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Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Dec 27, 2013

Visitors can help ring in New Year's at temples

In many Buddhist temples across the nation, bells will be rung 108 times from just before midnight on New Year's Eve into New Year's Day as the sound is believed to repel evil spirits. The temples in Kyoto and Nara are no exception, and some of them even let visitors ring the bells.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 26, 2013

New Otani restaurant coupon; Lucky bags at Yokohama Bay Hotel; Cerulean sake-tasting set

New Otani restaurant coupon To encourage diners to sample its winter delicacies, the Hotel New Otani Tokyo is offering a special coupon for use at its restaurants, through Jan. 31.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2013

Ruling a fitting end to Snowden's year

However fleeting a U.S. district court's order against NSA's collection of phone-call metadata turns out to be, it provides a perfect opportunity to ask what we've learned about secrecy and government in this year of Edward Snowden.
Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Dec 20, 2013

Diplomats' photo exhibit under way in Kobe 

Photos taken all over Japan by 57 foreign diplomats will be on display until Jan. 20 in Kobe.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 19, 2013

Osaka Hilton countdown party; Winter accommodation plan; Hakone hot springs and fugu stay

Osaka Hilton countdown party The Hilton Osaka will be counting down to 2014 with a party at The In Place lobby lounge Dec. 31.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 16, 2013

Father's diet may affect offspring

Watching what you eat and drink isn't just for moms-to-be anymore. New scientific evidence suggests that the father's diet before conception might be just as important to a child's health.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2013

Complaints about overseas time shares rise

Consumer affairs centers are seeing an upsurge in complaints from people who bought time shares at luxury resorts overseas, including in Hawaii.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 13, 2013

Ex-FBI agent who disappeared in Iran was on rogue mission for CIA

An American man who disappeared in Iran more than six years ago had been working for the CIA in what U.S. intelligence officials describe as a rogue operation that led to a major shake-up in the spy agency.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 12, 2013

Grand Hyatt party plans; Southern Tower winter stays; Conrad Tokyo wine school

Grand Hyatt party plans December and January mark the busiest party season of the year. The Grand Hyatt Tokyo in Roppongi is offering party plans with all-you-can-drink menus at its restaurants.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 5, 2013

Christmas menu at Tokyo Station; Xmas party hampers; Sweet stay in Osaka

Christmas menu at Tokyo Station
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2013

Japan's secrets bill turns journalists into terrorists

The Japanese public supports Prime Ministe Shinzo Abe's bid to defeat deflation and stand up to China, but it's not with him on the secrecy bill.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 1, 2013

Secrecy law protests 'act of terrorism': LDP secretary-general

Citizens demonstrating against the controversial state secrets bill are committing “an act terrorism,” according to Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba.
Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Nov 29, 2013

Free consultations for foreigners in Wakayama

Non-Japanese people in Wakayama can receive information and advice for free from specialists covering a variety of problems and other needs.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 28, 2013

Chopsticks exhibition, workshop; An Imperial Christmas; Xmas in Hakone

Chopsticks exhibition, workshop The Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo in Shinjuku will hold an exhibition featuring hashi (Japanese chopsticks) at its lobby on the third floor of the hotel, from Dec. 1 to 25.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2013

Sony seeks patent for high-tech 'SmartWig'

Sony Corp. is seeking a U.S. patent for "SmartWig" hairpieces that could help navigate roads, check blood pressure or flip through slides in a presentation.
LIFE / Digital
Nov 26, 2013

What's Twitter's real value?

A national economy is an unimaginably complex system. And yet we compress all its complexity into a single measure, and then focus obsessively on that. If you want a metaphor for this, think of King Kong spending most of his time staring at a pinhead, worrying about whether it is moving or not. That...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Nov 26, 2013

Air France's new chef; SAS Narita lounges a plus; AirAsia to fly to Nagoya

Air France's new chef
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 23, 2013

Nuclear whistle-blower spills secrets the way the media should

Genpatsu Whiteout' continues to climb the best-seller list, propelled by a guessing game over the identity of its author, who seems to know a lot about the nuclear energy business.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 21, 2013

Thanksgiving course; Christmas accommodation plan; Winter lunch, dinner buffets

Thanksgiving course
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2013

NSA spying accomplishes little beyond alienating allies

The U.S. National Security Agency's spying accomplishes little beyond alienating America's allies.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 15, 2013

U.S. bills would curb tracking of kids on Net

What if children used a more private Internet, where it would be harder to collect information about them and where they could erase embarrassing photos, comments and videos that could one day come back to haunt them?
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Nov 12, 2013

United's electronics friendly cabins; BA holiday offer; Cathay gift voucher

Electronics friendly cabins
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 7, 2013

Beaujolais Nouveau party; Thanksgiving dinner; Xmas courses for couples, families

Beaujolais Nouveau party
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2013

Art bazaar in Yokohama; Play along with Casio apps

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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 31, 2013

Skin-care spa treatment plan; Shot in the arm for tequila bar; Christmas at The Westin Tokyo

Skin-care spa treatment plan As temperatures drop, the air is getting drier, and fall and winter can be harsh seasons for skin recovering from the summer sun. In response to this, the Hyatt Regency Tokyo in Shinjuku is offering a spa treatment package featuring the French luxury skin-care line Biologique...

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It's back to the classroom for some residents as municipal governments across the country conduct lessons to learn how to use new technologies.
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