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Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 2, 2012

Boat show stresses awareness

If you're looking forward to a summer of marine sports or fishing, this might be the place to start. The Japan International Boat Show 2012 is currently underway in Yokohama and will continue through Sunday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 1, 2012

Slideshow: A selection of standouts from G-Tokyo and Tokyo Frontline

Contemporary artists of every stripe, represented by both up-and-coming and established galleries, were showcased at art fairs this past weekend: G-Tokyo 2012 at Mori Arts Center Gallery in Roppongi and Tokyo Fronline 2012 at 3331 Arts Chiyoda. Click to view a slideshow of artworks shown at both fairs. ...
CULTURE / Art
Mar 1, 2012

Slideshow: A selection of standouts from G-Tokyo and Tokyo Frontline

Contemporary artists of every stripe, represented by both up-and-coming and established galleries, were showcased at art fairs this past weekend: G-Tokyo 2012 at Mori Arts Center Gallery in Roppongi and Tokyo Fronline 2012 at 3331 Arts Chiyoda. Click to view a slideshow of artworks shown at both fairs. ...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 24, 2012

Festival in Niigata takes advantage of the weather for snow-themed fun

Niigata Prefecture hopes to take advantage of its annual helping of heavy snow to organize what appears to be a feverish and even sweaty festival this weekend.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 19, 2012

Retooling Hawks need newcomers to contribute

You might think Fukuoka Softbank Hawks manager Koji Akiyama is worried about the coming season and successfully defending his 2011 Japan Series championship. After all, he's lost three of his best pitchers and his All-Star shortstop from 2011.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Feb 18, 2012

Fiscal ills not DPJ's doing but it's holding the bag

The tax and social security reform outline adopted by the Cabinet on Friday indicate the government has run out of options and must finally address welfare costs and public finances that have been spiralling out of control for years.
BASKETBALL
Feb 18, 2012

Search on for new coach after JBA drops Wisman

After less than two years in charge, Thomas Wisman's ouster on Wednesday by the Japan Basketball Association was expected by those who pay attention.
EDITORIALS
Feb 14, 2012

Higher wages for nursing care

The government will increase payments awarded to nursing care services for the elderly by an average 1.2 percent beginning in fiscal 2012 (from April). These payments will go directly to entities providing the services — not to the individual care workers themselves. Still, the main purpose of the...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 10, 2012

Sweet somethings

COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2012

What an Obama or Romney win means

Successful political candidates try to implement the proposals on which they ran. In the United States, President Barack Obama and the Democrats, controlling the House of Representatives and (a filibuster-proof) Senate, had the power to do virtually anything they wanted in 2009 — and so they did.
CULTURE / Books
Feb 5, 2012

Nuclear crisis given lightweight treatment

JAPAN'S NUCLEAR CRISIS: The Routes of Responsibility, by Susan Carpenter. Palgrave MacMillan, 2012, 248 pp., $90 (hardcover) Alas, this very important subject gets short shrift in this misleadingly titled, hastily cobbled together assessment of the causes and consequences of the accident at the Fukushima...
EDITORIALS
Feb 4, 2012

State of the Union: campaign time

For the last few months, followers of U.S. politics have been treated — or subjected — to a steady diet of Republican campaigns. Democrats have been mostly quiet as the GOP candidates battle among themselves for the nomination. President Barack Obama will be the Democratic Party candidate and, as...
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Jan 30, 2012

Aggression born of American 'exceptionalism'

I thought American exceptionalism was debunked and dying. I was wrong.
EDITORIALS
Jan 27, 2012

Criticism without originality

The Liberal Democratic Party on Jan. 22 held a party convention in Tokyo. LDP President Sadakazu Tanigaki said that this year is the time to end the Democratic Party of Japan government. The problem is that while the LDP is strong at criticizing the DPJ government, it cannot clearly present its stance...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 26, 2012

Seiho launches Day Tripper label with 'Mercury'

Seiho Hayakawa started making music the way a lot of curious kids growing up in the digital age did — by fiddling with his cell-phone ringer. But he eventually plunged headfirst into the world of jazz as a high school student, with a trumpet at his side.
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2012

Noda team faces rocky Diet session

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda says his partially reshuffled Cabinet is the best lineup ever, but it will need to be to face the turbulence expected in the Diet session that started Tuesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 22, 2012

Turning to Okinawa and its rituals in search of a happier new year

Without a shred of a doubt, 2011 stands out to me — in a way that hopefully will never be surpassed — as the most catastrophic I have ever known.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 17, 2012

Mariners, A's get set for season-opener in Japan

Ichiro Suzuki is coming home.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 16, 2012

Looking for a doomsday scenario to believe in?

