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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 13, 2014

Kibiji bike path: eating local in the slow lane

It doesn't take a great mind to read a map, and neither does it take one to get lost. I found myself doubting my direction three times as the Kibiji bike path — one of Japan's top 100 cycling roads — wound its way through pear- and grape-growing country, past a continuous patchwork of rice fields...
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2014

Abe pressures North Korea at rally for abductees' families

With North Korea's report approaching on its second probe into the fate of the Japanese it abducted, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday vowed in front of their families that his administration is committed to bringing them home.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2014

Abe recommits to 'womenomics'

At an international conference focusing on women, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday renewed his pledge to promote the status of women in society.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2014

Women's work culture under fire

One morning in February, the government personnel department began an experiment in a nondescript building in a Tokyo residential area that could end up rewriting the rules of the nation's powerful bureaucracy.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 12, 2014

Seagulls travel globe to find strong teams in hopes of improving game

Despite their track record of consecutive championships in recent years, the Obic Seagulls aren't resting on their laurels. They have a bigger picture in mind, and are trying to do as much as possible to make strides as the leading football club in Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2014

Pop star Aska gets off with suspended sentence for drug use

The Tokyo District Court hands disgraced pop star Aska a suspended prison term for possession and use of illegal stimulants.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 12, 2014

Matsushima stays course on death penalty but targets rape

Newly appointed Justice Minister Midori Matsushima on Thursday backed the death penalty as a deterrent against crime and said she planned to stiffen the penalty for rape and bolster immigration staff.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Sep 12, 2014

Adventurous fashion abounds this month

Zadig & Voltaire is ready to rock in Aoyama
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2014

Mayor of Kyoto has big plans for tourism

For Kyoto to continue growing as a tourism-oriented city, it must take steps that combine landscape planning with services, the mayor says.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2014

U.S. lawmakers support Obama's expanded plan to fight Islamic State

The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives voiced support on Thursday for President Barack Obama's expanded campaign against Islamic State militants, but members of his party questioned whether the plan to rely mainly on airstrikes and arming Syrian rebels was forceful enough.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 12, 2014

Microsoft co-founder Allen to give $9 million for Ebola fight

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen's charitable foundation on Thursday will announce it is donating $9 million to support U.S. efforts to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, a source said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2014

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has tumor; election campaign up in air

Speculation swept Canada's biggest city on Thursday after Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who made global headlines last year for admitting he had smoked crack cocaine, was hospitalized with an abdominal tumor just six weeks before the mayoral election.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 11, 2014

Translator Takamori leaves Niigata

All professional basketball leagues have people working behind the scenes or in roles that are less glamorous than the starting five or head coach.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 11, 2014

There are gods behind the Idemitsu Museum of Arts

In 1942, Idemitsu, a native of the Munakata area of Fukuoka Prefecture, led the Munakata Shrine Fukko Kiseikai (Restoration Committee) and was instrumental in restoring the grand shrine's buildings, which were by that point in a derelict state.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2014

Abe's astute Aussie diplomacy needs to be repeated in Asia

The recent joint declaration by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Australian counterpart, Tony Abbott, affirms that both countries have made great strides toward realizing a late 19th-century dream of closer ties.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 10, 2014

Anatomy of a scam: Aomori targeted by fake agents

A trail of deceit has produced fake 2014-15 contracts for several American basketball players for the Aomori Wat's, The Japan Times learned during a one-month investigation of alleged fraudulent agents.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 10, 2014

Dawn of the motion-capture renaissance

If "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," the second chapter in the reboot of the much-loved sci-fi franchise, feels like a different sort of blockbuster sequel — deeper, richer, more involving — that may be because director Matt Reeves is not your typical blockbuster director.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 10, 2014

Night Train to Lisbon

What does a man do when he wants to make a clean break? Hop on a train to Lisbon. That's what Swiss professor Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) does during "Night Train to Lisbon." One minute he's walking the chilly streets of Bern, Switzerland, and the next he's boarding the train for Portugal.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 10, 2014

Japan's regulator OKs nuclear plant return while pushing to close old reactors

The Nuclear Regulation Authority has approved the restart of a nuclear power station in Kyushu, the first step toward reopening an industry that was mothballed after the Fukushima triple meltdown.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / 'SUMMER DAVOS' SPECIAL 2014
Sep 10, 2014

Suzuki promotes Mie Pref. globally

Mie Gov. Eikei Suzuki, selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum this year, is trying to promote his prefecture on the global stage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / 'SUMMER DAVOS' SPECIAL 2014
Sep 10, 2014

Blazing a trail for Japanese sake in China

Masato Nakatani is the sixth-generation head of Nakatani Brewing Co. in Nara Prefecture, and one of the most outstanding figures involved in developing the worldwide sake market. Nineteen years ago, Nakatani began brewing sake in Tianjin, China, and the high-quality "Asaka" sake enjoys nearly the top...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / 'SUMMER DAVOS' SPECIAL 2014
Sep 10, 2014

Nihonbashi: Historic and modern

Nihonbashi is a business district in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, which grew around the bridge of the same name which has linked the sides of the Nihonbashi River since the 17th century. It is an area where people can experience the fusion of both historic and modern Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2014

Dynamic Modi faces daunting challenges

It remains to be seen what changes India's most dynamic leader in years can bring about in a country too often wedded to the past.
Reader Mail
Sep 10, 2014

The stripes of Abe's real policies

Regarding the Sept. 5 editorial "Keep a close eye on new Cabinet" and the Sept. 6 editorial "Biggest defense budget requests": The painted mask on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies is worn thin. We see that, like the appointment of five women to his reshuffled Cabinet, the true nature of his intentions...

Longform

The building of new high-rise residential buildings has some alarmed that they could empty and fall into disrepair as Japan's population shrinks.
The high cost of letting Japan's condos crumble