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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 18, 2016

Giving voice to foreign talent via the spoken word

Tokyo's English poetry scene gets a shot in the arm with a lively event night and new journal.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Sep 14, 2022

JSA delights sumo diehards with announcement of October fan event

A number of rare opportunities will be available for attendees at Ryogoku Kokugikan event, the sport's first fan festival since 2005.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 8, 2021

China urges U.N. states not to attend Xinjiang event next week

Beijing charged that the event's organizers use 'human rights issues as a political tool to interfere in China's internal affairs.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 23, 2021

Tokyo 2020 organizers stage rugby sevens test event

Thursday's event focused mostly on logistics and measures to cope with COVID-19.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 6, 2020

Organizers manage to hold sport climbing test event without athletes

The Ready Steady Tokyo sport climbing event had a wall, music, PA announcers and even a famous spectator.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 20, 2018

Zozo set to host PGA Tour event in Japan

Japan will host its first-ever PGA Tour event starting next year with one of the fastest growing online business companies in the nation as the tourney's title sponsor, organizers announced on Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 31, 2022

Yamathoners once again take to the streets of Tokyo for charity

The annual Tokyo Yamathon event draws 1,155 participants and raises more than u00a54.5 million for charity.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 31, 2022

Donald Trump-hosted LIV event a mixed bag of big money and few fans

The former president's 520-acre property failed to attract the thousands of fans on Saturday that would typically swarm the fairways, merchandise tents and food venues of a PGA Tour event.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 8, 2021

New international golf event to tee off in ’22

The ISPS Handa-Championship, a golf tournament sponsored by the International Sports Promotion Society (ISPS), will be held next spring as the first DP World Tour event in Japan. With DP World, a multinational logistics company based in Dubai, as the new title sponsor, the European Tour group’s main...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 31, 2020

Japan Basketball Association to host marquee event in Yoyogi

Elite players from the country's men's and women's teams as well as members of Japan's 3x3 and wheelchair basketball sides are set to participate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2019

Halal event expected to surpass records

When the Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) opens in Kuala Lumpur on April 3, it will follow in the hope of topping last year's phenomenally successful event.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 28, 2017

When DJs meet startups: TDME aims to build bridges across the Asian dance music community

Despite having a huge music scene, Japan isn't known for conferences such as North America's South by Southwest or Europe's Amsterdam Dance Event. That's where the Tokyo Dance Music Event (TDME) comes in.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 21, 2015

Jeter, Matsui bring star power to charity event

Hideki Matsui stepped into the batter's box for old times' sake and, with former New York Yankees teammate Derek Jeter watching, capped a special day by sending a ball over the fence and into the right-field seats at Tokyo Dome. One more home run for Godzilla on a day full of them for Tohoku.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / ICE TIME
Feb 10, 2014

Team event good concept, but could be even better

The inaugural Olympic team skating event, which Russia won on Sunday night, appears to have been a great success. The new concept was well received by both fans and media.
Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Nov 24, 2012

Film event showcases homegrown culture

Three Japanese films with English subtitles featuring homegrown culture will be shown Nov. 29 and 30 in Kyoto.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jun 20, 2023

When is an esport not an esport? Olympic event puzzles gamers

The IOC officially recognized esports as a sport in 2017 and has been in discussions with industry players about inclusion on the most prestigious stage.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 13, 2022

LDP's Seiji Kihara did not report attending Unification Church-linked event

Kihara said that he was reminded of his attendance after hearing the names of national security experts who also joined the event, when it was pointed out by outsiders.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Oct 4, 2021

Tokyo Game Show returns with hybrid, scaled-down event

This year, with the event not even taking up half of a convention hall at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, the whole in-person experience could be had in less than 30 minutes.
Gamers play during the first day of Europe's leading digital games fair, Gamescom, in Cologne, Germany, in August 2019
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 2, 2023

Video game competitions should be in the Olympics

Esports is already among the world’s most popular competitive activities. Last year, the global audience totaled more than 500 million people.
Scallops from Hokkaido are served at an event in Sao Paulo on Sunday to promote Japanese seafood.
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2024

Japan promotes fishery products at event in Brazil

The move is meant to cut reliance on the Chinese market after Beijing banned seafood imports from Japan last year.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama reacts after a victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 31, 2024

Top pick Wembanyama and Magic's Banchero in NBA Rising Stars event

The event, featuring four seven-player teams, will be staged on Feb. 16, two days before the NBA All-Star Game at Indianapolis.
An event to promote wagyu beef is held in New York on Sunday.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2024

Japan targets beef exports with wagyu promotional event in New York

Japan's beef exports to the U.S. rose 1.6% in 2023 from the previous year making it the country's second-largest beef export market after Taiwan.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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