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CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Jun 29, 1999

The Super Furry Animals engage in 'Guerrilla' warfare

In 1996, I began visiting another planet when an album called "Fuzzy Logic," by an unknown Welsh band called Super Furry Animals, opened up a wormhole in my mind which enabled me to cross into a weird mangalike dimension whenever I switched on my stereo. Oh, and also I got a name for this column.
LIFE / Style & Design / BEAUTY EAST AND WEST
Jun 17, 1999

Do you have that not-so-fresh feeling?

After writing the column on flowers and flowery teas and all things bloomingly lovely and springlike, I came across an article about the current trend for all things "fresh." The feeling of now, it seems, is freshness. The millennium approaches, and with it the newness of the year 2000, and the 21st...
LIFE / Travel
May 13, 1999

Nishi-Ogikubo -- waist-high in green

Tokyoites complain about Tokyo: its chaotic haphazardness, its sprawling largeness, its adamant refusal to be beautiful. Like the room of a teenage boy, it keeps accumulating things, things, things. Then everything is kicked under the bed and the boy goes out for a cheeseburger. Tokyoites can only shrug...
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 30, 1999

Kee Company travels down 'Narrow Road' of discovery

Matsuo Basho (1644-94) regarded as the father of modern haiku poetry, spent the latter years of his life hiking across Japan and recording his journeys in various travel sketches. The most famous of these travel journals titled "Oku no Hosomichi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)," is a work of linked...
LIFE / Travel
Apr 7, 1999

Underwater neighborhoods

PHUKET, Thailand -- The coral-rich waters of the Andaman and Similan Seas off the coast of Phuket have become a mecca for scuba divers: Here awaits a treasure of diverse marine species, some of which can be found in few other places on earth.
EDITORIALS
Apr 4, 1999

Lunchtime in Lotus-land

Is nothing sacred? Even though we live in a place famous for its workaholic habits and stressful schedules, there has always been the comforting thought that in other, warmer countries people do things differently. In these Lotus-lands of the imagination, or so we believed, workers hardly merit the name:...
COMMUNITY / CROSSING CULTURES
Mar 25, 1999

Glacial change hard for people more used to avalanche speed

Japan can't change. Change in Japan is glacial. Japanese are stuck in their ways. In Japan, disappointment is what you can expect if you expect change.
EDITORIALS
Mar 20, 1999

Much ado about doing nothing

In tiny news items inspiring ideas may lurk. Last week, for example, it was reported in the U.S. state of Minnesota that the wife of Gov. Jesse ("The Body") Ventura was ill and had been told by her doctor "to do nothing for a month." The nature of Ms. Ventura's illness was not disclosed, although the...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
Mar 10, 1999

Winners and losers

People in the food industry look to Foodex to find out how best to cater to their Japanese and foreign customers. What they see at Makuhari Messe are often more fantasy than fact, things that might be exported to Japan if the proper arrangements can be made. And that's what the foreigners are there for,...
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Mar 2, 1999

Twin with a twisted heart

The indomitable, incorrigible and completely insane Aphex Twin -- who has just released his latest single "Windowlicker" with its controversial video -- can never be branded boring.
JAPAN
May 21, 1998

Businesses unsure about Indonesia's new future

and SAYURI DAIMON
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Jun 14, 2023

How the climate crisis is supercharging Japan’s rainy season

When you think of natural disasters do you think of guerrilla rainstorms, landslides and heatwaves? You should, since that’s in the forecast for Japan’s climate-crisis-charged rainy seasons.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jun 14, 2023

Players seek to keep U.S. Open focus amid merger turmoil

Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka are among the favorites this week at Los Angeles Country Club, along with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Community
Jun 10, 2023

Finding familiar ground at a D&D-inspired Tokyo comedy show

The stories are wild and the jokes are improvised, but expat audiences find these monthly shows a comfort.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jun 5, 2023

Fighters' Gosuke Katoh gets unique journey in Japanese baseball off to red-hot start

A single against the Giants extended his hitting streak since his debut to eight games — the longest by a rookie to start a career since the introduction of the NPB draft in 1966.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Longform
Jun 4, 2023

'Stakeout Diary': A killer on the run, two postwar gumshoes — noir at its finest

When a photographer was given rare permission to follow two detectives through Tokyo on a murder case, who’d have known he’d gather a legion of fans decades later.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 30, 2023

Yuki Miyazawa: 'Even if it’s something small, I should do what I can'

After spending much of her life abroad, Yuki Miyazawa returned to Japan determined to bring the best aspects of her international lifestyle with her.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 22, 2023

Filling in the cracks: Japan’s shifting perspective on disability employment

The Valuable 500's Crosby Cromwell discusses best practice regarding disability in business in Japan, and she is optimistic about the direction we are heading in.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 15, 2023

Takaaki Miyake: ‘The ideal of beauty depends on each individual, regardless of what gender they identify with’

After a decade working in the fashion industry, Takaaki Miyake left it to pursue a business in skin care, a field he associates with both physical and mental well-being.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 3, 2023

Shein, e-commerce retailer hit by criticism, tries charm offensive

With an initial public offering expected at some point, the company is looking to change its public perception. Not everyone is buying it.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Apr 24, 2023

Dean Wilson sets new course at Temple University

Name: Matthew Wilson
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / BLACK EYE
Apr 24, 2023

Black people of Japan, we need to talk.

A mental health and wellness event aims to support Black residents of Japan and it's looking to expand in the coming months.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Apr 21, 2023

Ailing Rafael Nadal pulls out of Madrid Open as questions mount about status for French Open

The 22-time Grand Slam champion has not competed since the Australian Open in January.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Apr 14, 2023

Disney super fans keep the magic alive in Japan

As Tokyo Disneyland marks its 40th anniversary, influencers such as Christopher Nilghe and Yoshika Yoshida celebrate on social media.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2023

Whales help store carbon. Scientists are trying to figure out just how much.

The giant creatures have a role to play in the fight against warming, and that all comes down to how they can help keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere in both direct and indirect ways.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 7, 2023

Roki Sasaki poised to build on World Baseball Classic success during NPB season

Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki finished with 11 strikeouts in his season debut.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2023

The China-U.S. relationship must be fixed

The U.S.-China relationship is the world’s most important bilateral relationship, and fixing it to the extent that it can be fixed, should be a key priority.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 29, 2023

With China's borders open, international students are eager to return

Earlier this month, China removed its last cross-border control measure and reopened to the world by allowing all types of visas to be issued.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 22, 2023

For Japan, the WBC isn't just meaningful — it's everything

There has been some conversation about whether or not the World Baseball Classic is a meaningful exercise in the wake of serious injuries to MLB stars Edwin Diaz and Jose Altuve.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
AI boom makes 139-year-old cable maker Japan’s hottest stock
Fujikura's headquarters in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The company's share price has surged by more than 400% this year.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.

Podcast

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

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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