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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 22, 2020

'Romance Doll' shows there's a fine line between sex and love

Yuki Tanada's latest film, an adaptation of one of her own novels, looks at the use of dolls as substitutes for humans in relationships.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2020

Wipe out: Japan's ski slopes suffering worst winter in decades

Japan's ski resorts are suffering through one of the worst snow seasons on record, disappointing locals and foreign tourists, and jeopardizing the country's budding reputation as an international ski destination.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jan 18, 2020

Eiji Yoshikawa: The 'Compassionate Pugilist'

Boxer Yoshikawa helps others to learn to roll with the punches
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 18, 2020

Japan's news outlets take one step backward before moving forward

Before going forward into the new year, an extra edition of Shukan Shincho (with a Jan. 27 publication date) flashed back in time to track down author Ben Goto. Now a spry 89 years old, Goto achieved instant fame with a 1973 publication titled "Great Prophecies of Nostradamus." His book initially sold...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 16, 2020

'Last Letter': Love letter delivers sweetness and slush

Takako Matsu reunites with director Shunji Iwai to play a middle-aged woman who exchanges letters with her late sister's high school flame.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2020

Overcoming the 'Putin paradox'

In his two decades of rule, Russia President Vladimir Putin has succeeded in making his nation a global player that punches far above its economic weight.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jan 6, 2020

Welcoming back some video-game classics

Keita Takahashi delights gamers with Wattam; Musou Orochi gets the 'ultimate' treatment; and Brain Age has switched up a notch
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2020

Despite risk from the 'Big One,' are Shizuoka and the rest of Japan becoming complacent about earthquakes?

When Hokkaido native Tatsushi Ueda landed a job at the Shizuoka Prefectural Government nearly 40 years ago, he was given a somber send-off that made him feel like he might never see home again.
Japan Times
JAPAN / New Year's Special
Jan 1, 2020

Paralympians hope to bring event out of Olympic shadow with Tokyo Games

Sprinter Shunsuke Itani is young, tall, handsome and a contender to win a medal on the track in Tokyo this summer.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2019

What's in store for China's economy in 2020?

The year, and the decade, will be fraught with difficulties for the economic powerhouse.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 29, 2019

Who's who among China's rising financial czars

Since 2018, China's President Xi Jinping has installed 12 former executives from government regulators or state-run financial institutions to top leadership posts across the country's provinces, regions and municipalities.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Dec 28, 2019

A toast to mingei: Living with the rustic beauty of Japanese folk crafts

Jeffrey Montgomery began collecting mange (Japanese folk crafts) about 40 years ago and has now accumulated more than 800 pieces. He believes mingei is an important part of humanity's shared heritage.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Dec 25, 2019

ジャパンタイムズ、八戸学院大学・八戸学院大学短期大学部の学生向けにジャパンタイムズ・カフェを1月7日よりオープン

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都千代田区、代表取締役社長：堤丈晴）と、八戸学院大学・八戸学院大学短期大学部（青森県八戸市美保野、大学学長：水野眞佐夫・短期大学部学長：杉山幸子）は在籍する教職員・学生向けに大学内に「ジャパンタイムズ・カフェ」を2020年1月7日（火）10:30よりオープンします。...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 24, 2019

For Boeing's new CEO, saving the troubled 737 Max is just the first hurdle

Boeing Co.'s incoming boss David Calhoun faces a daunting task when he takes over as chief executive officer next year: rescuing the 737 Max while mending the company's fractured relationship with U.S. regulators. But that's just the first of the hurdles awaiting him.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 22, 2019

SDF tests public support with next mission in Middle East

The Cabinet is expected to approve a Self-Defense Forces mission to the Middle East that will comprise a destroyer, patrol planes and 250 personnel as part of an intelligence-gathering operation.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 21, 2019

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai awarded $242 million pay package

Sundar Pichai is getting a hefty pay raise.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 20, 2019

Working mom fights the odds to become sole female LDP lawmaker in Kyushu

On a recent chilly November morning, aspiring politician Maiko Takahashi was undergoing a trial by fire as she stumped for just the second time in her life, addressing an ebb and flow of commuters near Oita Station.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 16, 2019

Out of the park: Babe Ruth's 500th home run bat fetches more than $1 million

Babe Ruth may have died more than 70 years ago, but the baseball slugger is still turning out big numbers. The bat he used to hit his 500th home run in 1929 has sold for $1,000,800, officials for SCP Auctions announced on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 12, 2019

Mathias Calfani helps Brave Thunders with solid play

Mathias Calfani's passion for basketball is evident on every possession.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2019

Former Fed chief Paul Volcker, inflation slayer, dies at 92

Paul Volcker, the towering former Federal Reserve chairman who tamed U.S. inflation in the 1980s and decades later inspired tough Wall Street reforms in the wake of the global financial crisis, died Monday at the age of 92, according to his daughter, Janice Zima.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 9, 2019

Three front-line nations drifting into chaos

Let's hope that Washington has enough wisdom to keep Ukraine, Turkey and South Korea on our side.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Dec 7, 2019

Tohru Miyano: Reverse-engineering an unlucky situation

Though nomadic and grueling, Tohru Miyano's experience of being moved from factory to factory across East Asia and the U.S. has, he says, left him feeling liberated and more open-minded.
Japan Times
SOCCER / From the Spot
Dec 4, 2019

Tokyo's title ambitions all but extinguished

Despite leading the league for 20 straight rounds from Round 8 — and retaking the top spot for one more week after Round 31 — FC Tokyo is almost certain to settle for second place when the final whistle is blown on Saturday at Nissan Stadium.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

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

Longform

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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