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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2014

Putting off environmental sacrifice

Are environmentalists who want society to divest itself of fossil fuels hypocrites if they don't adopt a radically reduced carbon lifestyle themselves?
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Sep 26, 2014

J-blip: Morphing time for Okamoto's 'Tower of the Sun'

Bandai is turning Osaka's iconic building into its newest transforming toy robot.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 25, 2014

Getting a taste of design, fashion; burritos for the working woman

Getting a taste of design, fashion
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 24, 2014

UFC eyeing Asian market

This past Saturday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to Japan for a third straight year to host a show, dubbed UFC Fight Night Japan, at Saitama Super Arena.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 23, 2014

Remaking the EDM experience for Japan

Glitter showered the crowd at August's all-night Sonicmania event as electronic artist Zedd cued up his hit song, "Stay the Night." The crowd bobbed along at first, but as the track built and let loose in a whirlwind of bass and synthesizer the audience followed suit with fists pumping in the air and...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 20, 2014

Lafcadio Hearn: 'Japanese Thru and Tru'

A small cage was opened at Lafcadio Hearn's funeral, setting birds into the air, the soul of the deceased presumably taking flight with them. His coffin was draped in chrysanthemums and fragrant olive, adorned by a laurel wreath. Seven Buddhist priests read the sutras at Kobudera (now Jishoin Enyuji...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 20, 2014

Studio Ghibli inspires endless adaptations

As one of the most important and acclaimed animation studios in not only Japan but the world, it's unsurprising that Studio Ghibli has also inspired a wealth of printed material. Helen McCarthy's "Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation" about the studio's most celebrated director and Miyazaki's...
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CULTURE / Books
Sep 20, 2014

Oh, Tama!

Mieko Kanai, a prize-winning poet, eminent critic and author of experimental fiction that evokes comparisons to the works of Borges and Kafka, has also, in her "Mejiro" series, produced a series of novels notably lighter in tone. In these books, two of which have been translated into English, philosophical...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2014

Japan's expatriate Scots express relief, regret at vote outcome

Scots and other British citizens living in Japan express emotions ranging from disappointment to relief as voters in Scotland reject the offer of an independent state.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Sep 19, 2014

Blood types

Dear Alice,
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2014

Alibaba IPO prices at top of range, raising $21.8 billion

Alibaba Group Holding priced its initial public offering at $68 a share, the top end of the expected range, raising $21.8 billion on Thursday, in the latest sign of strong investor appetite for the Chinese e-commerce juggernaut.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 18, 2014

Indie games get a boost at Tokyo Game Show

Major gaming companies are likely to dominate the headlines at this weekend's Tokyo Game Show (TGS), along with the promise of future releases that have budgets reaching into the millions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 18, 2014

'The Human Image: Picasso, Matisse, Warhol'

Pablo Picasso's "Rape of the Sabine Women" is being brought to Japan for the first time. This work, inspired by Nicolas Poussin's "The Abduction of the Sabine Women" and Jacques-Louis David's "The Intervention of the Sabine Women," depicts a tale of Ancient Rome, when the city's men forcibly took a neighboring...
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CULTURE / Art
Sep 18, 2014

'Hishida Shunso: A Retrospective'

To celebrate the 140th year since the birth of Shunso Hishida (1874-1911), the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, is presenting more than 100 of the modern Japanese painter's masterpieces.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 18, 2014

'Tomotaka Yasui: Silence'

Tomotaka Yasui is the fifth artist to be featured in The Hakone Open-Air Museum's series of exhibitions showcasing young contemporary sculptors.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 18, 2014

Ignored and fed up, U.K. regions call for Scottish-style devolution

Scotland's chance to vote for independence has lit hopes in other regions of Britain that a reworking of political ties might boost their chances of self-rule too.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 17, 2014

Jersey Boys

Either Clint Eastwood had the flu or he wanted to distance himself from "Jersey Boys" as much as possible while still managing to direct it. Either way, it's impossible not to sense a certain coldness on the part of Eastwood here — you just don't feel love emanating from the frames in the manner of...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 17, 2014

Deliver Us From Evil

It used to be that the horrors of the real world marched pretty much in lock step with the horrors being touted by the media — a centuries-old case in point is how the Spanish Inquisition hired professional artists to paint scenes of torture and misery for advertising purposes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Sep 17, 2014

Der Spiegel magazine finds print and digital mix that works

With newspaper readership on the decline worldwide as the industry faces the print-to-digital transition, a German approach may serve as a reference for Japanese media seeking new tactics to attract customers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 16, 2014

Luminous Orange's Rie Takeuchi soars with a little help from her friends

Though often referred to as a "shoegaze band," Luminous Orange's Rie Takeuchi says she is neither of those two things.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 16, 2014

'Attack25' revists Dreams Come True's better qualities

Dreams Come True "Attack25" (Universal Music)
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 16, 2014

Pignon: Bistro dining by different rules

Guacamole and merguez sausages on the menu, salsa and bossa nova on the sound system and not a check tablecloth in sight: Pignon is a far cry from the average bistro. But then again, owner-chef Rimpei Yoshikawa is anything but a typical Tokyo French chef.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2014

In Japan, grave times for the tombstone trade

An Jianxing can see he is in a dying business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 15, 2014

Mail order scofflaws are the exception that proves the rule

Some Internet consumers take advantage of sales agents' honor systems.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Sep 14, 2014

Next consumption tax raise painting Abe into a corner

Ever since the Cabinet Office released preliminary figures last month that showed an annualized 6.8 percent decline in first-quarter GDP, a war of nerves has flared up between the prime minister's office and the Finance Ministry. The next consumption tax hike could be delayed.
COMMENTARY / World / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 13, 2014

Empowering Asian women through education

Asia University for Women, launched in 2008, is an audacious project in Chittagong, Bangladesh, that is aiming to develop the region's future leaders.

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