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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2015

Russia's totalitarianism 2.0

The Putin regime's approach can best be described as 'hybrid totalitarianism.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 18, 2015

High-tech Nippon Clever mask a hit amid MERS outbreak

High-tech facial masks produced by a Japanese firm have been selling like gangbusters since the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea in May.
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JAPAN / Media
Jun 12, 2015

Times advisory board meets, offers recommendations

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BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Jun 7, 2015

NEC develops way to ID everyday objects

Envision a container filled with tens of thousands of metal screws made from the same mold. Is it possible to tell one from another?
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 6, 2015

Refusing to check out of the Hotel Okura

With the iconic landmark poised to close for renovation in August, we explore its significance to the development of modernist architecture in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Jun 2, 2015

Shibamata offers a step back into a Tora-san time warp

Tokyo's Shibamata district has preserved much of its townscape, which is reminiscent of old downtown Tokyo.
COMMENTARY / World
May 7, 2015

On Fascism, Nazism, Bolshevism and 'Russism'

As Russia prepares to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its victory over Hitler, it is increasingly coming under the grip of 'Russism' — a hybrid form of Nazism.
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BUSINESS
May 6, 2015

Desktop PC queries topped by Google mobile searches in 10 countries

Google Inc. users in the U.S., Japan and other key countries have shifted more than half their Internet searches to handheld devices from personal computers, driving the company's investments in features for mobile gadgets.
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COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
May 2, 2015

Garden states: looking good on the outside

One problem with designing your own house is that you don't necessarily know what it's going to be like until it's finished. The company we hired to build ours doesn't make model homes the way some housing companies do. It's one of the reasons we chose them, since models add to the price of the product....
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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 30, 2015

Spacecraft spots possible Pluto polar cap

NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft has spotted surface features on the icy world, including a possible polar cap, images released on Wednesday show.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 16, 2015

3D Robotics plans to launch $1,000 smart drone

3D Robotics Inc., North America's largest drone manufacturer, is introducing a $1,000 drone for consumers that simplifies flying and using the products.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2015

South China Sea standoff

Beijing must be feeling the pressure from the U.S. to stop its campaign of turning tiny reefs in the South China Sea into artificial islands capable of military use.
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BUSINESS / Economy / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 11, 2015

Outdated Otsuka Kagu business model is at the root of family feud

Retailers know that image maintenance is important for their bottom lines, as proven by Otsuka Kagu Ltd.'s 37.8 percent drop in sales last month compared to March 2014.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2015

The BBC's worldwide coverage is losing its way

BBC worldwide coverage is increasingly losing its way, suffering from budget cuts, dumbing down of content, loss of news priorities and a sacrifice of a true world view.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Mar 27, 2015

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LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Mar 16, 2015

Snowman record set in Nagano

Some 630 people succeeded in setting a new Guinness World Record by building 1,585 snowmen in one hour at a Feb. 15 event in the city of Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 10, 2015

Monkey ski, monkey brew as Shiga Kogen hosts annual beer-and-bands festival

Two of the bigger booms of the last few years in Japan seem like they would be a great match. But nobody thought to merge the worlds of craft beer and music festivals until Eigo Sato did so in 2012.
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CULTURE / Music
Mar 3, 2015

Fact takes post-hardcore to a rawer place on 'Ktheat'

It has been a year since post-hardcore group Fact released an artist photo with the six members' faces revealed. Before then, the band always wore traditional Japanese noh masks.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Feb 27, 2015

This month's latest games — from play dough to gangsters

Nintendo molds a new Kirby
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CULTURE / Music
Feb 17, 2015

AKB48 "Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!"

Idol group AKB48 elicits extreme reactions from people. The unit has nurtured a rabid fanbase who are willing to buy multiple copies of a single CD to show their devotion. On the other hand, critics despise the group's brand of by-the-book pop and the sideshow shenanigans the members engage in (or are...
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JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Feb 15, 2015

Mainstream Japanese society slowly working to accommodate sexual minorities

When she was in her teens, Yumiko Higuchi was suicidal.
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JAPAN / Science & Health / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Feb 9, 2015

3-D printers take center stage in Japan's regenerative medicine

As public expectations for regenerative medicine mount, scientists are turning to the vast potential of 3-D printing technologies in their quest to re-create skin, blood vessels, cartilage and other complex human tissue.
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CULTURE / Books
Jan 31, 2015

Hallucinating in print with Keiichi Tanaami

Prolific is a word that hardly does justice to Keiichi Tanaami. Born in Tokyo in 1936, Tanaami has worked ceaselessly, imparting a lasting legacy on the landscape of Japanese Pop Art. He has been described as "Japan's Andy Warhol," but unlike Warhol, Tanaami's works are consistently psychedelic; full...
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Places
Jan 28, 2015

Tokyo's menagerie of pet cafes

Japan's animal cafes fill a very important niche, as many people, especially in urban areas, live in cramped apartments with strict no-pets policies. The pet cafe allows them to connect with the domesticated animal kingdom for the price of a cup of tea. Cat cafes got the ball rolling (after the first cat cafe landed in Osaka in 2004) and over the years that's expanded to a menagerie that includes rabbits, birds, goats and even penguins. Here is a selection of pet cafes in Tokyo.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 27, 2014

Learning to love robots

With half the decade complete, we examine an industry that has significantly changed the way we think about ourselves.
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JAPAN / Media
Dec 25, 2014

Japan Times Advisory Board serves up brickbats, praise for newspaper's coverage

Ichiro Fujisaki, who formerly served as Japan's ambassador to the United States, praised the paper for its "readability." He said he senses that the editors try to choose phrases and words that are easy for Japanese readers to understand.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 11, 2014

Perfect combination of burgers, beer; Christmas dinner, room packages; traditional cuisine gets new look

Perfect combination of burgers, beer
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CULTURE / Music
Dec 9, 2014

U.S. artist gets a major photo opportunity from Mr. Children

Rock act Mr. Children's newly released single "Ashioto — Be Strong" ("Footsteps, Be Strong") has attracted a lot of attention. This is par for the course with a Mr. Children song, but it's also the opening track for the ongoing Fuji TV drama series "Nobunaga Concerto," which features stars such as...
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CULTURE / Art
Dec 4, 2014

'The Power of a Pencil: Susumu Kinoshita and Yoshio Yoshimura'

A special exhibition focusing on pencil works, "The Power of Pencil" features the drawings of Susumu Kinoshita and Toshio Yoshimura. Both artists focus on portraits for this show, though each produces very different works. Kinoshita illustrates models, capturing their lives through the careful observation...

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