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Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 22, 2019
Kuroneko Burlesque: The dancers keeping Kyoto's risque side alive
The burlesque troupe has been staging shows in an around Kyoto, and will soon begin a short residency at a new theater in the city
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 15, 2019
A boy no longer, 'Kid' Reid has come of age
Duncan Reid, formerly of British punk group The Boys, brings his latest band to Japan for a series of high-energy live shows
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 27, 2019
Morimoto Kyoto: Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto opens second restaurant in Japan
In an alternate reality, Masaharu Morimoto would be fielding questions from sports journalists. He might even be talking about his transfer from Japan’s top-flight baseball league to Major League Baseball in the United States.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Sep 21, 2019
Yanagi Koji Taka: An intimate, unfussy standing bar with a tapas vibe
After cooking in Italy, Australia and Denmark for over a decade, kaiseki chef Taka Nishimura returned to Kyoto to open Yanagi Koji Taka, a small, local joint with a menu of perfectly executed bar food.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 14, 2019
'World Class': What a world class education looks like, and what it doesn't
'World Class,' by Teru Clavel is an examination of what a top-tier education system — and its opposite — looks like.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 14, 2019
Mari Fukumoto: Hamburg hit the right notes
Germany's history of church music and composers enticed organist Fukumoto to leave Tokyo for Hamburg.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Aug 24, 2019
Beer Pub Takumiya: A place to talk, a place to drink
Takumi Shiraishi owns three lively craft beer pubs across Kyoto where he encourages customers to commune over a good pint and plates of locally grown food.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Aug 24, 2019
'Sushi Master': Nothing fishy about this masterful account
Sushi master Nick Sakagami presents a beautifully photographed, levelheaded guide to sushi culture and cuisine. Recipes included.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Jul 27, 2019
Taiyo: Curry excellence built atop 'waves' of flavor
The first time I went looking for Taiyo, I couldn't find it. But I could smell it. Quite a few people had recommended that I check it out, especially as I have a crater-sized soft spot for curry. And so there I was in Saiin, an unpretentious neighborhood in the west of Kyoto, with the distinct aroma...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jul 20, 2019
Yuji Haraguchi: Changing the gourmet rules
From making fish-based ramen to serving Japanese lunch as breakfast in the U.S., chef Yuji Haraguchi likes to break with convention.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jul 13, 2019
Environmentalist Kenro Taura talks about why he thinks Japan is a laggard in the fight against climate change
Name: Kenro Taura
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2019
With Japan's increasing tourism numbers, tensions will inevitably follow
When is a ghost not a ghost?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jun 29, 2019
Mina Ishihara: Bound for Ireland to make and repair books
Mina Ishihara, 43, first visited Ireland in 1995 when she was a student at Tezukayama Gakuin University in Osaka, her hometown, where she studied English and linguistics. On that trip she visited Galway, a lively cultural city on the west coast of Ireland, partly because the professor who organized the...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Jun 22, 2019
Shokudo Marushin: Light, flavorful teishoku meals
At Shokudo Marushin, chef Shintaro Nakamura serves up simple fare in a laid-back setting.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jun 16, 2019
'You're empathetic, but there's that distance': A German undertaker in Japan
As Japanese mourners file into the funeral parlor, shrouded in silence and laden with flowers, Felix Steinkemper, dressed in a dark suit, stands ready to assist.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 15, 2019
Ramen no Bonbo: First steps on a ramen journey
Kyoto's newly opened Ramen no Bonbo may be owned by two of the youngest ramen chefs in the city, but they're no amateurs in the kitchen.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jun 1, 2019
Fumiaki Imamura: The international road to scientific success
For nutritional epidemiologist Fumiaki Imamura, an overseas education is key to global impact.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
May 25, 2019
Lorimer: Japanese breakfast, New York inflections
Lorimer has gained a following with foreign visitors to Kyoto. But Japanese customers come in droves too. And why wouldn't they? This is an authentic and innovative Japanese breakfast you'll certainly remember.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 15, 2019
The Abjects: London-based, but internationally minded
It has been exactly two years since The Abjects, a London-based power pop and garage trio, last toured Japan, and since then the one thing that has been constant is change.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 1, 2019
The Outcasts: Forty years after their debut, Japan finally beckons
For a small country, Northern Ireland has produced a lot of punk.
Japan’s 2024 buzzword of the year urges a reevaluation of past norms
Sadao Abe, who played the role of a time-traveling Showa Era teacher transported to present day in a popular TV drama, receives the 2024 buzzword of the year award for the word "futehodo," the nickname of the series.
Princess Aiko, only child of emperor, turns 23
Princess Aiko on Nov. 22 ahead of her 23rd birthday on Sunday at the Imperial Palace
Ishiba questioned on political reform, social issues and the economy
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks in the Lower House in Tokyo on Monday.
Nearly 90% in Japan and China have negative views of other
Chinese people's sentiment toward Japan is believed to be impacted by their use of social media platforms such as Weibo and Douyin, as well as whether they have visited Japan.
Bear that attacked Akita supermarket employee captured
A brown bear in Hokkaido. In the city of Akita, a bear that attacked a supermarket employee over the weekend was captured in a box trap on Monday morning.
Can Japan's scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Europe eyes 'boots on the ground' in Ukraine as possible peace deal option
A serviceman with the Ukrainian Army's 24th mechanized brigade fires a machine gun during an exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the country's Donetsk region on Friday.
Seven strangers and an algorithm: Can this new dinner app help you make friends?
Timeleft uses an algorithm to match its users with five or six strangers in an effort to prompt “human connection” over dinner at a restaurant. It determines the attendees with the help of a simple personality quiz available when you sign up for the service. 
Don’t worry, you can still use your Japan health insurance card — for now
A My Number card reader at a pediatric clinic in Tokyo. While the government will stop issuing new health insurance cards on Monday, most people will remain unaffected by the move in the short term as existing health insurance cards can still be used for another year.
The Geisha bean is the leading lady of Tokyo's coffee scene
Discovered in the 1930s, the Geisha coffee plant came to worldwide fame in the early 2000s and now represents some of the best coffee on the planet — Tokyo's top cafes included.

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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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The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Can Japan's scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
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