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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 8, 2014

Getting a taste of Hokkaido cuisine; the best of land and sea; food fit for two kings

Getting a taste of Hokkaido cuisine Through June 3, the Tokyo Dome Hotel is holding one of its more popular events and offering Hokkaido dishes at the hotel's restaurants.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 2, 2014

White House seeks privacy balance in a 'Big Data' world

The White House on Thursday suggested updates to laws and other measures to enhance privacy and prevent discrimination based on the data trail left by consumers on their phones and computers that companies and researchers collect and analyze.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 1, 2014

Relaxing Golden Week buffet; shopping at the Imperial Hotel Plaza; spa and accommodation package

Relaxing Golden Week buffet
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Apr 29, 2014

Music curators deserve credit for keeping local scenes alive

The term "cultural curator" is one that tends to provoke reactions ranging from sneers to rage. It really is a horrible term in some ways, with problematic embedded associations.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Apr 26, 2014

A journalist who gets climate change right

Dr. Heather Goldstone is a rare breed. She's a journalist who insists on getting the science right, and she loves sharing it with the public.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 24, 2014

Premium prime rib; sweet treat; flower power

Premium prime rib The Los Angeles-based prime rib specialty restaurant, Lawry's The Prime Rib Tokyo, formerly located in Akasaka, reopened in Ebisu on April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2014

Tourism authorities eye travelers' tweets to fine-tune promotions

Japan is thinking of using Twitter, cellphone and GPS data to scope out tourists' wants and needs ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 17, 2014

Tranquil garden wedding; enjoying the good life in Ginza; exclusive dining at The Shangri-La

Tranquil garden wedding
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Apr 14, 2014

KDDI sending futuristic technologies to a screen near you

While technology continues to brings us new and unexpected ways to make our lives more convenient, it is difficult to predict how much further it will evolve and the impact it will have on the world.
Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Apr 11, 2014

Tea ceremony at Nara's Saidaiji Temple

People who attend the tea ceremony Saturday and Sunday at Saidaiji Temple in Nara can drink green tea from a huge bowl 30 cm in diameter. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 11, 2014

Pain in the body may start in the mind

Good diagnosis takes persistent questioning and good analytical skills. It's a bit like a detective piecing together a puzzle from seemingly unrelated bits of information.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 10, 2014

Jazzing up the night; traditional dining at its finest; easing into spring

Jazzing up the night
Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Apr 4, 2014

Imperial Palace in Kyoto drops reservations

The Imperial Palace in Kyoto, which usually requires reservations to visit, will be open to the public from Wednesday to April 13.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 3, 2014

Luxurious lodging in heart of city; running around central Tokyo; not dead yet; disco lives on

Luxurious lodging in heart of city Andaz, Hyatt's upscale, boutique-inspired lifestyle hotel, will make its Japan debut in June, in one of Tokyo's newest and most distinguished business towers, Toranomon Hills.
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Apr 2, 2014

Knowing your rights can protect against fake cops

Safeguard yourself against an unwarranted public shakedown
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 29, 2014

Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands

This extensive travel book by lecturer and Okinawa expert Robert Walker is billed as "the first comprehensive guide to the entire Ryukyu Island chain." With 25 years experience traveling throughout the region's 150-islands Walker has amassed a huge amount of information — condensed here into 290 pages...
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Mar 28, 2014

Residents of Nagoya get disaster info maps

Officials in Nagoya are distributing seismic and tsunami hazard maps based on the damage the city is projected to take from an earthquake in the Nankai Trough.
Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Mar 28, 2014

Cherry blossom promenade through Kyoto

The Kyoto City International Foundation is inviting foreign residents to join a walk on April 5 to take in the cherry blossoms.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2014

English translation tells tales of 100 Miyagi tsunami survivors

It was the inspiration and eagerness of Hitomi Nakanishi, an Australia-based Japanese scholar, that led to the publication of an English-language book with recollections and photos of the experiences of 100 survivors of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in and around Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture....
Japan Times
BUSINESS / NOTEBOOK
Mar 25, 2014

