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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2021

Under Tokyo's state of emergency, some drink on even after authorities call time

While compliance has been high, more people appear to be ignoring the state of emergency this time than one last year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 3, 2020

Denkushiflori: Den and Florilege collaboration drives Tokyo’s hottest opening

Two of Tokyo's hottest chefs. A menu tethering contemporary Japanese to modern French cuisine. Tokyo has never seen an opening like Denkushiflori.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 12, 2020

'The Japanese Sake Bible': Sake production is 'a business that's all about families'

“The Japanese Sake Bible” delves deep into the history and culture of Japan's national drink, as well as the stories of the people who make it.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 12, 2020

Opening a hotel restaurant is about more than the menu

The challenges facing chefs opening hotel restaurants are as extensive as they are complex. Factor in a pandemic, and strategies must be rethought.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 15, 2020

How COVID-19 has reshaped Japan's drinking culture

Suit-clad office workers are no longer flocking to Japanese-style pubs en masse to unwind after a long day at the office. Where are they drinking instead?
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 8, 2020

Japan’s traditional shopping arcades struggle to remain relevant

Already facing stiff competition in the retail sector, shu014dtengai nationwide are rallying together with their local communities to battle sluggish sales amid the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 27, 2020

A quick reopening, a surge in infections and a U.S. recovery at risk

When Texas reopened bars for the U.S.'s Memorial Day weekend last month, cooped-up millennials and Gen Zers took full advantage, flouting social distancing rules to pack clubs and pushing their credit card spending in the next two weeks back to 2019 levels.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Women of Taste
Jun 13, 2020

Yubako Kamohara: Taking center counter at Tsurutokame

Yubako Kamohara leads Japan's only all-female kaiseki restaurant, Tsurutokame. But becoming an itamae chef wasn't her original plan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 7, 2020

Italian fare with a taste of Japan ready for delivery

Many a Tokyo resident has dined at least once at the Cafe La Boheme chain of restaurants that date back several decades. While the hours of the iconic restaurants have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s still possible for diners to get their fix — raw fish dishes such as carpaccio excluded...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 23, 2020

Get work done in style in quality rooms

For a productive and peaceful teleworking experience, people need to look no further than the ANA InterContinental Tokyo, where offers focused on working remotely include Half Day (three-hour) and Full Day (nine-hour) plans. The plans are available until June 30 and see up to two persons ensconsed in...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Apr 11, 2020

COVID-19 puts a cork in profits for Tokyo’s wine bars

COVID-19-related lockdowns and subsequent reservation cancellations are threatening Tokyo's wine businesses. Although some are making the pivot to delivery, many might be unable to weather shutting their doors for months without government assistance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 18, 2019

As Japan's labor crunch bites, companies look to robots to plug the gaps

In the not-so-distant future, more robots may be interacting with customers at shopping complexes, serving food at restaurants or cleaning floors at offices in Japan amid a serious labor crunch.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jul 20, 2019

Yuji Haraguchi: Changing the gourmet rules

From making fish-based ramen to serving Japanese lunch as breakfast in the U.S., chef Yuji Haraguchi likes to break with convention.
EDITORIALS
Jul 20, 2019

Close passive smoke loopholes

New measures are a first big step to stamping out passive smoking, but much more can and should be done.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Apr 27, 2019

Aozora Blue: Hand-made udon with a soba inflection

At Aozora Blue, chef Hirofumi Matsui draws on his soba-making experiences to offer an exquisite, handmade udon noodle in an elevated setting.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Apr 20, 2019

Shuichi Kotani: Taking soba noodles worldwide

From working at McDonald's in Himeji to making noodles for Japanese restaurants in America, Shuichi Kotani has always looked for and taken opportunities.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / G20 host cities special
Mar 5, 2019

Premium produce, delicious dishes

Niigata, which will host the Agriculture Ministers' Meeting on May 11 and 12, is known for many things, but premier Koshihikari rice is likely the prefecture's most notable product.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 24, 2019

In smoker's paradise Japan, 81-year-old Bungaku Watanabe has spent decades leading a war on tobacco

"Is it OK if I smoke during the interview?" I ask Bungaku Watanabe, reaching into my coat pocket.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 10, 2018

The standing bars of Osaka: Cheap, cheerful and nostalgic

The origin of tachinomi can be traced to the Edo Period (1603-1868), when sake shops started offering customers a quick tipple from square wooden measuring cups known as masu. Since then, they have become neighborhood institutions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2018

Japanese towns that thrive on once-abundant squid suffer as numbers decline at alarming rate

Takashi Odajima picked up a cracked and faded photograph and dusted it off with his sleeve. He smiled a little sadly at the image from long ago, back when he was a baby boy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2018

Tokyo's Toyosu market opens doors to eager public

The Toyosu wholesale food market opened its doors to the public for the first time Saturday, allowing tourists to wander the massive complex, browse exhibits and dine at some of the famous restaurants that relocated from the Tsukiji district last week.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Aug 25, 2018

Masato Miyazawa: Calm, collected, almost transcendent

When Masato Miyazawa opened his first restaurant here in Kyoto, he was 32.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2018

Lefties push back against Japan's 'righteous' spin

Yu still remembers her mother's firm words: "You're using your other hand."
EDITORIALS
Mar 19, 2018

Measures against secondhand smoke insufficient

A proposed amendment to the law promoting public health that is supposed to curb secondhand smoking in public places has far too many loopholes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Mar 10, 2018

Tai no Tai: Ambitious kaiseki that plays on the basics

Chef Noriyuki Hashinaga's new outpost — Tai no Tai — opened less than a year ago and it is close to his eponymous restaurant in many senses of the word.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 4, 2017

Sawtelle Japantown: A return to one's roots?

A Los Angeles neighborhood is struggling to preserve its unique cultural identity.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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