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JAPAN
Apr 29, 2009

Hope, doom: Japan Prize pair poles apart

The two Americans who received this year's Japan Prize did a first by appearing afterward at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan to highlight their visions — one of hope in medical breakthroughs and the other in the inevitable doom of mankind.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2009

China, Iran hit for nuke secrecy

Shedding light on China and Iran's secretive nuclear arms programs is key to advancing global disarmament, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said Monday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
Events / WHERE IT'S AT
Apr 28, 2009

Tokyo 2.0 a buzzing hub for online communities, entrepreneurs

For one night every month, Roppongi's artsy underground event space SuperDeluxe turns into a networking hub for the Internet junkies dwelling in the capital's vast urban sprawl.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Apr 27, 2009

Investigation into DJP aide raises many questions

Were the public prosecutors politically motivated when they arrested and indicted a top aide to the leader of the No. 1 opposition party for seemingly minor charges? Why were the actions taken at a time when Ichiro Ozawa, the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, is said to have a fair chance of leading...
Reader Mail
Apr 26, 2009

Dismayed by Thailand editorial

I am deeply dismayed by your April 15 editorial, "Humiliation in Thailand." Apart from giving, through its one-sided account, no justice and fairness to the Royal Thai government under Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, this editorial contains many inaccurate statements that reflect a lack of real understanding...
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Apr 26, 2009

Ignorance of 'sustainability' is not an option

Judging from the last month's headlines, it's clear we are collectively still not getting it — despite how much we know about the environment. In fact, it seems the more we know, the less we learn.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 26, 2009

Fans point way to watch NPB games online

There were several responses to the column of April 12 with information on how and where fans can find Japanese baseball games streamed via the Internet.
EDITORIALS
Apr 26, 2009

90 million Japanese wired

Internet users in Japan topped 90 million at the end of 2008, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reported earlier this month. That means three out of four Japanese are communicating, shopping, reading or hanging out on the Internet. With Japan's advanced broadband and fiber-optic connections,...
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2009

Lower House panel takes up contentious immigration bill

A Lower House panel Friday began deliberating a controversial bill that would revise the immigration law by strengthening state control over foreigners and illegal entry by shifting responsibility for alien registration to the central government from municipalities and increasing penalties for violators....
EDITORIALS
Apr 25, 2009

Tent villages highlight shortfalls

The establishment of a tent village in Tokyo's Hibiya Park during the New Year's holidays to help unemployed temporary workers is a sobering reflection of these hard times. In the tent village, nonprofit organization and labor union activists gave advice on a variety of matters ranging from finding employment...
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2009

SMAP star's public nudity spurs arrest

What's wrong with a little public nudity?
EDITORIALS
Apr 24, 2009

Tokyo by-law threatens freedoms

Street performances are fun for many people and give character to streets and communities such as Tokyo's Shibuya, Harajuku, Akihabara and Kichijoji areas. But now such activities may be restricted or banned due to a revision of the Tokyo metropolitan by-law for "the building of safe and secure communities,"...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 24, 2009

La Machine invades Yokohama!

"You know 'e is a crazy man," Fredette, a feisty, flame- haired assistant, warns in a French accent as she hands over a yellow hard hat. "A mad man. Un fou. And very, very busy. You must be quick."
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 24, 2009

After Tokyo, the Michelin Guide heads to Kansai

Speaking last week about Michelin's decision to release its Kyoto/Osaka dining guide this October, Jean-Luc Naret punctuates his sentences with the practiced smile of a man who has worked in the hospitality industry for a long time. If sales of the Tokyo Michelin Guide are anything to go by, there's...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 24, 2009

Netsuke: delicate treats for the dandies of Edo

Until modern times, Japan seems to have been almost unique in having no tradition of jewelry, apart from the stone beads and gold accessories found in burial mounds from the last few centuries of the prehistoric period until circa seventh century. Elaborate necklaces, bracelets and diadems could be seen...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 24, 2009

