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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2016

The first U.S. presidency of the post-literate age

In the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the media has worked itself into a panic about the rise of fake news on social media.
Dec 1, 2016

Babysitting 2 / Human Trust Cinema Shibuya / 2016-12-03 to 2016-12-09

Dec. 3, from Dec. 5 11:50, 21:05 / Dec. 4 12:00, 21:15
Dec 1, 2016

The High Sun / Theater Image Forum / 2016-12-03 to 2016-12-09

11:30, 14:00, 16:30, 18:50
Dec 1, 2016

Cyborg 009: Call of Justice — Chapter2 / Toho Cinemas Shibuya / 2016-12-03 to 2016-12-09

until Dec. 8 18:35
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 30, 2016

Resurgent Carp veteran Arai turned back clock during MVP season

Many fans might have thought Takahiro Arai was heading to the Hiroshima Carp to retire.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 29, 2016

Otani, Arai win MVP awards

Shohei Otani's historic season of rewriting the record books and challenging conventional baseball wisdom reached its logical conclusion on Monday night.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2016

Why Tunisia's path looks brighter than Egypt's

Egypt and Tunesia both underwent regime five years ago and face similar economic problems, but Tunesia's embrace of political inclusion means it could soon be on the path to a healthy recovery.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2016

Six reasons why Trump's win wasn't a surprise

As with any large-scale disaster, the ascent of a spectacularly unqualified buffoon to the most powerful political office on Earth came about as the result of numerous system failures and operator errors.
Nov 24, 2016

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them / Toho Cinemas Shibuya / 2016-11-26 to 2016-12-02

Nov. 26 9:45, 12:25, 15:20, 18:15, 21:10 / Nov. 27 9:00, 11:50, 14:40, 20:50 / Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 9:30, 12:25, 15:20, 18:15, 21:10
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Nov 23, 2016

The gritty side of Polish film

European cinema lost one of its greats in October, when Polish director Andrzej Wajda passed away at the age of 90. Wajda, perhaps best known for his 1981 Cannes Palme d'Or winner "Man of Iron," had a long association with Japan, being awarded both the Kyoto Prize in 1987 and the Order of The Rising...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2016

Globalization's last gasp

Does Donald Trump's election mean that globalization is dead, or are reports of the process' demise greatly exaggerated?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2016

America's political checks and balances in peril

The outcome of the 2016 election is likely to gut the already weakened U.S. political system's checks and balances on government power.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Nov 20, 2016

Believe it or not, virtual reality's takeover now underway

For game lovers, 2016 is likely to be remembered as the year when virtual reality technology, having become widely affordable, began to take over.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 20, 2016

Toyomu imagines life after Kanye

American rapper Kanye West's seventh album, "The Life Of Pablo," felt inescapable when it emerged this past February. But that wasn't the case in Japan. Streaming music service Tidal — which initially had exclusive rights to "Pablo" — isn't available here.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Nov 18, 2016

Fighters not giving up on 'Handkerchief Prince' Saito

Yuki Saito hasn't justified the hype that came with his being drafted by the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2010, but the reigning Japan Series champions aren't giving up on him just yet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2016

Survey sees surge in 'secret savings' of married Japanese, with wives on top

The average amount of savings secretly accumulated by married women in 2016 was ¥1.47 million, rising by more than ¥200,000 from the year before, according to a survey by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Nov 16, 2016

'Nuclear Nation' offers a long, hard look at Fukushima refugees' plight

'Nuclear Nation 2016' re-examines the situation facing Fukushima refugees forced to abandon their homes and evacuate from their hometowns after the Fukushima disaster.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2016

Will Donald Trump reset U.S.-Russia relations?

Vladimir Putin is happy to see Trump win the White House.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Nov 14, 2016

Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in literature

U.S. music legend Bob Dylan is the first songwriter to win the Nobel Prize in literature in the award's 115-year history.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Nov 12, 2016

Tokyo fashion show takes a modest approach to style

Modesty takes center stage
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 12, 2016

Remembering the forgotten woman of Japanese modernism

Chika Sagawa is an anomaly in the history of Japanese poetry. Born in Hokkaido as Aiko Kawasaki in 1911, she became one of Japan's first modernist poets, refusing to use the traditional poetic forms of tanka and haiku. The nation was changing in the early 20th century — Westernizing, nationalizing,...
Nov 11, 2016

Ikari / Os Cinemas Kobe Harborland / 2016-11-12 to 2016-11-18

20:50
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2016

Rise of the anti-Trump Left

The election of Donald Trump sets the stage for a civil war within the Democratic Party in which its liberal progressive wing is likely to emerge victorious.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 10, 2016

Itoi, Yoh, Morifuku, Yamaguchi confirmed as free agents

Nippon Professional Baseball released the list of 2016 free agents on Thursday afternoon, with outfielder Yoshio Itoi highlighting a group of six players.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2016

Trump's to-do list in Asia

America's president-elect needs to do some damage control if he wants the U.S. to profit from the Asian century.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2016

Donald Trump and a world full of distrust

The West's political systems will remain on life support until their entrenched elites feel sufficiently vulnerable to stop ignoring the needs of those who have been left behind.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 8, 2016

'The Universe and Art: Princess Kaguya, Leonardo Da Vinci, teamLab': Art that moves beyond our world

In the beginning, long before Netflix and Google Maps, our ancestors had only the sky, the sun, the moon and the stars to guide, dazzle and humble them. Naturally, as religions began to form, the first place to look was up, because surely that's where the deities dwell, right? And that yearning to better...
Nov 4, 2016

Inferno / Apollo Cinema 8 / 2016-11-05 to 2016-11-11

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2016

Trump, Clinton show danger of Asian blind spot

As the U.S. presidential candidates bicker, an assertive China is using money and muscle to reshape the balance of power in Asia.
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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