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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2018

Large-scale evacuation a key concern in the event of a major flood in Tokyo

The government and officials say 1.76 million residents live below sea level, and that up to 1.78 million in five Tokyo wards may have to evacuate before a major typhoon.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 27, 2018

Japan's public policy is killing rural entrepreneurship

While big-ticket tourism projects in Japan thrive, those involved in smaller-scale projects can feel starved of government support.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 3, 2018

Kakigoya: Oyster huts home to Fukuoka Prefecture's winter treat

Kakigoya are a winter phenomenon of Fukuoka Prefecture, temporary restaurants that usually spring up at some point in November and last to the end of the oyster season in March. The vast majority of the huts are located on the long, sandy coastline of the Itoshima Peninsula, out to the west of the city of Fukuoka.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Feb 3, 2018

SeaHorses star Kosuke Kanamaru drops 32 on Brex in series-opening victory

The SeaHorses Mikawa ran into a red-hot Tochigi Brex squad on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Nov 19, 2017

SeaHorses sail past B-Corsairs for 16th consecutive win

The Boston Celtics aren't the only pro basketball team that's had an amazing start this season.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Gourmet Trails
Aug 26, 2017

Treats and traditions on the trail in Kyoto

I stood under the looming Shinto torii gate with my guide Mish Haddad, an expert on Kyoto culture with a passion for the local food. Our goal was to both hike and eat our way along the Kyoto Trail from Fushimi Inari Shrine (Marker 1) to Kiomizudera Temple and end at Ginkakuji Temple (Marker 47).
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 5, 2017

Learn Japanese as you binge with Netflix anime series

If it's anime you crave, streaming sites such as Netflix offer an ever-expanding smorgasbord of morsels to suit every appetite.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 11, 2017

Hard-core vinyl fans are fueling a revival in obscure Japanese music from the 1980s

Fans of Japanese vinyl have good reason to be happy. HMV recently opened a store in the Kichijoji area dedicated to selling records — the third such establishment in Tokyo — and April 22 is Record Store Day. What started in 2012 as four artists putting out special releases has evolved into a day...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 18, 2017

89ers' White delivers winning plays against Grouses

Wendell White made a pair of big shots in crunch time to lift the Sendai 89ers to a 75-72 victory over the visiting Toyama Grouses on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 1, 2017

Trump's first address to joint session of U.S. Congress

Remarks as prepared for delivery and released by the White House.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jan 28, 2017

B-Corsairs escape with narrow victory over Lakestars

It wasn't easy and it defied the odds, but somehow the Yokohama B-Corsairs found a way to pull out a win against the visiting Shiga Lakestars on Saturday night.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jan 15, 2017

Turning YouTube into yen: Can vloggers become the new foreign correspondents?

In 2015, Sharla of the YouTube channel Sharla In Japan found herself juggling two careers. Since 2011, the Canadian-born creator had been making videos about her life here to a quickly growing audience. But actually making them was tough, as she also had a day job.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 31, 2016

Buried alive in the shadow of a Kyushu volcano

"Is the temperature alright for you ma'am?" my Japanese attendant asks in a polished U.S. accent as he cheerfully heaps another pile of hot sand on my torso.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Dec 24, 2016

High-scoring Alvark end Brave Thunders' 15-game winning streak

In a Christmas Eve clash of B. League heavyweights, the Alvark Tokyo avenged Friday's series-opening loss and halted the Kawasaki Brave Thunders' 15-game winning streak at the same time.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Oct 9, 2016

Hokkaido offense clicks in triumph over Akita

Balanced scoring guided the Levanga Hokkaido past the Akita Northern Happinets in their series opener on Sunday in Sapporo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 17, 2016

Okinawan chronicles: 10 books that show the many faces of Japan's 'island paradise'

Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 13, 2016

The lure of Japan's mysterious ruins

Abandoned sites offer explorers a numinous mix of history, mortality and a sense of the passage of time
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 5, 2016

Yoji Tokuyoshi's 'contaminated' take on Italian cuisine

Most Japanese chefs who go to Italy stay just long enough to learn new skills before returning home. Very few stay and set up their own restaurants. Yoji Tokuyoshi not only did that, he became the first to win a Michelin star there.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 30, 2016

Is Japan ready for the LGBTQ revolution?

This past spring, at a restaurant in Tokyo's upscale Omotesando neighborhood, I encountered something new in Tokyo: a prominent sign written in English on the door of the communal WC declaring it "gender-free."
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 8, 2016

Drones emerge from shadows to become key cog in the U.S. war machine

When U.S. drones obliterated a car carrying Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour last month, it was the kind of targeted killing that unmanned aircraft are best known for.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 4, 2016

The struggles of a local sumo hero

An oft-repeated question these days, and one not necessarily confined to sports media, is whether 29-year-old wrestler Kisenosato will make it to sumo's highest rank. Or is he destined to remain a perennial bridesmaid?
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Jun 4, 2016

Forest horror led to an honor from 'foes'

As I write this in my home outside Kurohime, it's astonishing to realize it has been 36 years since I came to live in the hills of northern Nagano Prefecture.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
May 20, 2016

'Evening Smoke Bus Tour'; 'Gold Woman'; Suntory

It seems any kind of professional can be a detective in Japan. The latest vocation is tour bus guide, as exemplified by Sayaka Sakuraniwa (Hisako Manda) in the two-hour mystery "Yukemuri Bus Tour" ("Evening Smoke Bus Tour"; TBS, Mon., 9 p.m.).
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 10, 2016

Veteran Oguchi provides spark for Phoenix

Players nearly half his age are beginning their professional careers, and high-energy guard Masahiro Oguchi continues to make his mark for the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix and defy the odds. He remains a textbook example of gutsy play and the importance of veteran smarts for a team's success.
BASKETBALL
Feb 1, 2016

Family ties lead Toyama past Gunma

Bob and Bobby Nash, a father-son coaching tandem, have kept the Toyama Grouses in the hunt for the Eastern Conference title in the bj-league's final season.
Japan Times
JAPAN / OBITUARY
Dec 29, 2015

Eiji Kimizuka, former GSDF Chief of Staff, dies at 63

Friends of the Ground Self-Defense Force throughout Japan and the world were saddened to learn about the passing of Eiji Kimizuka, a retired four-star general who served as the Chief of Staff of the GSDF from 2011 to 2013 but perhaps was best known for leading the bilateral response to the March 2011...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2015

Australia, New Zealand risk losing share of Chinese tourist dollars as infrastructure ages

Australia and New Zealand risk losing a global arms race for big-spending Chinese vacationers unless they improve their services and infrastructure, jeopardizing hopes that tourism will fill the economic hole left by the downturn in commodity prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 23, 2015

Meet the man who helped Sony get its game back

"How many people came for video games?" asks a keynote presenter at Sony Corp.'s PlayStation bash in Las Vegas last December. The crowd roars. "And how many came to give Shu Yoshida a hug?" The roar gets even louder.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 24, 2014

Mastering the art of incense takes longer than you think

If you find all this incense as intriguing as I did and are ready to sign up to become a master in the Way of Fragrance, then I suggest you start right away, if not 20 years ago.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.

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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