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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2018

Princess Ayako's forthcoming engagement to shipping firm employee announced by Imperial Household Agency

Princess Ayako, the third daughter of Princess Hisako and the late Prince Takamado, Emperor Akihito's cousin, will marry a 32-year-old worker at shipping firm NYK Line in October, the Imperial Household Agency announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2018

In interview, Malaysia's Najib says advisers hid corruption from him

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says he shouldn't be blamed for the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, and declares he knows nothing about money from the state fund appearing in his personal account.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 19, 2018

Afternoon tea in honor of U.K. royal nuptials

The Conrad Tokyo's bar and lounge TwentyEight will offer the Strawberry Royal Wedding Afternoon Tea in collaboration with Dutch jewelry company Royal Asscher between May 1 and June 30.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 29, 2018

Renovated 'staycation' getaway among the clouds

The Yokohama Royal Park Hotel has completed renovations of its Sky Resort Floors on the 60th to 64th floors, modeled after the concept "staycation" — a vacation taken from home. Fabulous night city views and a resort-like atmosphere can be enjoyed from the high-rise floors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2017

The top domestic news stories of 2017

The Japan Times newsroom selected the following domestic news stories as the most important of 2017. This image can no longer be displayed 1. The tension builds: North Korea launched a spate of ballistic missiles, including two that flew over Hokkaido, as the reclusive state swapped barbs with the United...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Nov 18, 2017

Eneko Bar: At long last, a place in Tokyo to savor classic Basque pintxos

Finally, Tokyo has a pintxos bar worthy of the name. And what a name: Creative culinary genius Eneko Atxa now has a Japan outpost for his contemporary, inventive cuisine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 31, 2017

Princes mark 20th anniversary of Diana's death with garden and charity visit as Britain pays respects

Princes William and Harry paid a quiet tribute to their mother Princess Diana on Wednesday, a day before the 20th anniversary of her death that has reignited interest in one of the world's most famous women.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 6, 2017

Rainbow Reel film festival celebrates the struggles and the victories of the LGBTQ community

You officially become an adult at the age of 20 in Japan, but you don't really start feeling it until your mid-20s. That's when the pressures of work and marriage start kicking in, making it as good a time as any to re-evaluate.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 21, 2017

Lawmaker Nakagawa resigns from LDP over extramarital affair

METI's former vice minister, Toshinao Nakagawa, resigns from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party over an extramarital affair, causing more turmoil for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 29, 2017

The psychological perils of a Japanese homestay

All the homestays I have done in my life — three of them — were psychologically traumatic in uniquely torturous ways.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Feb 27, 2017

Queen Elizabeth II marks record 65 years on throne

Queen Elizabeth II has become the first British monarch to reach the milestone of 65 years on the throne.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jan 14, 2017

Curtain call: Examining the evolution of Japan's humble 'noren'

The shōtengai (shopping street) in Katsuyama, a rural hamlet located on the banks of the Asahi River in Okayama Prefecture, wouldn't look completely out of place in a Richard Scarry picture book for young children.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Dec 28, 2016

What's in a surname? It depends on who you ask

Some women want to keep their maiden names after marriage, yet many others choose not to.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Dec 14, 2016

The woman who brought the joys of kindergarten to Japan

German who blazed trails in preschool and music education is also believed to be the first to have registered a mixed marriage here.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 26, 2016

The digital age of relationships and filmmaking

Shunji Iwai has long stood on ambivalent terrain. To Western audiences he's known as a prolific and brilliant auteur, but without the overseas cachet of others such as Takeshi Kitano. To his fans in Japan, he's viewed as the spokesman for the socially conscious hipster — the one director who manages...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 3, 2016

Young Chinese question marriage pressure as divorce rate climbs

At a registry office in Beijing, Sun Xiangshu and Shi Ci posed for photographs, their wedding certificates in hand, having just become man and wife.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 9, 2016

'Love is Strange' when you're an aging couple in a big city

These days, love and real estate seem to go hand in hand when it comes to U.S. cinema. Throw in encroaching old age and you have a winning film: an adult love story that many aged city dwellers can truly relate to. Considering that one in four Tokyo residents are older than 65, it's no wonder older people...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 24, 2016

Meryl Streep as a runaway rocker in 'Ricki and the Flash'

It has been seven long years since Jonathan Demme came out with what is popularly known as a "woman's movie" (don't say "chick flick" — there's a difference) with "Rachel Getting Married." In many ways, "Ricki and the Flash" feels like the sequel to that earlier film. Both movies examined the behavioral...
CULTURE / Music / David Bowie in Japan
Jan 15, 2016

Ground control to Major Jack

I first met David Bowie in August 1982 in Auckland, New Zealand, where the crew of Nagisa Oshima's "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" had come together for the flight to the film's location in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. From the outset he came across as a man of great personal warmth, devoid of any pretence....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / David Bowie in Japan
Jan 14, 2016

Like some cat from Japan: A tribute to David Bowie

The late David Bowie's appreciation of Japan and its culture was strong. Following his recent death, The Japan Times asked five people who share that connection with the country, and who witnessed the decade-spanning trajectory of this starman, to recall what his sound and vision meant to them.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2016

Modi's surprise Christmas Day visit to Pakistan

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again shows his talent for the spectacular with an impromptu stopover in Pakistan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Aug 23, 2015

'Are you serious, God? An Asian dude? Really?'

When I approached Tara Kamiya — a 38-year-old housewife, mother of three biracial kids and self-professed workforce dodger — about being interviewed for this story, explaining to her the goal not only of this series (about black women and their Japanese guys) but of Black Eye as a whole, she was...

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