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CULTURE / Books
Dec 5, 2015

Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style

Tokyo, September 1964: A squad of plainclothes police descend on the tony Ginza shopping district and round up hundreds of Japanese youths who had outraged local businesses. Their crime? Loitering in what was then outre style — button-down shirts, skinny ties, suit jackets and chino pants. These delinquents...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 4, 2015

Hugo Desnoyer: Has Paris's best butcher crafted Tokyo's best tartare?

There's a curious ritual that just about everyone follows before settling into dinner at Hugo Desnoyer. Once you've been shown to your seat upstairs and ordered drinks, you are encouraged to meet your main course.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 4, 2015

Pinsa de Roma: Pizza's rectangular ancestors come to Harajuku

Another fast-food pizza outlet — just what Harajuku needs. Don't jump to conclusions too fast though, Pinsa de Roma is different. First, as you can tell from the name, it serves pinsa, the original oven-baked flat bread made for centuries in Rome long before the name "pizza" was coined and Naples got...
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 4, 2015

Valencia's hiring of Neville as manager most unusual

Only in football could an organization fill the most important position in the company with someone who has never done the job before and who cannot speak the language.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 3, 2015

Enjoying a luxurious slumber party; cakes put the final touch on holidays; experience the finest tea in high style

Enjoying a luxurious slumber party
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Dec 2, 2015

Michael Pollan's bestselling book 'In Defense of Food' to be adapted into documentary film

Now that the World Health Organization has decreed that processed meats are potentially hazardous, and a chain of hotels in Sweden has actually banned bacon, sausages and palm oil products from its breakfast menus, food is increasingly becoming a hot topic, both in real life and in the movies.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Nov 28, 2015

Dance with yokai, go to a monster gym, then entrench yourself on the Star Wars' battlefront

Time to get into the groove with 'Yokai Watch Dance'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Nov 28, 2015

'Glory in a Line' reveals the complicated life of Tsuguharu Foujita

Arguably Phyllis Birnbaum's best biography to date, "Glory in a Line" examines the life of Japanese painter Tsuguharu "Leonard" Foujita.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 27, 2015

The future of conveyor-belt sushi

In October, U.K. sushi chain Yo! Sushi opened a new kaiten (conveyor belt) restaurant in a Florida mall. It is the third branch the chain has established in the United States this year, and more branches are slated to open in 2016. It is a reminder that this automated approach to dining continues to...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Nov 27, 2015

The complexities of living too close to Tokyo

While traveling in the northeastern part of Japan last month, I was struck by the way quirky, alternative and avant-garde music carves out a space for itself in parts of the country that are isolated from the major cultural centers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 25, 2015

Japan: surprisingly, sensibly and endearingly low-tech

The common image of Japan abroad as a high-tech country is severely out of step with the everyday experience of those of us who live here.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Nov 22, 2015

Bring back that Kobe feeling, 'cause it's gone, gone, gone

From the moment I stepped off the shinkansen at Shin-Kobe Station, I could feel a subtle difference between the Yokohama-Tokyo area and this city.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 21, 2015

There's no time like the Christmas present

It may not be a traditional custom in Japan, but Christmas gift-giving is always played up by shopping malls here. If you're finding it all a bit overwhelming but still looking for something special, our writers are here to help with a few ideas that they think will make perfect gifts for your friends,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE KIDS' TABLE
Nov 20, 2015

Holiday dining in Tokyo where the kids can run amuck and eat like kings

With the end of the year approaching, I decided to scout out potential candidates for a holiday meal with my children. My criteria: good food (of course) with something on the menu that would appeal to the under-12 set, great ambience — special enough without being so formal that it would be stressful...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Nov 20, 2015

Souen: Green tea and traditional sweets in Nishi-Azabu

Remind me again what Japan's national (nonalcoholic) drink is. No, it's not coffee, whether out of vending machines or fastidiously dripped by well-coiffed baristas. It is, of course, green tea — not that you'd realize it in Tokyo. This may be the land where ceremonial tea was perfected, but it's hard...
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 19, 2015