You've probably heard about the Mayan carvings that predict the year 2012 will be our last. Supposedly, the war and creation god Bolon Yokte will return, bringing with him certain doom. Scholars have been trying to tamp down those claims, saying that's an erroneous interpretation of the Mayan calendar,...
BASKETBALL
Jan 14, 2012

Expansion team awarded to Tokyo

A Tokyo-based expansion team will join the bj-league next season, giving the capital city a new franchise after the disappearance of the Tokyo Apache.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2012

Tokyo's office rent fell 3.7% in 2011

Tokyo's office rent fell 3.7 percent in 2011 from a year earlier to a record low as vacancy rates remained high, according to Miki Shoji Co., an office brokerage.
BASKETBALL
Jan 8, 2012

Defense fuels 89ers as Kyoto's win streak ends

The Sendai 89ers belatedly rang in the new year with a confidence-boosting win on Saturday. At the same time, the Kyoto Hannaryz lost their first game since Nov. 6, falling 76-62 to the host 89ers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2012

Behind schedule, third 787 to land in Tokyo

Boeing Co.'s third Dreamliner to enter service will land in Tokyo Thursday, capping off the 2011 handovers of the new 787 and 747-8 models that probably fell short of projections.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2012

Solid alliances key as diplomatic challenges loom

2012 is shaping up to be full of diplomatic challenges for Japan and the world.
COMMENTARY
Jan 3, 2012

An Enlightened Awakening?

There are only three valid reasons why the Middle East, the focus of international attention as 2012 begins, is important to the United States and the European nations. These are energy, immigration and Israel.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2012

New year could prove daunting for Noda

In the four months since winning the Democratic Party of Japan presidential election, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has survived by taking a cautious approach to governing, managing to compile the 2012 budget and several bills to finance restoration of the disaster-hit Tohoku region.
30 minutes with Yuzuru Hanyu
Yuzuru Hanyu smiles during an interview in his hometown of Sendai in between performances of his latest tour, Ice Story.
Eight students recovering after hammer attack at university in Tokyo
Police investigate the scene after eight people were injured by a hammer-wielding woman on Hosei University's Tama campus in Tokyo on Friday afternoon.
Japan may provide support to boost rollout of smartphone-based health cards
A clinic in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture, in May 2020
NATO won't back Trump's new defense spending target but will raise its sights
U.S. Army soldiers with the NATO multinational battle group on the territory of Bulgaria stand in formation with a U.S. flag and an armored vehicle during a visit by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the Novo Selo military ground near Mokren, Bulgaria, on Dec. 19.
Isekai anime offers a key to understanding globalization
“The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic” centers on three teenage protagonists who are transported into a fantasy world where they must grapple with a foreign culture.
American stationery nerds are fueling a Japanese notebook boom
Hobonichi's 'techō' notebooks come in both set and customizable formats, and a thriving community of enthusiasts means there are even extensive guides on how to make the journal even more unique to your individual approach to journaling.
Can an international makeover help Tokyo salons meet foreign demand?
Otono Kuboki, a Japanese Canadian hair stylist for salon chain Sozo, is a key figure in the company's mission to elevate the viability of Japan's hairdressing industry to foreign residents.
Isekai anime offers a key to understanding globalization
“The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic” centers on three teenage protagonists who are transported into a fantasy world where they must grapple with a foreign culture.
Japanese space startup readies for second lunar lander launch
Ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada with the countdown clock for the launch of the startup's lunar lander, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Thursday
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.

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