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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 16, 2019

Will removing porn from convenience stores in Japan hurt ailing tabloids?

Don't go looking for titillation at your local convenience store.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Feb 16, 2019

Forget oysters on the half shell, give frying them a try instead

Japanese cuisine is well-known for its enthusiastic embrace of raw or barely cooked foods. Seafood in particular is frequently consumed when it's raw; sometimes it's so fresh, it's still moving on the plate.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 14, 2019

French toast features fresh strawberries

A heavenly combination of strawberries and french toast awaits guests in central Tokyo. Through late March, The Tokyo Station Hotel located inside the Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building is serving its famous Amaou French Toast (¥2,980), featuring juicy Hakata Amaou strawberries from Fukuoka Prefecture....
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Feb 10, 2019

Chihiro Kaneko draws attention from Yu Darvish, others, because of change-up

Chihiro Kaneko, as a 35-year-old veteran of 13 seasons, probably possesses a fair amount of wisdom he can impart on the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pitchers younger than him.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 9, 2019

Cacao Hunters knows where the best chocolate is: Colombia

Cacao Hunters Japan partners with indigenous communities in Colombia to source heirloom varieties of cacao — and provide farmers with stable, high incomes — for the Cacao Hunters line of premium chocolates.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 9, 2019

The meteoric rise of Nogami's fluffy shokupan

Founded by Yuji Sakagami, bread shop Nogami sells about 20,000 loaves of its famous nama shokupan ('fresh' bread) per day, making it one of Japan's most beloved breads. The secret to its success is the texture of its crust.
EDITORIALS
Feb 9, 2019

Tighten rules on data privacy

The entire process should be placed under some form of third-party oversight and no longer left entirely to the discretion of investigation authorities.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Feb 9, 2019

A weekend in Toyota and Nagoya: Where technology meets tradition

Toyota will host four games for the Rugby World Cup at its 45,000-capacity Toyota Stadium. Read our guide to the city to find out what to do when you're in Toyota and neighboring Nagoya for the weekend.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2019

Nissan blow leads to regret and defiance in a Brexit heartland

Lisa Roley has worked at Nissan Motor Co.'s car plant in Sunderland, U.K., for the past two decades. Like the majority of people in the city, she also voted to leave the European Union in 2016.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 2, 2019

Back from the brink: Reviving abandoned vineyards in Osaka

Although wine production in the Kansai region dates back over 100 years, changing demographics have since taken their toll on local grape cultivation. To help save the prefecture's remaining fields from abandonment, Tomofumi Fujimaru opened the Shimanouchi Fujimaru Winery in the heart of Osaka.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 2, 2019

Tiramisu copyright furor highlights the internet's importance

Allegations of copyright infringement have undermined a high-profile attempt to sell a renowned coffee-flavored Italian dessert in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2019

Aeon rolls out real-time video interpreting service for non-Japanese customers in 10 languages

In light of an increasing number of foreign customers, supermarket giant Aeon Co. on Friday launched a real-time video interpreting service.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Feb 1, 2019

Despite shipping 9.4 million consoles in quarter, Nintendo struggling to expand Switch's appeal

Nintendo Co. cut its outlook for annual Switch shipments, the strongest sign yet that the hybrid console is struggling to attract a wider swath of users and become a worthy successor to the Wii.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jan 27, 2019

Fashion ripples during the new year lull

As the end of the financial year draws to a close, now is the season when fashion companies restructure their retail portfolios, with shop closures making way for new shoots to pop up in the following months.
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jan 27, 2019

The last 2018 concept winners

Now 2019 is in full swing, On: Design takes a final look at a few of 2018's end of year noteworthy prizewinners.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 26, 2019

Calayer's curry slays with both flame and flavor

At Calayer, a curry restaurant that pays homage to thrash metal band Slayer, chef Takahiro Kubo prepares innovative, constantly changing curries for meat-lovers and vegans alike.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 25, 2019

Ice diving in Hokkaido: All adrift beneath a frozen sea

Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula is a treasure trove of forests, wild animals and birds. But from early February to early March it is the home of ice diving, scuba diving beneath the drift ice that blows south from the Sea of Okhotsk.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
Jan 24, 2019

