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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 7, 2015

Cheers to Hirosaki's latest use of its apples

If you ask someone about Aomori Prefecture, it is likely that the subject of apples would pop up in conversation sooner or later. The city of Hirosaki boasts the title of holding the highest apple crop yields in Japan, producing 160,000 tons of apples per year, and being home to more than 6,000 orchards...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 7, 2015

Sewing the seeds of new craft ideas

'I never thought I'd be taking over my father's position. At first, I wasn't even interested in the tradition of the stitching," says Sadaharu Narita, president of crafts company Hirosaki Kogin Kenkyujo. "But now that I'm in that position, I feel grateful that I can seek out and produce new values...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 7, 2015

A guide to disaster survival and good design

'The medium is the message" — with that famous 1964 phrase, communication theorist Marshall McLuhan emphasized that societies are influenced just as much by a medium as the content it carries. Three years later, McLuhan and graphic designer Quentin Fiore teamed up to create the book "The Medium is...
EDITORIALS
Nov 7, 2015

Child porn law remains too lax

Despite revisions last year, Japan's child pornography laws remain weak and their enforcement lax.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE HIGH GROUNDS
Nov 6, 2015

Maruyama Coffee lets the beans explain themselves

From the hip barista conjuring latte art to the kissaten (traditional Japanese coffee shop) owner working an archaic siphon machine, there's a lot of fuss and theater involved in preparing coffee. So it can be hard to get excited about the French press sometimes. It's the saxophone of brewing methods:...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 5, 2015

Katy Perry tops Taylor Swift as highest female music earner

She didn't make as many headlines, nor sell as many albums, but Katy Perry handily beat Taylor Swift to become the highest-earning woman in music this year, according to Forbes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 5, 2015

Revolution in space technology evolution awaits launch in New Zealand paddock

The next revolution in space, making humdrum what was long the special preserve of tax-funded giants like NASA, will be launching next year from a paddock in New Zealand's remote South Island.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 5, 2015

Former athletics chief Diack placed under investigation

Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics, has been placed under formal investigation in France on suspicion of corruption and money laundering following a complaint from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2015

Musk's made-in-USA SpaceX vies in crowded, Russia-powered field for $3.5 billion NASA contract

Less than a decade after its first rocket launch, Elon Musk's SpaceX finds itself in an unfamiliar position.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Nov 4, 2015

'Unbroken' finally gets a break in Japan

For the better part of a year, "Unbroken" has been unwatchable in Japanese theaters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Nov 4, 2015

Spurred by Myanmar radicals, Thai Buddhists push for state religion status

A campaign to enshrine Buddhism as Thailand's state religion has been galvanized by a radical Buddhist movement in neighboring Myanmar that is accused of stoking religious tension, the leader of the Thai bid said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 4, 2015

Myanmar's opposition expects better ties with China if it wins election

Myanmar's opposition, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, expects warm ties with China if it wins Sunday's parliamentary elections — good news for its northern neighbor, which has seen its influence wane amid tensions with the current government.
WORLD
Nov 4, 2015

Suspected Islamic militant cell stages rare, suicidal raid on Kurdish town in north Iraq

Islamist militants launched a rare attack inside Kurdish-held territory in northern Iraq on Tuesday, briefly taking over a local government compound near several producing oil fields.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2015

Clinton renews gun control push, calls for federal minimum wage of $12

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday renewed her pledge to take on the powerful U.S. gun lobby, and also called for a $12 federal minimum wage.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Nov 3, 2015

Nagai, Murakami display fine form at Skate Canada

It was another successful event for Team Japan at Skate Canada in Lethbridge, Alberta, last weekend.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2015

Philippine Supreme Court unlikely to rule on U.S. security deal before Obama visit

The Philippine Supreme Court is unlikely to rule on a constitutional challenge to a new U.S.-Philippine security agreement before U.S. President Barack Obama visits Manila later this month. A decision is expected next year, a court source said.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2015

Somalia facing a whole new type of pirate

Somalia's rich marine resources are being plundered by foreign fishing vessels, and the war-torn nation needs international help to fend them off.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2015

Nothing harmless about Putin's new 'Moscowteers'

Across Europe, apologists for Russia and Russian policy have coalesced into what amounts to a fifth column.

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