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Japan Times
Brazil report 2020
Jan 21, 2020

Canon Medical Systems do Brasil commits to providing health care equipment made for life

Promoting good health care in Brazil is a gargantuan task, but with companies such as Canon Medical Systems do Brasil, the road to a better medical system is within arm’s reach.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 11, 2019

Music historian Kato David Hopkins and a life spent discovering the obscure in Kansai

Music historian Kato David Hopkins is using his Happy Hour event in Kyoto to educate people about some of the lesser-known bands of the Kansai underground scene of years gone by
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 9, 2019

'The Sweetest Fruits': The influential women in Lafcadio Hearn's life

The extraordinary story of Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) is here skillfully brought to life in a sumptuous historical novel told from the perspectives of the most important women in his memorable life.
Japan Times
JAPAN / First Person
Oct 17, 2019

Typhoon Hagibis: A night in an evacuation shelter shows just how fragile Tokyo life can be

If you look at a map of Kitasenju in Tokyo's Adachi Ward, you will see that it's almost entirely surrounded by water.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Oct 6, 2019

Walks and pals, Tweezer seeks life's little pleasures

Tweezer is an 11-year-old dachshund who came to the shelter early this year when he was surrendered from the home of a hoarder.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 6, 2019

When everything in life boils down to a bad smell

An 8-year-old schoolgirl having trouble making friends thought it might be because she smelled bad. She sweated heavily. There's not much you can do about it, except wash, and wash, and wash, but the smell remains — in your own mind if not in the nostrils of your classmates — and it grows on you...
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 21, 2019

Sumo shows offer new life for retired rikishi

Sumo is an all-enveloping lifestyle.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 29, 2019

One woman's story illustrates the bittersweet charm of life in the Seto Island Sea

Mitsuko Amano was born in year 19 of the Showa Era (1944). World War II was still a year away from ending, and at the time nearly 2,000 people made their living on Shiraishi (White Stone) Island, the place she called home in the Seto Inland Sea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 8, 2019

Japan's labor shortage eats away at backbreaking work culture

When she worked in sales for a bank, Chihiro Narazaki was passed over for the best assignments in favor of older colleagues. Her input was discouraged and she often stayed late just to do routine paperwork.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 27, 2019

Japan's internet took on a life of its own during the Heisei Era

The story of a recent online phenomenon offers a great snapshot of internet culture in Japan during the Heisei Era (1989-2019). Twitter user @Ninjamaaaaaan posted a blurry photo of a pooch in motion, with its tail swooping in front of its face. It looked vaguely like the canine in the image was throwing...
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CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Apr 27, 2019

'Mr. Straight Arrow' review: An overdue look at the life of journalist John Hersey

'Mr. Straight Arrow' is a refreshingly thoughtful biography about the reclusive journalist John Hersey, best-known for his novel 'Hiroshima.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 3, 2019

King Xi? Trump says he gave Chinese president monarch moniker based on job-for-life gambit

King Xi. That's what U.S. President Donald Trump says he called Chinese leader Xi Jinping during the American president's 2017 state visit to Beijing.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 20, 2019

'Makuko': Love, life and that same old E.T. story

The "visitor from another planet" story is doable, even for an indie filmmaker with no budget. All you need are aliens who have assumed human forms, but don't quite get the whole humanity thing. Two recent examples are Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2017 films "Foreboding" and "Before We Vanish," in which aliens...
Japan Times
JAPAN / 3/11: Moving forward
Mar 8, 2019

Tohoku tours shed light on life in the aftermath of the 3/11 tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster

This is the second in a series examining how the northeast and the nation are progressing with efforts to deal with the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Jan 12, 2019

'Friendship for Grown-Ups' evokes the ambiguity of everyday life

Keshiki is a chapbook series published by Strangers Press designed to showcase some of the most exciting writers working in Japan today. "Friendship for Grown-Ups" by Nao-Cola Yamazaki is the second book in the series. The recipient of five Akutagawa Prize nominations, Yamazaki's skill in evoking the...
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 26, 2018

In polluted city above Russian Arctic Circle, prisoners of Putin's pension reform

Russian railway worker Andrey Bugera had a singular goal: get to pension age so he can leave the polluted, frigid coal mining town above the Arctic Circle where he works and move south to live out even a brief bit of retirement in comfort.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 15, 2018

Dramatist Hideto Iwai connects with his audiences in ways he never could have imagined by being honest about his own life experiences

When he was 16, Hideto Iwai was perplexed as to why everyone around him unquestioningly jumped onto society's student-to-salaryman conveyor belt. So, he broke free, dropping out of high school and picking up casual jobs where he could find them.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Aug 11, 2018

'The Bear and the Paving Stone': Whimsical stories celebrating language, friendship and life

Toshiyuki Horie's collection of stories embrace small moments, deep thought and cross-cultural connections.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2018

'Life or death': Tokyo pub owners fear impact of tougher smoking laws

Hiroshi Yoshida is facing a dilemma.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 6, 2018

Ireland to hold referendum on removing constitutional clause on women's 'life within the home'

Ireland will a referendum to remove a clause in the constitution marking the importance of a woman's "life within the home" and encouraging mothers to shun employment to fulfill domestic duties, the government announced on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2018

Retired electric vehicle batteries find a second life chilling beer and grilling sausages

The first batches of batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles are hitting retirement age, yet they aren't bound for landfills. Instead, they'll spend their golden years chilling beer at convenience stores in Japan, powering car-charging stations in California and storing energy for homes and grids...
Reader Mail
Jun 29, 2018

One life amid the Heisei Era

My life in Japan is contiguous with the Heisei Era ("Heisei Era: Hangover" in the June 24 edition). A retrospective of Japanese life in the Heisei Era is resonant with me because it touches many of my personal experiences here. My 1980s were occupied mostly with study — seven years of university. My...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2018

New graduates hope for work-life balance rather than boardroom role

Working long hours to move up the job ladder is a lower priority for newly employed graduates in the nation, according to a recent survey published by the Japan Productivity Center (JPC).
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.
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.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
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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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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