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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 18, 2013

Tokyo Photo 2013 heads for Zojoji Temple

Japan's first international photography fair, Tokyo Photo, strengthens its hold on the photography scene in Asia with its fifth yearly installment from Sept. 27 to 30 at a new location at the Zojoji Temple in the downtown area of the city.
Reader Mail
Sep 18, 2013

When is a tattoo permissible?

Regarding the Sept. 15 article "Tattooed Maori barred by bath in Hokkaido": I have mixed feelings. I suppose that the difference of perception and mind-set regarding tattoos between Japanese and others is so great that such incidents will occur more frequently as the Olympics approaches.
Reader Mail
Sep 18, 2013

Much ado over a single cartoon

Regarding the Sept. 13 article "Japan to protest Fukushima-Olympics cartoons in French weekly": One — count it, one! — cartoon in a French satirical periodical makes the Japanese government cry "shame." This from the same government that denies Japan's World War II atrocities such as the enslavement...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 17, 2013

Japanese might just miss deflation when it's gone

As BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda tries to spur Japan's inflation rate, he faces a graying public that has learned not only to live with deflation but also to enjoy it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INNOVATIVE CITY FORUM
Sep 17, 2013

Can Tokyo move up to the top spot of the Global Power City Index?

The 21st century may be considered the era of cities, as opposed to the 20th century being the era of countries.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 16, 2013

Osaka: What on Earth should be done about the deteriorating situation at Fukushima No. 1?

As Tepco plays 'whack-a-mole' with myriad problems at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, readers offer their advice to the utility and Abe's government.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Sep 16, 2013

Oversized trash

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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 16, 2013

Improved economic signs support consumption tax hike: Hayashi

Given the improving economic climate, the 3-point consumption tax hike should go ahead as scheduled next April, agriculture minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a business conference Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 15, 2013

NBL gets ready to begin inaugural season

With the National Basketball League getting under way in a couple of weeks' time, league officials, coaches and players expressed their excitement at a news conference in Tokyo on Sunday evening.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / NOODLES
Sep 15, 2013

Olympics

CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 14, 2013

Children pay surprise visits to fathers working overseas; Tomoko Blanks dishes on Billy's fried chicken habits; CM of the week: Takasu Clinic

Many Japanese men live far away from their families because of job assignments. The men in "Sekai Hataraku Otosan" ("Fathers Working in the World"; TV Tokyo, Mon., 7:54 p.m.) live as far away from their families as you can get — in foreign countries. The premise of this documentary special is to have...
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2013

Toxic drain water may have run into Pacific

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it found radioactive substances in a drainage ditch that leads directly to the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2013

Tepco tech chief disputes Abe's 'under control' assertion

A Tokyo Electric Power Co. executive created a stir Friday by stating that he doesn't believe the radioactive water leaks at the Fukushima No. 1 plant are under control — contradicting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bold assertions in Tokyo's Olympics presentation in Buenos Aires.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2013

Tokyo bests New York, Paris for property rents

Tokyo is the best city for residential-property returns, broker Savills PLC said, because Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies are stimulating the economy and increasing investor confidence.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 13, 2013

Nishikori beats Falla to give Japan advantage over Colombia

Kei Nishikori defeated Alejandro Falla in straight sets (6-3, 6-4, 6-4) in the opening singles match at the Davis Cup World Group Playoff at Ariake Colosseum on Friday to stake the host nation to a 1-0 victory.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2013

Death-row inmate, 73, sixth executed under Abe Cabinet

A convicted murderer is hanged for robbing and gunning down the owner of a restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown in May 2004.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 12, 2013

Business 'champs' issue warning on looming 'Abenomics' hangover

Experts and business leaders who gathered Thursday at an international meeting in Dalian urged the government led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to be on guard against negative factors that could hurt Japan's economy.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Sep 12, 2013

Banzai Olympics

JAPAN
Sep 10, 2013

Abe's assurance to IOC on nuclear plant called into question

One question that emerged among the public immediately after Tokyo won the right to host the 2020 Olympics was whether Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an incorrect statement, or told an outright lie, about the contaminated water issue at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / 'SUMMER DAVOS' SPECIAL 2013
Sep 10, 2013

Abe hoping to prove to the world that Japan truly is back

Tokyo's victory for the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games is a reassurance to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent go-to catchphrase, "Japan is Back," with the slogan having appeared as the subtitle of the government's growth strategy and even as the title in one of Abe's policy speeches.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2013

Japan's April-June real GDP growth upgraded to annual 3.8%

An upward revision to Japan's gross domestic product gives the government yet another favorable signal for raising the sales tax next April.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 8, 2013

[VIDEO] A night to remember: the announcing of the Olympics' next host city

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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