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Kazuhiro Kobayashi
Japan Times
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Dec 20, 2019
[VIDEO] A look inside Japan’s Saphir Odoriko train
Japan Times
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Dec 19, 2019
[VIDEO] “Star Wars” kabuki starring Ebizo Ichikawa
Japan Times
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Dec 18, 2019
[VIDEO] Gunpla Builders World Cup 2019
Japan Times
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Dec 13, 2019
[VIDEO] Introducing Shibuya-san, a new tourist information spot at Shibuya Fukuras
Japan Times
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Dec 12, 2019
[VIDEO] All aboard: ‘A Railway Story in the Sky’ at Roppongi Hills
Japan Times
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Dec 11, 2019
[VIDEO] Honda BIRDrone Touring: A drone’s eye view of bikers
Japan Times
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Dec 10, 2019
[VIDEO] Winter Wonderland in Japan’s Moominvalley Park
Japan Times
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Dec 7, 2019
[VIDEO] Interview with Tony Parker, ex-San Antonio Spurs player
Japan Times
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Dec 4, 2019
[VIDEO] A tale of two Midtowns: 2019 illuminations
Japan Times
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Nov 29, 2019
[VIDEO] Tokyo Comic Con 2019
Japan Times
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Nov 26, 2019
[VIDEO] Introducing Cue4: new basketball robot by Toyota Motor Corp.
Japan Times
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Nov 22, 2019
[VIDEO] A look inside Tokyo’s Shibuya Parco shopping mall
Japan Times
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Nov 20, 2019
[VIDEO] Caretta Illumination 2019 - Arabian Night
Japan Times
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Nov 19, 2019
[VIDEO] Baccarat Eternal Lights: Holiday celebration at Yebisu Garden Place
Japan Times
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Nov 15, 2019
[VIDEO] Kioi Crystal Winter ’19/‘20
Japan Times
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Nov 15, 2019
[VIDEO] A Star Wars Christmas celebration in Tokyo’s Marunouchi area
Japan Times
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Nov 12, 2019
[VIDEO] True Colors Festival: Diverse groups in Japan make music
Japan Times
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Nov 12, 2019
[VIDEO] Welcome Heart Tree: A Christmas Tree powered by an electric vehicle
Japan Times
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Nov 1, 2019
[VIDEO] A visit to Shibuya Scramble Square, the tallest building in Tokyo’s Shibuya area
Japan Times
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Nov 1, 2019
[VIDEO] Gate City Ohsaki X Hello Kitty Halloween Party
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.

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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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