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Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 21, 2015

Star players Tokashiki, Yoshida named to Japan roster

Star players Ramu Tokashiki and Asami Yoshida are the headliners for Hayabusa Japan for the upcoming FIBA Asia Women's Championship.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 19, 2015

Immigration crackdown seen as paving the way for state to expel valid visa-holders

After successfully expelling visa overstayers over the past decade, Japan is now shifting its immigration control focus to a new target: people in the country on bogus visas.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Aug 17, 2015

NPO backs global certification for Minamiaizu's sustainable forests

In the town of Minamiaizu in southwestern Fukushima Prefecture, local efforts are gathering steam to promote its rich forestry resources to the world by obtaining global certification for quality woodlands.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 16, 2015

Japan routs Czech Republic to win three-game exhibition series

Sharp-shooter Keijuro Matsui nailed four 3-point shots and scored 18 points in the second quarter alone to boost the Japan men's team to a 75-61 victory over the Czech Republic on Sunday at Yoyogi National Gymnasium Annex.
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Aug 13, 2015

Skier Vonn breaks ankle in training

Lindsey Vonn, the most successful woman ski racer, said she broke her ankle while training in New Zealand on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 10, 2015

Photochemical smog creeps back on hot, still days

As searing hot days continue this summer, heatstroke and heat exhaustion have sent record numbers of people to hospitals.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 6, 2015

China, Philippines vying to host 2019 FIBA World Cup

Before the start of the three-day FIBA Central Board meeting on Friday, the Japan Basketball Association hosted a welcome party for the sport's executives at a Tokyo hotel. The dignitaries included FIBA president Horacio Muratore and FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann on Thursday night.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 6, 2015

How China is winning S.E. Asia

If push comes to shove in the South China Sea, will the U.S. find allies in its corner, or will they just be holding Uncle Sam's coat?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2015

No final deal in TPP trade talks

Efforts to conclude the framework for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement ended in failure Saturday, with negotiators unable to bridge differences over issues ranging from pharmaceutical patents to expanded imports of agricultural, and particularly dairy, products.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2015

Shibuya shines in summertime Bon dance festival

International students and workers in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward slipped into yukata summer kimono and enjoyed traditional folk dancing Friday during the district's second annual summer festival.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2015

Japan's tourism boom drives real-estate developers to convert offices into hotels

The surge in tourists visiting Japan is stretching the ability of hotels to accommodate them in a sector constrained by high costs, forcing developers to think out of the box for means to quickly increase lodging options without breaking the bank.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 30, 2015

Nation's political culture stands at major crossroads

Will Japan be dragged down by egocentric anti-intellectualism and suspension of judgment, or will a new civic culture turn the nation into a more mature democracy?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 30, 2015

Potential Abe successor speaks out against security bills

A possible rival for the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party is speaking out against his plans to expand the role of the Self-Defense Forces.
Japan Times
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jul 30, 2015

Time for Hakuho to bring down curtain on legendary career?

In 1971, when the great Taiho retired from the sport of sumo with 32 Emperor's Cups to his name, Hakuho was not yet born.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 30, 2015

Chinese tourists fueling boom in sightseeing buses

The surge in Chinese visitors to Japan is sparking a boom in demand for tour buses to take them shopping and sightseeing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jul 27, 2015

Tokai broadcaster pushes ninja idol adventure overseas

Tokai Television Broadcasting Ltd. has started to air a new series called "Ninja Boimenkun" ("Ninja Boys and Men") earlier this month.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 26, 2015

Sani Brown dreaming big after eye-catching performance

Surrounded by so many reporters, photographers and TV cameras, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, the latest sprint phenom from Japan, seemed a little uncomfortable.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 25, 2015

Abe battles to prevent support slipping toward danger zone

Public opposition to defense bills, the Olympic stadium debacle and concerns about China force Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the offensive as his support slides.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 24, 2015

Fox eyes World Cup studio in Moscow

David Neal looks ahead to the World Cup in less than three years and envisions Fox broadcasting from its own studio in the middle of Moscow's Red Square.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

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

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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