European design; Animation station; African Festival

exhibitions
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2014

Gravitational waves carry clues on big bang

The sighting came from a small telescope on the roof of a laboratory sitting on the ice sheet three-quarters of a mile (1.3 kilometers) from the geographic South Pole.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / OBITUARY
Mar 21, 2014

Obituary: Facing illness and dismissal, teacher Grainger saw a chance to educate other expats

Neil Grainger 'was a great cook, a big drinker, an even bigger queen, a film and football lover, a naughty smoker, a good teacher, hard worker and caring friend.'
EDITORIALS
Mar 21, 2014

Lay judges' moral dilemma

How does Japan's justice minister respond to a petition from 20 citizens who, as lay judges, agonized over the possibility of having to hand down a death sentence? They call for an immediate halt to capital punishment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 20, 2014

$73 billion payoff for SoftBank's ventures fuels push into Japan startups

Japan's biggest companies have a case of SoftBank envy, and that's good for entrepreneurs like 23-year-old Takumi Shimizu.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 17, 2014

U.S. military report suggests cover-up over toxic pollution in Okinawa

Perhaps the most serious concern raised in the internal U.S. military report is the fear that PCB contamination at Kadena — if made public — would prompt demands for widespread tests on other U.S. bases.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2014

Financial innovation for protection of wildlife

Innovative development finance can play a role in helping the 180 parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species realize its full potential, by adapting widely available cutting-edge technologies and tools to the business of trade permits.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 13, 2014

China waging psychological warfare in the East China Sea

Japanese and Western news reports suggest that the U.S. bombers and routine Japanese patrol fighters that flew into China's air-defense identification zone right after the ADIZ was proclaimed did not encounter any Chinese interceptors or radar beams.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 13, 2014

Welcoming spring in style; flipping for flapjacks; tranquil times in nature's embrace

Welcoming spring in style
Japan avoids commenting on Cleveland-Cliffs CEO's provocative comment
Cleveland-Cliffs is reportedly in talks with North Carolina-based steelmaker Nucor to acquire U.S. Steel.
Miyazaki quake falls short of triggering Nankai Trough megaquake advisory
A mirror reflects a collapsed house in the city of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 10, nearly one year after a major earthquake struck nearby on New Year's Day in 2024.
South Korean investigators question arrested President Yoon in insurrection probe
A screen displays a news report on the arrest of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Wednesday. Investigators arrested Yoon after launching a pre-dawn operation to bring the impeached leader in for questioning over his short-lived martial law declaration.
BlackRock quits climate group as Wall Street lowers environmental profile
In November, BlackRock and rivals were sued by Texas and 10 other Republican-led states that claimed their activism cut coal production and boosted energy prices.
Crashed Jeju jet’s black box failure shows decadeslong gap in power rules
The flight data recorder retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216, which crashed killing 179 people in December. Black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the flight stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.
Japanese companies rush to up English-language disclosures in 2025
The Tokyo Stock Exchange will soon require some companies to publish their financials in English in addition to Japanese.
From wrath to radiance: Why the 'Manyoshu' feels like paradise lost
The entrance gate to Arakura Sengen Shrine in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, with Mount Fuji in the distance.
Tokyo plans to subsidize epidurals, but are hospitals ready?
Epidurals during childbirth have long been uncommon in Japan, though they have been growing more popular in recent years.
Due north: Foreign-born guides introduce Hokkaido’s unique charms
Lantoko, a company operated by Taiwan native Ping-Fang Lan, offers drift ice walking tours and other exhilarating experiences in and around Shiretoko National Park.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

It's back to the classroom for some residents as municipal governments across the country conduct lessons to learn how to use new technologies.
Can aging Japan go digital without leaving anyone behind?
By Tomoko Otake

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