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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 4, 2014

Our beastly post-Fukushima age

We have to remember the Fukushima nuclear disaster from the perspective of how Japan's system for providing meat, vegetables, rice, fish and other foods is still suffering as a result.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Feb 23, 2014

Sakki-kara damarikonde-shimatte

Today we introduce some usages of the verb u8fbcuff08u3053uff09u3080 (to be crowded) and related vocabulary. u8fbcu3080 describes that a place is crowded, as in: u96fbu8ecauff08u3067u3093u3057u3083uff09u304cu8fbcu3093u3067u3044u3066u3001u3059u308fu308cu306au304bu3063u305f (The train was too crowded to get a seat).
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Jan 8, 2014

Restore the shuttered-up New Year's of yore

First of all, I would like to wish a happy new year to all the readers of Labor Pains. While labor news has generally been a gloomy topic of late, it is my hope that this year will bring brighter things for me to write about.
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: ARCHITECTURE
Dec 30, 2013

Building on strong foundations in 2013

The end of the year is traditionally a time of review and new prospects, a time to weave memories of the past with plans for the future to form the narrative cloth of a coherent identity.
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Dec 27, 2013

From charity to chocolate, the best ways to blow ¥500

The Japan Times asked readers to email or tweet their suggestions of the best ways to use a single ¥500 coin, for a chance to win edible prizes. Here are some of the entries.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 14, 2013

Amenities for Muslim guests; 'Sparkling' menus by Tokyo Bay; Advance orders for Christmas cakes

Amenities for Muslim guests
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 24, 2013

Autumn roll cake in Hakone; Peninsula fall-leaves fair; Early Christmas-cake orders

The Salon de Thu00e9 Rosage dessert restaurant at the Odakyu Hotel de Yama, a luxury hotel in the resort area of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, is offering seasonal desserts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Oct 7, 2013

Deliveries boost convenience stores' cachet

The nation's convenience stores have been in a constant state of evolution, starting by offering small snacks and drinks and basic daily goods like newspapers, magazines and toiletries.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON: FASHION
Sep 9, 2013

Louis Vuitton celebrates its muses, while Control Bear heads its own store

Louis Vuitton is celebrating six of its designer's 'muses' in an interactive exhibition at the Tokyo Station Hotel. 'Timeless Muses' honors supermodel Kate Moss, film director Sofia Coppola, French actress Catherine Deneuve, novelist Franu00e7oise Sagan, architect Charlotte Perriand and, to bring the 'timeless' into context, 19th-century French Empress consort Eugu00e9nie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2013

Letting the changes out at the beach

A visit to a beach in southern Europe reveals a gender divide as well as a physical laissez-faire that occurs when people have real things to worry about.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2013

Misconceptions about how Wal-Mart operates

Wal-Mart's supporters laud its low prices while its opponents charge that it exploits workers and pollutes the environment. The truth is more complex.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 11, 2013

Craft beer special at Park Hyatt; Imperial Hotel favorites for takeout; Grand Hyatt's new executive chef

The Grand Hyatt Tokyo in Roppongi has announced that, since June, Stephane Foucher has been the hotel's new executive chef.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Jul 8, 2013

This month's genuine pearls of fashion wisdom

Pearls of fashion win a Guinness World Record
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 13, 2013

Kanazawa artists play with genres

It's 11 p.m. and Kanazawa venue Puddle is packed. The space is a two-room, wood-furnished cafe/bar in the city's Katamachi neighborhood. There's a mediocre jam band playing later that night, but the DJ set by Yasuhiro Tsukamoto is what catches my attention. With little regard to what's on the charts,...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / NOTEBOOK
Jun 5, 2013

A taste of college life through English lectures; Love Planet 2013 event

EDUCATION
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jun 4, 2013

From paperclip holders and cityscape planters to corner lights and sustainable cameras

Even though we are moving — forcibly — toward the paperless office, the reality is that we still at some point find ourselves with piles of physical documents to deal with, which usually means a desktop covered in paper clips.
Japan Times
WORLD / TICAD V SPECIAL
Jun 1, 2013

Short excursions for exploring Yokohama's waterfront area

When U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry sailed his fleet of "Black Ships" from America and urged Japan to open up, there was much fury and discussion as to which ports should be permitted for use by the foreigners. The original treaty between the two countries suggested the opening of Kanagawa, in addition...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 30, 2013

'Fast fashion' of South Korea, Singapore arrives

In the competitive Japanese "fast fashion" market, two new Asian brands have recently come in to challenge domestic and Western rivals.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 28, 2013

As Japan reeled from disaster, three men went cycling

In 1977, British author and long-term Tokyo resident Alan Booth made a journey on foot from the northernmost point in Japan, Cape Soya, to Kyushu's southernmost tip, Cape Sata.
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 8, 2013

Group behind Luxor attack fills gaps left by government

There are generally two stories about how reliable the police force is in the southern Egyptian city of Assiut, and one of those is told by the police.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 22, 2013

InterContinental to open in Osaka; haute cuisine at Mercedes-Benz Connection; White Day gifts at Cerulean Tower

InterContinental to open in Osaka
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 17, 2013

Universal Studios Japan-themed room; Ritz-Carlton Valentine's chocolates; spa special in Kobe

Special winter spa offer in Kobe The ANA Crowne Plaza Kobe is holding a special winter promotion called Healing with Classic at the hotel's Angsana Spa, through Feb. 28.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / A TASTE OF HOME
Jan 17, 2013

Searching for Singapore: Chicken rice and more in Tokyo

Considering that Singapore is famous for being one of the world's most delicious cities, it is surprising that Singaporean food doesn't have more cachet, or at least more of a presence, in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Dec 11, 2012

Fashion's Night Out hits Japan's second-largest city, with another all-star cast of names

The popular Fashion's Night Out festival — helmed by Vogue magazine and held in the top fashion cities of the world every September — is about to be replicated in Osaka, Japan's second-largest city.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Dec 4, 2012

Softbank's policies on foreign customers hard to pin down

Some of our non-Japanese readers are wondering why, when trying to sort out a phone and contract with Softbank, they often seem to be subject to different rules than Japanese customers — and even fellow foreign residents.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Nov 6, 2012

Violin maker brings traditions of Italian masters to Tokyo

Born in Nebraska, Louis Caporale started playing the violin at the age of 4. By 14 he was building violins. At 18, he was the youngest student enrolled at the Chicago School of Violin Making.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 19, 2012

Kobe Bay Sheraton wine event; InterContinental Yokohama Christmas cakes; new Grand Hyatt Fukuoka chef

Grand Hyatt Fukuoka's new chef Since September, Ernst Jaeck has been the new executive chef at the Grand Hyatt Fukuoka in Canal City Hakata.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Oct 12, 2012

Today's J-blip: Mister Softee in Tokyo

Grab your ice cream money —Mister Softee has arrived in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Oct 7, 2012

Shigesato Itoi shares lots of 'delicious life'

Shigesato Itoi is an established name in the Japanese cultural scene, but what he is known for may differ depending on who you ask.

Longform

Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
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