Sake goes abroad, brings back fans

Times are tough for the sake industry. Gone are the days when Japan's once-beloved national beverage held a place at every table; now, in a market flooded with beer, wine and shochu, sake struggles to compete. Domestic consumption has fallen every year since 1995, hitting a record low of 700,000 kiloliters...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 24, 2009

Explaining the science of fear

We all have something to fear in our lives, whether it's death, the loss of money or natural disasters. But how do we develop these feelings of fear? How can we soften or overcome our experiences of fear? And would alcohol help ease it?
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 24, 2009

A cappella groups face off in JAM battle

To celebrate Children's Day, May 5, a shopping mall in Tokyo's recently developed Shiodome area will host two events in which Tokyo youngsters will battle in a way familiar to any viewers of TV shows such as "Britain's Got Talent" and "American Idol."
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 24, 2009

A cappella groups face off in JAM battle

To celebrate Children's Day, May 5, a shopping mall in Tokyo's recently developed Shiodome area will host two events in which Tokyo youngsters will battle in a way familiar to any viewers of TV shows such as "Britain's Got Talent" and "American Idol."
Reader Mail
Apr 23, 2009

Taiwan thanks Japan

The World Health Assembly (WHA) will convene in May in Geneva. Yasuhisa Kawamura, the spokesperson of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reiterated Japan's support for Taiwan's participation as an observer at the upcoming WHO plenary session at a press conference on April 9.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 23, 2009

Japanese given right to choose swimwear

The swimsuit issue is seemingly not inseparable from the sport.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 21, 2009

Travel by train on a budget

Rail on the cheap In Japan for only a limited time, J.K. is desperate to travel and see as much as possible. But there's a problem. "Cash is pretty limited. Are there any money-saving ways of traveling by train in Japan?"
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Apr 19, 2009

Finding the exotic, alien other

The subject of the exotic and alien other is a perennial. In Japanese literature the foreign influence is usually traced to its reappearance in a native product and the results are appraised.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Apr 19, 2009

Pedaling for the planet

One recent early morning, Franz-Michael S. Mellbin, the Danish ambassador to Japan, was to be found preparing for an important diplomatic mission at a rather unlikely venue — on the Tama River cycling track just by the Futakobashi Bridge linking Tokyo's Setagaya Ward and Kawasaki.
Chinese buyer of Okinawa island to make visit in summer
Yanaha Island in Okinawa Prefecture as seen from a ferry.
LDP heavyweight Moriyama boosting profile within party
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday.
Protesters storm South Korea court after it extends Yoon's detention
A motorcade believed to be carrying impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeo arrives at the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, South Korea, late Saturday.
Rising Japanese star Aemu Oyama signs with Manchester City Women
Aemu Oyama, one of Japan's most promising young talents, will join Manchester City's women's squad.
Fuji TV loses more advertisers amid inquiry into host’s behavior
Fuji TV is losing more advertisers following allegations about inappropriate behavior by a celebrity host and questions about its handling of the case.
Amid rising world hunger, a Japan-inspired group in Kenya is making a big impact
Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food4Education, serves food during the opening of a new kitchen in Mombasa County, Kenya, in 2022. The organization started in 2012 by feeding 25 children out of a single kitchen. Now it feeds nearly half a million every day.
From Tokyo to Manhattan, Takuma Watanabe stirs up a stiff drink
It's taken Takuma Watanabe little time to establish himself as one of New York's hottest bartenders.
For tourists in search of seasonal sights, Yamagata makes its case
For some time away from Tokyo's suffocating urban sameness, Yamagata Prefecture is home to a soothing array of natural abundance.
A slow dive into ‘a moment and an eternity’ with Ryuichi Sakamoto
From the mid-2000s onward, Ryuichi Sakamoto created a number of installation works, often in collaboration with Shiro Takatani, of multimedia art collective Dumb Type.
The efforts to bridge the disaster information gap, 30 years on
Roxana Oshiro and her husband gather their belongings in front of their house in Furukawacho, in Kobe's Suma Ward, after the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.

Podcast

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

Longform

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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