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LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Feb 20, 2013

British Airways' high tea; Cathay Pacific's new lounge; Singapore Airlines' new video games

Taking tea to new highs
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2013

U.S. bid to sue S&P may prove rating agencies too big to nail

The Justice Department's lawsuit against Standard & Poor's has revived focus on the role of rating agencies in causing the financial crisis. Yet four years after shoddy mortgage investments bearing top grades nearly took down the country's economy, government attempts to revamp the rating-agency industry...
EDITORIALS
Feb 10, 2013

Nuclear power and press freedom

Japan's plunge in a global ranking of press freedom is attributed solely to poor access to information on the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 8, 2013

New lobby at Ritz-Carlton, Osaka; grill your own pancakes; Valentine's Day dinner with roses

Ritz-Carlton, Osaka renews lobby
LIFE / Travel
Feb 6, 2013

American Airlines gets new look; KLM helps Iwate students; Korean Air campaigns

American's new design
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2013

Entrance exam change needed

Japan's entrance exam ritual, which is once again upon us, needs substantial changes before other parts of the education system can be reformed.
Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Feb 2, 2013

Check out 'cake shrine' for Valentine's Day

Around 80 students from a cooking school in Osaka will demonstrate their final procedure to complete a shrine made of 500 "dorayaki" pancakes, 40 kg of chocolate and 400 cookies from Wednesday through Friday to pray for good luck on Valentine's Day.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 1, 2013

New LDP 'nonfaction' holds first meeting

The Liberal Democratic Party may be claiming it has cast off its obsolete ways, but it is nevertheless showing some signs of the old faction-based LDP since returning to power.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 1, 2013

Wagner-Verdi bicentennial celebration in Tokyo; Hakone for Valentine's, White Day; strawberry buffet in Osaka

Wagner-Verdi 200th birthday event
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 24, 2013

Premium bourbon at Century Southern Tower; Setsubun sushi rolls; new Hilton Tokyo rooms

The Hotel Century Southern Tower near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo is now serving the premium bourbon whiskey Eagle Rare 10 Year-Old at its 20th-floor lounge and bar, South Court, through Feb. 28.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 23, 2013

Humble origins of great architectural photography

The last couple of shows at the Shiodome Museum have been colorful and varied affairs, but the latest exhibition, showcasing Yukio Futagawa's photos of traditional Japanese houses taken in 1955, strikes a very different note. There is an absence of color and accompanying objects, and in its place a sense...
Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Jan 19, 2013

Enjoy fireworks display on Mount Wakakusa

A huge field on Mount Wakakusa in Nara Prefecture will be set on fire at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26 following a 15-minute fireworks display.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 17, 2013

Universal Studios Japan-themed room; Ritz-Carlton Valentine's chocolates; spa special in Kobe

Special winter spa offer in Kobe The ANA Crowne Plaza Kobe is holding a special winter promotion called Healing with Classic at the hotel's Angsana Spa, through Feb. 28.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 12, 2013

Abe gives out info on his terms, via Facebook page

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has learned his lesson: Instead of giving short daily media interviews, he has launched a new Facebook page to provide information to the public on his terms while conveniently avoiding the kind of verbal missteps that plagued his recent predecessors — including himself, during...
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 11, 2013

New Year's party deal in Yokohama; exquisite hot-pot meal; Valentine's Day specialty chocolates

Half-price party plan in Yokohama As January is the month that people hold New Year's parties, the InterContinental Yokohama Grand is offering a special party plan called Thanks Night at its Italian restaurant, La Vela, on the hotel's second floor, every Wednesday and Thursday through Jan. 31.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 3, 2013

China signals tighter Internet control

Chinese citizens were last year treated to an unaccustomed number of hard-hitting exposes and investigations detailing the private lives and corrupt financial dealings of the most senior Communist Party officials and their family members.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 1, 2013

Myriad options for studying Japanese in the sticks

Reader JA is seeking a Japanese language school in the countryside here for his 18-year-old son.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 28, 2012

Special New Year's buffet in Osaka; countdown dance event in Tokyo; Champagne dinner party

BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 24, 2012

Instagram row reveals strong but clueless Net community

The simple story line from the uprising against Instagram is this: Powerful tech company pushes the line on privacy and sparks such widespread user outrage that it has no choice but to retreat.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Dec 22, 2012

Dutchman keeps paper-making traditions alive at his Shikoku studio

Rogier Uitenboogaart, who has been charmed by the world of washi (traditional Japanese paper) for the past three decades — especially its deep relationship with nature and people's everyday lives — is trying to help preserve both nature and the traditional craft in this country.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 21, 2012

Sunday brunch with Champagne; strawberry sweets afternoon tea; eat local at Yokohama buffet

Peninsula brunch with Champagne Sunday, a traditional day of rest, can be a perfect time to have a relaxing brunch to recharge for the work week. The Peninsula Tokyo offers a special brunch every Sunday at its French restaurant Peter.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 21, 2012

Lanza computer may hold key to massacre

Some of the most important clues about what drove Adam Lanza to mass murder probably sit on the computer that the reclusive, technical-minded 20-year-old used as one of his main contacts with the world, law enforcement authorities say.
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Dec 19, 2012

Win a futsal tournament, receive Liverpool tickets; new Korean Air benefits program

Liverpool FC tickets Virgin Atlantic Airways has announced that it will again cohost the third All England Cup Futsal Tournament in Japan in March with the international banking group Standard Chartered Bank.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 18, 2012

Nova's restructuring laid the foundations for Geos' revival

This year marked the fifth anniversary of the collapse of English language school giant Nova, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Oct. 26, 2007.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 17, 2012

In movie, she's a hero; in real life, it's complicated

She was a real-life heroine of the CIA hunt for Osama bin Laden, a headstrong young operative whose work tracking the al-Qaida leader serves as the dramatic core of a Hollywood film set to premiere this month.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Dec 13, 2012

Significant leap for Pyongyang missile tech

North Korea's successful launch of a long-range rocket, in the face of international opposition, indicates Pyongyang has taken a major step in its effort to develop a missile capable of reaching the U.S. West Coast, which would give the hermit nation a significant bargaining chip to use against Washington....
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 12, 2012

Facebook vote ends firm's experiment with democracy

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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 7, 2012

Short-stay spa plan in Hakone; oyster bar in Aoyama; New Year's buffet with Skytree views

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?