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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 13, 2017

Springtime dining in the 'garden of France'

La Tour d'Argent at The Hotel New Otani Tokyo has created a selection of food specialties inspired by the regional cuisine of France's Loire Valley. Two dinner courses, priced at ¥18,000 and ¥25,000 (excluding drinks, tax and service charge), are available until April 25 (closed Mondays).
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
CULTURE / Art
Apr 11, 2017

Kakiemon: Generations of beauty

There's still time to enjoy cherry blossoms. Through May 14, the Toguri Museum of Art in Tokyo is exhibiting a stunning new work by Sakaida Kakiemon XV, the current inheritor of one of the most famous names in Japanese porcelain. The very large lidded jar, commissioned by the museum to commemorate its...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 11, 2017

'Collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen: Bruegel's "The Tower of Babel" and Great 16th Century Masters'

April 18-July 2
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 10, 2017

Chubu-based firms set up Silicon Valley hubs to tap local tech expertise

Okaya & Co. Ltd., a Nagoya-based trading company for iron and steel, is set to open an office in Silicon Valley in California in the hope of teaming up with tech-savvy ventures there.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 10, 2017

Duterte softens tone toward U.S. before talks with Beijing over South China Sea issue

The Philippines appears to be softening its tone toward the U.S. before holding talks with Beijing on the South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 6, 2017

Duterte orders occupation of uninhabited isles in disputed South China Sea

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered the occupation of uninhabited islands and shoals it claims in the disputed South China Sea, asserting Philippine sovereignty in an apparent change of tack.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2017

The enemy within: Russia faces changing Islamist threat with metro bombing

Akbarzhon Dzhalilov, the man suspected of blowing up a Russian metro train, represents a new wave of radical Islamists who blend into local society away from existing jihadi movements — making it harder for security forces to stop their attacks.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Apr 6, 2017

'Samurai Gourmet' explores the art of the meal

In the first episode of Japan's latest contribution to original Netflix programming, "Samurai Gourmet," Takeshi Kasumi enters a small teishoku (set meal) joint and grapples over whether to have a beer with lunch. Inspired by an imaginary samurai, he gets one. That's it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GASTECH JAPAN 2017
Apr 4, 2017

LNG and the future of Japanese energy

Japan Gastech Consortium Chairman Nobuo Tanaka expects Gastech Japan 2017 to be a milestone for power suppliers and users to come to a consensus on the role of gas in the energy mix of the future.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 4, 2017

Envy, Mono and Downy devise a dream lineup for After Hours music festival

It's no secret that the Japanese music industry has a hollowing-out problem; you are either a pop act on a major label with high levels of exposure or an obscure underground act for whom not losing money on a show is a major success. Guitarist Nobukata Kawai of hardcore band Envy knows the latter reality...
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 3, 2017

Treatment for mentally ill elusive at Japan's medical prisons

When a 21-year-old woman was sentenced to life in prison on March 24 for killing an elderly woman, the Nagoya District Court acknowledged that the defendant's mental illness — a developmental and bipolar disorder — was part of the reason for the heinous crime and that she should be treated in a medical...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 2, 2017

Design your own beginner's luck

Spring is here, a time of change and a new starts. Here are a few hobby ideas designed to make it that little bit easier for beginners.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 2, 2017

Leiji Matsumoto surfs the floating world

The work of manga artist Leiji Matsumoto mixes historical periods, themes and technologies, often in a science-fiction setting: His signature comics involve steam locomotives and reborn World War II battleships sailing among the stars. These grand flights of fancy, which have found fans around the world,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Apr 1, 2017

'Oil cut' doughnuts: Most of the taste with half the guilt

Eating desserts — whether as an occasional treat after dinner or for a bi-weekly newspaper column — can lead to complicated feelings. Of course, most of the time it's a delicious experience that leaves you happy and satisfied in the moment. But minutes after, the shame of all those extra calories...
EDITORIALS
Mar 27, 2017

A bruising defeat for Trump, GOP

The failure of the GOP to advance its health care reform bill in Congress has undermined confidence in the party as an agent of change and tarnishing the reputation of the president as a man who can get things done.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 27, 2017

Let's discuss Henn na Hotel coming to Kanto

Major travel agency H.I.S. Co. celebrates the opening of its second robot-staffed Henn na Hotel.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Mar 27, 2017

Japan's schools working to upgrade, Westernize lavatories

Dirty, smelly, dark, scary and broken are the five adjectives most commonly used to describe toilets in Japan's public schools.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Mar 27, 2017

Seiko contemporary masters demonstrate craftsmanship

Demonstrating the quintessential Japanese sense of beauty and intricate craftsmanship, Seiko Watch Corp. is releasing another limited edition mechanical watch from its high-end Credor brand this summer.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Mar 25, 2017

Allowing the arty side of kids to blossom

Spring is a season of art. As winter recedes, the air fills with creative energy. Tokyo's art fairs at this time of the year can be fun with kids, but the crowds and sheer volume of exhibitors can be overwhelming. The city does, however, offer plenty of other art opportunities if you know where to look,...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 24, 2017

Entrepreneurs use their diseases as springboard for business success

Despite calls for diversity in the workplace and "work-style reforms" being debated in the government, Japan has yet to come up with a way to fully utilize the talent of all who wish to work, especially those with rare and incurable diseases.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Mar 22, 2017

ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHANGE OF CORPORATE LOGO & NEWSPAPER REDESIGN

Tokyo, March 22, 2017 - Today The Japan Times, Ltd. is celebrating its 120th anniversary of its inaugural issue with a new corporate logo - the first in 30 years - and a redesign of the newspaper.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 22, 2017

Scientists seek to reinstate Pluto to planet status

A team of scientists seeking to restore Pluto to planethood launched a campaign on Tuesday to broaden the astronomical classifications which led to its demotion to a "dwarf planet" a decade ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2017

Sending money overseas to get faster once banks pick winner among tech firms

In the quest for a faster and more traceable way to transfer money internationally, banks were gravitating a few years ago to Ripple, a platform backed by Silicon Valley luminaries and global financial institutions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Mar 20, 2017

Nagoya dye house looks abroad to keep traditional black in fashion

A dye house in Nagoya that specializes in kuro montsukizome, the dyeing of black-crested formal kimono that has been practiced since the Edo Period (1603 to 1868), is working on selling stoles and T-shirts that make use of the same technology.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 19, 2017

North Korea hails test of powerful new rocket engine

North Korea heralded the successful development of a new "high-thrust engine" during a visit to the country's rocket test site by leader Kim Jong Un, the reclusive nation's state media said Sunday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Mar 18, 2017

Spring improvements: Learn to program, exercise for charity and then pour the perfect beer

Ways to build a better understanding of coding
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan must correct Trump’s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Jetstar Japan fined for failing to provide adequate cabin crew breaks
The logo of Jetstar Airways on an aircraft parked outside a maintenance hangar in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 27.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.

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