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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 10, 2012

Have a drink and a foot bath on a Tokyo rooftop; enjoy sukiyaki to build up stamina; special dim sum dining in Osaka

Beer with a foot bath in Azabu-Juban The Hilltop Casita restaurant in the Azabu-Juban district of Tokyo has opened its poolside dining area, offering a summer beer garden through Aug. 30.
OLYMPICS / LONDON POSTCARD
Aug 1, 2012

British papers always informative, amusing

For a news aficionado from any village, suburb or metropolis on the planet, London is the place to be right now.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 27, 2012

Terrace dinner plan at Palace Hotel

The Palace Hotel Tokyo, situated near Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace, is now offering a special summer accommodation plan called At the Terrace, through Sept. 9.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 20, 2012

Special Japanese breakfast in Hakone

The Odakyu Hotel de Yama in the resort area of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, is offering an accommodation package that comes with the hotel's special Japanese breakfast, through Aug. 31.
EDITORIALS
Jul 18, 2012

Change in immigration control

The new immigration control system started July 9. The alien registration system, which covered both legal and illegal foreign residents and helped provide various administrative services even to the latter group was abolished.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 13, 2012

New Otani Osaka's outdoor pool open

The Hotel New Otani Osaka has opened its outdoor pool on the fourth floor, through Sept. 17.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2012

Lowering the risks of conflict in the Asia-Pacific

There was little surprise in President Barack Obama's announcement late last year that the United States would strengthen its position in East Asia while drawing down its forces in Europe.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 6, 2012

Famed patissier to visit the Cerulean

From July 11-31, the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel in the Shibuya area of Tokyo will hold a special Laurent Jeannin Promotion featuring special lunch and dinner courses at the restaurant Coucagno on the hotel's 40th floor.
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2012

Better disaster planning needed

The Noda Cabinet on June 19 adopted a 2012 white book on disaster prevention that deals with not only the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear crisis but also major earthquakes expected to occur close to the Tokyo metropolitan area and in the Nankai Trough, a 900-km subduction...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jun 22, 2012

Bubby's new store in Tokyo Station

The American cafe and restaurant Bubby's is opening a new branch in the Yaesu underground shopping mall of Tokyo Station, known as Yaechika, on June 22.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 21, 2012

The photographs that leave a paper trail

In today's complex world, in which we are routinely overburdened with data, intuition and a visceral response to imagery is increasingly trumping rational discourse, according to Thomas Demand. But this is something the German artist, whose work is the subject of a major solo show at the Museum of Contemporary...
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2012

Ospreys add to Okinawa grievances

For nearly 30 years, Ginowan resident Eisho Nakandakari has had periodic trouble sleeping at night. It's not insomnia that keeps him up, but the roar of jets from U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, just a few hundred meters from his home.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jun 12, 2012

'Flyjin' feel vindicated, worry for those left in Japan

Although more than a year has passed since the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami struck Tohoku on March 11, 2011, Ivan Stout's memory of the moment when the Shinmarunouchi building in Tokyo's Chou Ward began to tremble is as vivid as ever.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jun 8, 2012

Hyatt Regency Tokyo summer plan

The Hyatt Regency Tokyo in Shinjuku is offering a special Summer Stay accommodation plan, through Sept. 30.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 7, 2012

Tsunami-spoiled pics given new life

Of all the many and varied recovery and repair efforts now under way following the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, few would be as fiddly as the Rikuzentakata Disaster Document Digitalization Project.
EDITORIALS
Jun 5, 2012

The Houla massacre

The situation in Syria continues to worsen. While accurate information is difficult to acquire, all indications are that the country hovers on the brink of a civil war. The most recent atrocity is a massacre in the town of Houla that left at least 108 people dead. On Saturday, 89 deaths were reported...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 2, 2012

Japan's great outdoors becomes Oregonian's office-cum-playground

Gliding through powder across Mount Hakkoda in Aomori Prefecture or scanning the surfers at Shonan Beach in Kanagawa Prefecture, Gardner Robinson's life and work merge so completely that on the clock and on the slopes are one and the same.
Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Jun 2, 2012

Sculptor Sato's works at Sagawa Art Museum

The Sagawa Art Museum in Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, is hosting an exhibition of sculptor Churyo Sato through June 24. Sato, who died last year at age 98, was a diligent artist, working from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for 70 years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jun 1, 2012

The Peninsula Tokyo summer fair

The Peninsula Tokyo is holding a summer promotion at each of its restaurants, offering special menus to maintain one's stamina during the hot season as well as a variety of cool desserts, through Aug. 31.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 25, 2012

View Tokyo Skytree over a buffet

On May 22, in commemoration of the opening of Tokyo Skytree, the Asakusa View Hotel, the tower's "official friendship hotel," opened Musashi, a new buffet restaurant and bar on its 26th floor.
JAPAN
May 16, 2012

Japan unlikely to land Watson despite arrest in Germany

The arrest of Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson in Frankfurt on Sunday is unlikely to lead to his arrest by Japan for a combination of reasons, one being that Tokyo does not have an extradition treaty with Berlin, according to Toru Chochi, a Japan Coast Guard official.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 11, 2012

Sumida ferry accommodation plan

May is an ideal time to venture around Tokyo: One can enjoy the warm spring season with flowers and a refreshing breeze before the rainy season arrives in June. The Hotel New Hankyu Tokyo in the Tsukiji district is offering a special accommodation package including a ferry cruise on the Sumida River,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 4, 2012

Eclipse over easy, a star-studded anniversary, and bubbly pairings

Annular solar eclipse from the Park Hyatt Tokyo On May 21, for the first time in 25 years, an annular solar eclipse will be visible from large parts of Japan; for Tokyo, it is the first time in 173 years. The Park Hyatt Tokyo in Shinjuku will offer a special breakfast to observe the cosmic phenomenon...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 27, 2012

Mother's Day lunch with carnations

With Mother's Day approaching, The Prince Park Tower Tokyo is offering a special lunch course for guests to show their mothers some appreciation at its Western cuisine restaurant, Brise Verte, located on the 33rd floor of the hotel, through May 13.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2012

How much should one's birth gender matter?

Jenna Talackova reached the finals of Miss Universe Canada last month, before being disqualified because she was not a "natural born" female. The tall, beautiful blonde told the media that she had considered herself a female since she was four years old, had begun hormone treatment at 14, and had sex...
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.
With new regional party, Shinji Ishimaru touts rebirth
Shinji Ishimaru announces details of his new regional party at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Nippon Steel’s case against Biden probably unwinnable, attorneys argue
U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Braddock, Pennsylvannia, in 2019. Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel face significant legal challenges in their case against the United States.
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.
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.

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

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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.
Can aging Japan go digital without leaving anyone behind?
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