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Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 12, 2013

Washington, D.C., rappers punch ticket to North Korea

"Are you ready?" Ramsey Aburdene demands of the assembled buoyant audience. "Are you ready to go to North Korea?"
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 12, 2013

Kerry says Iranian side needed to consult with Tehran over nuclear deal

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered an ardent defense Monday of President Barack Obama as a strong foreign policy leader and "man of his word," whose guarantee that Iran will never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon should be heeded by doubters.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2013

Deluge of harassing emails angers anti-nuclear groups

Anti-nuclear activists express outrage over attacks involving a torrent of harassing emails that have nearly crippled their online activities.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 11, 2013

Okinawa: the junk heap of the Pacific

Over the past seven decades, Okinawa's sea, land and air have been contaminated with a cocktail of toxins by the U.S. military that have poisoned Okinawan civilians and U.S. troops alike.
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Nov 11, 2013

Huge headwear, film shorts and the fashion in between

Uniqlo gives the fleece a makeover
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 11, 2013

Take stock of this easy, nutritous dinner option

Grandmothers around the world have extolled the benefits of homemade stock in chicken soup. Stock made from real bones was an ancient cold remedy, and even modern studies have found benefits in chicken soup. If it is so healthful, why not use it to make an easy dinner tonight?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2013

U.S. initiative spending booms past $1 billion over past 18 months

Corporations and some of the wealthiest Americans spent more than $1 billion over the past 18 months on ballot initiatives in just 11 states, according to campaign finance data, an explosion of money used to pass new laws and influence the public debate.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Nov 11, 2013

Talk show on women's desires; documentary on Keiji Nakazawa; CM of the week: Canada Dry

NHK's interactive talk show by and for women is titled "Shaneru" (BS Premium, Mon. 11:15 p.m.), which is a double pun: first on the fashion house Chanel, and second on the neologism "sha-mēru" or "picture mail," since viewers are encouraged to send in their own digital-photo impressions of the topics...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 9, 2013

Find true love on the run at a jogging party

How do you find someone special in Tokyo these days? The answer lies not so much in your heart, but in your feet
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 9, 2013

Kokeshi: From Tohoku With Love

Kokeshi dolls are a mainstay of tourists shop across Japan, yet many visitors to the country may not know that these simple handmade wooden dolls are, by and large, associated with Tohoku, the region in the northeast that was so devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2013

Weakness in intelligence rankles Germans

Germany's exposure to the NSA's prying eyes is a blunt reminder of its past aggression and humiliation long after the country has cleaned up its act. And this rankles Germans.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 9, 2013

Pan-Asian dreams: The Greater East Asia Conference

Seventy years ago, on Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, 1943, Japan hosted a meeting of Asian leaders in Tokyo, hub of the Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere — the name it gave its wartime empire under the guise of Pan-Asian liberation.
Reader Mail
Nov 9, 2013

104 countries outclass Japan

It's hard to believe that life for women in Japan could get any worse, but the news released by the World Economic Forum last month (as cited in the Nov. 3 editorial) won't be happy reading for anyone in Japan.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2013

China should pave the way for its own Steve Jobs

As Communist Party leaders begin a four-day retreat to decide where to take China's economy, they would be wise to think about Steve Jobs. Their country's economic well-being may be at risk if they don't.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Nov 8, 2013

Escaping blame for an 'anus crime' by the seat of my pants

So there my wife sits before the tube — almost every night — with her electronic dictionary on and the Japanese subtitles off, soaking in the colorful language of law and lawbreaking.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2013

Government unpins Google Maps for top design prize

The government will not give the Good Design Grand Award to Google Maps even though it got the most votes, prompting speculation that it was snubbed because the maps include rivals' names for disputed islets claimed by Japan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 8, 2013

Costly challenge of globalizing Japan's labor force

Japan is way behind in the race to foster professionals who can operate across national, cultural and linguistic barriers. Solutions are not cheap, but the cost of not doing anything is higher.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 8, 2013

'Too fat to fly' young French patient is stranded by British Airways in Chicago

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JAPAN / Politics
Nov 7, 2013

Bill to set up U.S.-style security council clears Lower House

The House of Representatives passes legislation to establish a Japanese version of the U.S. National Security Council and sends it to the Upper House for ratification.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2013

Good, bad and ugly hacking

The trial of eight journalists and others accused of hacking private phones has begun in London. It is likely to last some six months and cost millions of pounds in fees to lawyers.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 7, 2013

Beaujolais Nouveau party; Thanksgiving dinner; Xmas courses for couples, families

Beaujolais Nouveau party
Japan struggles to fend off a world without enough matcha
Once a boon to tea farmers' bottom lines, the global matcha craze is now pushing producers and distributors to their limits with few options to adequately meet demand.
U.S. Marines start to leave Japan, decades behind schedule
U.S. Marines during training in Okinawa last month.
Tokyo fund buys China bonds for first time on Japanification bet
Japanese investors are estimated to have increased holdings of Chinese bonds by 53% last year, the most among the markets that make up the World Government Bond Index, according to Bloomberg analysis of Japanese balance-of-payments data.
Japan's Prince Hisahito to hold first news conference on March 3
Prince Hisahito heads to greet the Emperor and Empress on the occasion of his 18th birthday in Tokyo on Sep. 6.
Ukraine promises swift deal for minerals as Trump cuts Kyiv out of peace talks
A truck carrying partially-refined titanium ore to a factory for further refining at a mine east of Kyiv.
Japan looks to save seafood and seaweed farming from warming oceans
Asian seabass are bred at the Songkhla Coastal Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Research and Development Center in southern Thailand.
Japan struggles to fend off a world without enough matcha
Once a boon to tea farmers' bottom lines, the global matcha craze is now pushing producers and distributors to their limits with few options to adequately meet demand.
As Ukraine rift emerges, Kyiv's envoy says Japan must take on bigger global role
Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky speaks during an interview at the Ukrainian Embassy in Tokyo on Monday.
Shimane and Tottori to bewitch tourists with supernatural charms
In Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, an entire street is dedicated to Japanese spirits, monsters and ghouls — a sign that the overall region is rich in spine-tingling tourist draws.

Podcast

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

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
By Tomoko Otake

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