exercise buffs to their limits
The grunting gets louder the further I walk down the path. It's somewhat synchronized, and suddenly I hear a buzzer and everything is quiet — for 10 seconds.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 27, 2009
Various Artists "Tokyo Suite Selected by Nigo"
As the setting for Sofia Coppola's 2003 film "Lost In Translation," Tokyo's Park Hyatt Hotel was immortalized. The long takes of a jet-lagged Scarlett Johansson staring dreamily out onto a neon-lit metropolis lent themselves well to the shoegazer soundtrack.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 1, 2008
Do you believe in UFOs and extraterrestrial life?
Mamiko Sato Japanese teacher, 31 I think it's difficult to believe that humans are the only species curious enough to visit other planets. There has to be other species intelligent and curious enough to have visited Earth.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 19, 2008
Should Japan's teachers stand up for the national anthem?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 29, 2008
Are you concerned about the current financial turmoil?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 15, 2008
In the wake of recent grisly crimes, is Japan still a safe place to live?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 18, 2007
What was the biggest foreign news story of 2007?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 11, 2007
What was the biggest domestic news story of 2007?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 27, 2007
Does fingerprinting foreign arrivals help Japan in its "war on terror"?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 13, 2007
Have you ever been "gaijin-carded"?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 6, 2007
Are you into social networking sites like Facebook or Mixi?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 30, 2007
What are the plans of Nova's teachers and students?
Jisu OhStudent (South Korea)Nova's closure has made me think that it is better to just make friends so I can exchange culture as well as language with other people. I can't pay for another school.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 23, 2007
Which minority groups face the worst discrimination in Japan?
Stephanie CittarelliTeacher, 22 (Australian)Chinese and Koreans are worst off. I've heard Japanese people say bad things about them in conversation. However, they also say they love Chinese and Korean food.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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