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Japan Times
JAPAN / Deep Dive
Jul 26, 2018

Sushi's balancing act: Tradition versus adaptation

For leading food critic Masuhiro Yamamoto, sushi is part food, part theater, a dining experience unique among Japanese culinary traditions. From the closed-off tuna auctions of Tsukiji to the chefs who meticulously craft morsels of fish for loyal customers, each player has a role to play in this carefully...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 17, 2018

Putin's 'interesting idea' to help Robert Mueller probe of Russian meddling seen as nonstarter

Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal to aid special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of the 2016 U.S. election came with a caveat sure to prevent any real agreement: Russian agents would be granted access to interview Americans on U.S. soil, as well as a key Putin critic.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 10, 2018

As Arctic warms, reindeer herders tangle with new industries

When he's not out on the Arctic tundra with his 2,000 reindeer, his dog and Whitney Houston blasting through his headphones, Nils Mathis Sara is often busy explaining to people how a planned copper mine threatens his livelihood.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 10, 2018

New British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, fluent Japanese speaker, drew on years in Japan to become one of U.K.'s richest politicians

Hunt reportedly pocketed u00a314.4 million from the sale of a company he got the idea for after spending two years teaching English in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AMBASSADOR VISIT
Jul 5, 2018

Macedonian Ambassador to Japan wants to boost academic ties between the two countries

Andrijana Cvetkovik, Macedonia's Ambassador to Japan, says she hopes to expand academic cooperation with Japan, in addition to the agreements it already has with about 10 Japanese universities on student and professor exchanges and scholarships.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2018

Handy Japan ties up with SoftBank to provide free smartphones in hotel rooms

Handy Japan Co., a startup providing free-to-use smartphones docked in hotel rooms, announced on Monday a capital tie-up with SoftBank Corp. to boost its service for tourists with "internet of things" technologies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 29, 2018

NASA unveils program aimed at preventing an asteroid apocalypse

Among Earth's natural disasters, the one humans probably ponder least is asteroids, huge objects zipping through our solar system at ludicrous speeds.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 25, 2018

U.S. to give North Korea post-summit schedule with 'specific asks' soon: official

The United States will soon present a time-line to North Korea with "specific asks" of Pyongyang after a historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, a senior U.S. defense official said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 21, 2018

Crisis-plagued private Pyongyang university seeks revival after Trump-Kim summit

When the only private university in North Korea held a commencement in March, the school's American president wasn't there, blocked by Washington's ban on travel to the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Deep Dive
Jun 17, 2018

As tourism numbers spike, Japan's hospitals face payment and language challenges

For a Filipino man visiting Tokyo in May last year, the tour of the capital was supposed to be a fun sightseeing trip.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 16, 2018

Japan's never-ending struggle to keep poverty at bay

The first coverage of poverty in Japan's weekly business magazines may be traced back the spring of 2009, when Weekly Diamond, in its March 21 cover story, purported to expose "The poverty you don't know." The timing of the issue came six months after the bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers brokerage the...
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 16, 2018

Fan excitement gaining momentum for 2019 Rugby World Cup

Rugby fans in Kobe believe excitement is growing ahead of next year's Rugby World Cup, with the national team's first-ever test match in the city on Saturday helping to turn up the volume.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 14, 2018

Airbnb offers new services day before minpaku law kicks in

A day before a new law on minpaku (private lodging services) takes effect, Airbnb Inc. on Thursday welcomed the change and reinforced its commitment to the Japanese market with fresh initiatives.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jun 9, 2018

For curator Yayoi Motohashi, no exhibit detail is too small

Museum curator Yayoi Motohashi on how she approaches exhibit design, her favorite works of art and a few guilty pleasures.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Jun 8, 2018

Okinawa car rental agencies wary of Chinese tourists with improperly obtained licenses

Believing it would be convenient to get around by car in Okinawa, a 30-something Chinese woman decided to access a major online shopping site before her 2016 trip to obtain a driving permit that would be valid in Japan, since Chinese licenses aren't permitted in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
May 13, 2018

CEO's eye for opportunity forged from global career

For IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan CEO Hans Heijligers, Japan's efforts in the men's 4u00d7100-meter relay during the 2016 Olympics speak volumes about Japanese character.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2018