Anime Feminist: Tackling anime's gender bias

Over the past few years, there has been more mainstream recognition of the idea that discourse is better served when it is expanded outside the sole realm of heterosexual, white, cisgender men. That's true of major forums, and no less true when it comes to niche media, including the world of anime fandom....
Japan Times
Switzerland report 2019
Jan 22, 2019

Business and the Canton of Bern: An innovative partnership

Switzerland’s largest industrial region, the Canton of Bern, has become a high technology hub driven by innovation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / davos special 2019
Jan 22, 2019

Public-private collaboration key to challenges

Are our current institutions and global governance architecture sufficient to solve the new challenges the world is currently facing?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2019

Why California's crusade against receipts is pointless

A proposal to ban the paper slips, like plastic straws, asks little of citizens and will have just as little impact on the environment.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2019

Tokyo Metro aims to ease morning rush hour overcrowding — with free soba and tempura

Instead of a worm, Tokyo's early bird commuters could get free soba noodles with tempura if enough of them take part in a new plan to ease congestion on a busy line in the capital.
SUMO
Jan 16, 2019

Sumo 101: Stable locations and layout

The majority of sumo stables are concentrated in a couple of locations not far from Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 12, 2019

A rare glimpse into the world of Japan's cozy snack bars

Cigarette smoke wafts across rows of whisky and shōchū bottles with dedicated name tags draped around the necks as an elderly man, microphone in hand, belts out a Showa Era enka tune playing on the karaoke machine.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Jan 12, 2019

A new year taste for Tokyo's best speciality sake bars

With the start of a new year comes a new set of resolutions. An increasingly popular choice is Dry January, a campaign led by the British charity Alcohol Change UK, in which participants vow to abstain from drinking for 31 days. Millions of people around the world have been documenting their virtuous...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 10, 2019

Perfume goes back to dance basics ahead of Coachella debut

Perfume keeps finding new opportunities more than 15 years into its career. This spring, the electro-pop trio embarks on its latest international tour, with stops in Asia and North America, but the real development comes at the very end of that jaunt when the group plays the Coachella Valley Music and...
TV networks drop Japan boy band star over sex allegations
Masahiro Nakai in Tokyo in October 2017
Emanuel leaves reform legacy amid historic shifts in U.S.-Japan alliance
Rahm Emanuel professes that the biggest thing he has brought to the U.S.-Japan relationship might be a fresh injection of vitality.
Police rearrest suspect in McDonald's attack on murder charge
Masanori Hirabaru, 43, is escorted out of a police station in Kitakyushu on Dec. 20 to be brought to prosecutors in relation to a double stabbing at a McDonald's outlet in Fukuoka Prefecture. He was rearrested Thursday on a charge of murder.
New York Times chooses Toyama and Osaka as top places to go in 2025
The Toyama City Library, designed by Kengo Kuma, in November. The library is part of a building called Toyama Kirari that also houses the Glass Art Museum.
Japan to deepen U.S. alliance, former Prime Minister Suga says in Washington
Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (right) and Sen. William Hagerty, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, hold talks in Washington on Wednesday.
Hair removal for kids — boosting confidence or preying on insecurities?
Beauty salon Dione, which has over 100 branches nationwide, offers hair removal treatments for children as young as 3 years old. It uses hair removal equipment that emits a special light heated to around 38 degrees Celsius, unlike conventional equipment that involves temperatures of 60 to 80 C.
Sumo’s brotherhood gets latest inductee
Chugo Saito at Isenoumi stable on Friday. Saito has joined his older brother, Seigo, at the stable.
As standards rise, Tokyo Stock Exchange delistings hit decade high
The Tokyo Stock Exchange wants companies to improve governance and performance.
Swiping in Japan: How Gen Z is changing the dating app game
Many Japanese dating apps have ways to detail specific interests that can be as narrow as one particular TV show, game or an artist.
Blinken in final Japan visit as Trump's return weighs on Tokyo's mind
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya at the start of their working lunch at a hotel in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.
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