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CULTURE / Film
Jul 15, 2015

It's time to send 'The Terminator' back to the future

It's a sad day when an empire falls, but as history reminds us, often the fall of an empire has been in the works for some time — it's only the headlines that feel sudden. In this case, the empire is the "Terminator" sci-fi franchise. The tragedy is that we knew the fall was coming when "Terminator...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 14, 2015

Kitaoji Rosanjin only served the very best

Only a culinary visionary would declare in 1935: "If clothes make the person, dishes make the food."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 14, 2015

Sony makes noise with loudspeaker launch

Sony Mobile Communications Inc. wants to turn a loudspeaker into something that engages its users rather than a passive electronic device that merely plays music.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 14, 2015

Hamp case gave oxycodone a bad name, say doctors

The high-profile arrest of former Toyota Motor Corp. executive Julie Hamp last month over importing oxycodone might fuel prejudice in Japan against the narcotic painkillers and other strong pain-relieving drugs, experts fear.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 14, 2015

Detained Chinese lawyer 'blabbered' about rule of law, human rights

China's state media last month accused Wang Yu, the country's most prominent female human rights lawyer, of "blabbering about the rule of law and human rights."
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 13, 2015

Don't let your Japanese get derailed when you're angry

While Japan's train system is universally lauded as punctual and convenient, there's always that one person on the daily commute that ticks you off.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 13, 2015

Famed director Miyazaki calls Abe's move to revise Constitution 'despicable'

Famed director Hayao Miyazaki made a rare public appearance Monday in Tokyo, but the one-hour news conference may not have satisfied fans of his magical animation: The subject wasn't movies but politics.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jul 13, 2015

'One Piece' sets Guinness record for manga

The popular manga series 'One Piece' was officially recognized by Guinness World Records on Monday as the comic book series with the most copies published by a single author.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jul 11, 2015

Steve Spencer Baker: 'No one in their right mind gets on a frantic elevator'

Freelance company director on science fiction, social media and early incarnations of Simply Red
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 11, 2015

Consumers slow to embrace generic drugs

In May, the health ministry announced that it would set a new target for the use of generic pharmaceuticals. In 2013, 46.9 percent of the prescription drugs dispensed in Japan were generics, and at first the ministry said it wanted to raise this portion to 60 percent by 2017, but the Council on Economic...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2015

U.S. personnel agency chief resigns over massive data breach

The chief of the U.S. federal hiring office resigned on Friday after massive computer hacks at the agency that put the personal data of more than 22 million Americans at risk, including people seeking sensitive security clearances.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 10, 2015

Japan interested in joining NATO anti-ship missile consortium

Maritime Self-Defense Force officers traveled to a NATO meeting in The Hague in May to learn more about the consortium, says Reuters, citing unnamed sources.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / A TASTE OF HOME
Jul 10, 2015

Britain's food revolution hits Tokyo

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that, generally speaking, English meals are bad." So begins Nozomu Hayashi's best-selling 1991 treatise on British food, "Igirisu wa Oishi" ("England is Delicious").
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2015

Nepali expat champions aid effort for quake-struck homeland

On April 25, Nepalese Bilam Karki was driving in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, when he learned about the catastrophic earthquake that had struck the central part of his home country, with the news spreading fast via social media.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2015

Residence card swap deadline brings crowds to immigration centers

Foreign residents have been flocking to immigration centers in a last-minute rush to replace now-defunct certificates of alien registration with new residence cards.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2015

China's bull market in conspiracy theories

China's financial world has officially entered the paranoia zone.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 7, 2015

'Lucie Rie: A Retrospective'

July 7-Aug. 30
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2015

Mediterranean boat people are refugees, not migrants

People fleeing to Europe to escape violence in the Africa and the Middle East should be viewed as refugees, not migrants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 6, 2015

French renewables power grid pilot shows limits of batteries in Europe

A major pilot project by Europe's largest power network operator to integrate power from rooftop solar panels into the grid has shown that battery storage of renewable energy is not yet economically viable in Europe.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 4, 2015

Female chefs give sushi a new lease on life

A chef dressed in white stands behind the immaculate counter of a sushi restaurant with a vast array of raw seafood spread out in front of her. It sounds like a typical scene you might find at any sushi restaurant in Japan ... except in this case the chef is female.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jul 4, 2015

Could Hamp's detention reinforce prejudice?

The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Julie Hamp, Toyota Motor Corp.'s first female managing officer, on June 18 on suspicion of importing oxycodone, an opioid used to relieve pain. The drug is tightly controlled in Japan but can be imported into the country with a prescription if certain procedures...
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 3, 2015

Russia's dissidents return

It is high time for Russians to be reminded of the ideals on which perstroika were based.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 3, 2015

Thai monarchy on verge of dramatic change

With King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the twilight of his reign, Thailand's politically potent monarchy is in for a time of upheaval.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 2, 2015

Japan hoop adviser Dunn says Carmelo 'misunderstood'

Former New York Knicks assistant coach Jerry Dunn says that the team's star forward, Carmelo Anthony, is "very misunderstood" by the public.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 2, 2015

Hotel Granvia's rooms to get contemporary makeovers during Art Osaka

Hotels have long been synonymous with artwork, as opposed to works of art: Much of what you'll encounter are replicas at best or just plain kitsch (ahh, the Eiffel Tower ... again).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 2, 2015

Sabu tempts fate in new film

Sitting across from me with his sunglasses, dark leather jacket and mohawk, Hiroyuki Tanaka — better known simply as Sabu — doesn't look like the kind of guy who lets his emotions get the better of him, yet even he was almost brought to tears by the reaction his movie "Chasuke's Journey" ("Ten no...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 2, 2015

Iraq, Islamic State agree on one thing: Turkey hogging Euphrates water

There's one thing Islamic State militants and the Iraqi government they're besieging agree on: Turkey is using more than its fair share of water.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jul 1, 2015

Getting creative when it comes to finding the motivation to study Japanese

I respect people who possess a high-level of Japanese proficiency the same way I respect people who are well-built. I don't respect the results of the effort so much as the discipline required to attain it. I can't deny that focus and perseverance are character traits I lack and thus envy in others because...

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