Orix starts new free information services in various languages for inbound tourists

Orix Corp. officially announced the launch Wednesday of its new free information service for foreign tourists that enables the accessing of local information websites translated into other languages through the scanning of specially designated placards using smartphones.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 17, 2018

Earthquake advisories can save lives

Saying nothing about a possible imminent earthquake is not a viable option, and having no plan is poor public policy.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 14, 2018

Japan's pet detectives

Myriad spiritual and high-tech options are available to help owners find their missing animals, but human trackers are still the best bet.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2018

Japan's ¥1,000 departure tax: Diet approves law on use of revenue from levy set to start in 2019

The government aims to use the funds to boost tourism infrastructure and promote travel destinations in rural Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 2, 2018

Fox host Laura Ingraham takes vacation as more advertisers flee amid outcry

Fox News show host Laura Ingraham announced on her show late Friday that she is taking the week off, after many advertisers dropped her show after the conservative pundit mocked a teenage survivor of the Florida school massacre on Twitter.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 30, 2018

Thawing out on the stove train through Tsugaru

In his 1944 semi-autobiographical "Return to Tsugaru," Japanese author Osamu Dazai (1909-48) revisits his native Tsugaru, a peninsula in northernmost Aomori Prefecture and, apart from praising its people, has mostly unflattering things to say about the place. Forty years later, British writer Alan Booth...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Mar 24, 2018

Eiichi Sato: Fate written in the star rubies

Eiichi Sato peers through a gemologist's loupe and shines a lamp down onto the small pink-red stone that glistens against the black felt cloth below. "Take a look," he urges. "It's pretty cool."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 24, 2018

Ben Tarquin wants everyone dancing in the streets

Making street dance and multimedia the voices of today's youth
Japan Times
Rugby
Mar 24, 2018

Chiefs crush winless Sunwolves

The Sunwolves failed to pick up their first win of the Super Rugby season on Saturday in a 61-10 thrashing by New Zealand's Chiefs.
Tokyo pub hit with first-ever closure order for illegal street tables
One pub in Tokyo's Shimbashi district received more than 60 warnings from law enforcement for setting up tables on the street, blocking the way for traffic.
Japan to extend financial aid to more people moving out of Tokyo
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (right) speaks to officials of Miyada in Nagano Prefecture on Saturday during his visit to the village.
Tokyo gears up for April launch of law against harassment by customers
Tokyo will soon require all companies in the city to make efforts to stop harassment by customers, such as by creating a manual on how to handle suspected cases.
Mount Fuji hikers to be charged ¥4,000 on all trails
Tourists gather at the Fuji Subaru Line 5th station, which leads to the popular Yoshida Trail for hikers climbing Mount Fuji, ahead of its reopening for the season in Narusawa, Yamanashi Prefecture in June 2024.
Geely billionaire goes on a cost-cutting spree to catch rivals
Cars at the Geely Auto production base in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Feb. 16
At Ventinove, Tuscan specialties taken to new heights
Tucked away behind the historic Tsuchida sake brewery, Ventinove's location and sleek, angular architecture make for impressive destination dining.
In Tokyo, Dodgers get taste of the Shohei Ohtani experience
Shohei Ohtani greets manager Dave Roberts before the team's game against the Tigers at Tokyo Dome on Sunday.
Private clubs quietly open in Tokyo for free-spending Chinese businesspeople
Sources say a hui suo — a private club, which in Japan caters mainly to Chinese businesspeople — will soon open on the upper floors of the Moutai Building in the Ginza district of Tokyo.
Japan’s youth climate activists still searching for a breakthrough
While climate demonstrations around the world often draw thousands of participants, in Japan such demonstrations rarely break the 100-person barrier.
Augmented reality artist Omega C navigates a precarious scene for XR art
Artist Adrian Steckeweh 3-D prints otherworldly clothes and accessories for himself, in a way augmenting his reality with tangible objects.

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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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Passengers that were on a morning train attacked by members of the Aum Shinrikyo group wait for medical assistance outside Kasumigaseki Station on March 20,1995.
The day a religious cult brought terror to Tokyo
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