Christmas stay includes Santa visit; new desserts added to luxury lunch; elaborate cakes to celebrate holidays

Christmas stay includes Santa visit
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 18, 2015

Satirical mag Charlie Hebdo raises glasses to party-goers

France's Charlie Hebdo journal, the target of lethal attacks by Islamist militants last January, defended party-goers over gun-toters in a new edition following last Friday's terrorist attacks in the French capital.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 17, 2015

The ripple effect of Tawaraya Sotatsu's waves

'The most important Japanese artist you've never heard of." That is how James Ulak, senior curator of Japanese art at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, describes Tawaraya Sotatsu, the focus of the gallery's current magnificent exhibition. The show presents the first in-depth examination of...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2015

Delivery failures dog parcel firms

Missing a package delivery is usually not a problem when one can easily go online or call to request redelivery.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 14, 2015

IT companies scramble to take advantage of Shibuya's transport networks, proximity to youth culture

Shibuya is famous for its scramble crossing, shopping and youth culture but the district has also established itself as a hub for myriad IT firms and Internet-based startups, leading some to describe it as the equivalent to Silicon Valley in the U.S. state of California.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 14, 2015

Nishinoshima: Oki's island of sanctuary

Were it not for the well-nourished faces of the passengers suffused with keen expressions of expectation and purpose, the supine bodies, unpacked food, luggage and blankets strewn across the hard flooring of the ferry's modern equivalent of steerage class resembled those of a migrant ship.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Nov 9, 2015

Let's discuss Halloween in Japan

Retailers are hoping to further capitalize on an event that by one estimate will generate ¥122 billion in Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2015

Like the suburbs? You'll love driverless cars

Driverless cars are on the way, and their impact is going to change our lives.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 31, 2015

Sensory overload in Aomori's capital city

I nearly walk by Aomori's Furukawa market on the first pass, expecting something akin to the cacophony of Tokyo's central wholesale fish market (known casually to most as Tsukiji). Sliding open the door to the squat building, however, I am assaulted with the not unwelcome scent of fresh seafood, an encouraging...
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Oct 30, 2015

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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2015

Anti-war student organization to close shop after Upper House poll

SEALDs, the group behind youth protests against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's security legislation, announces it will disband after next year's Upper House election.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Oct 26, 2015

Let's discuss Japan at the Rugby World Cup

Rugby fever has swept the field in Japan after the national team achieved a best-ever three wins at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 24, 2015

Tokyo fashion week: Hiromichi Ochiai — man in the middle

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo wrapped up its runway shows at the Hikarie shopping complex in Shibuya Ward on Oct. 17, ending six days of presentations that showcased a wide range of collections for the upcoming 2016 spring/summer season.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Oct 23, 2015

A La Campagne: A patisserie lacking a little 'je ne sais quoi'

A La Campagne, or "in the countryside" is a loosely French-themed chain of patisseries and cafes. The first shop opened in the sweet-toothed city of Kobe in 1984 and since then they have been sprouting up all over Japan. On a recent sojourn to Osaka, I popped into the branch in the city's Shinsaibashi...
49ers prepared to go all in on quarterback Brock Purdy
Brock Purdy threw for 3,864 yards and 20 touchdowns for the 49ers during the 2024 season.
Impeached South Korean president's party sees signs of revival
A supporter of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol holds South Korean and U.S. flags in front of flower wreaths bearing messages of support near his residence in Seoul on Thursday.
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.
‘Unbound’ breaks NHK period drama tradition with a hero of the common folk
NHK’s latest taiga period drama, “Unbound,” centers on Tsutaya Juzaburo (Ryusei Yokohama), a commoner who becomes a successful bookseller and publisher.
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.
Real wages fall for a fourth month, squeezing Japanese households further
Prices continue to outpace wage increases in Japan.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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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