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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Jul 11, 2021

‘Tea Life, Tea Mind’: Celebrating the simple act of serving tea

Green tea began in China as a medicinal brew, and grew in Japan into an aid to wakefulness and meditation for Zen monks. In time, the ceremony of its preparation became a mode of refinement for a social elite versed in introspection and aesthetics. In the modern age, however, few Japanese have the time...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Jul 11, 2021

‘Impressions of Japanese Architecture’: A sense of discovery toward the traditional arts

Ralph Adams Cram's focus on traditional architecture, with design principles still relevant today, explains why his book “Impressions of Japanese Architecture,” first published in 1905, has stood the test of time.
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CULTURE / Books
Jul 11, 2021

‘Lady Joker: Volume One’: A crime thriller opus’ weighty first half

Kaoru Takamura isn't playing around with “Lady Joker,” her two-part novel that reveals the social and economic inequities in Japan.
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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Jul 4, 2021

‘Paradise in Plain Sight’: You don't need to look far for life lessons

In Karen Maezen Miller's book, the Zen garden she restores to its former beauty becomes a metaphor for life.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2021

Joy and skepticism as Myanmar frees hundreds held since coup

More than 2,000 detainees were released on Wednesday, among them journalists and others who the ruling military said had been held on incitement charges.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 29, 2021

ASEAN missing from G7-backed push to protect 30% of nature by 2030

Pledges will fall short of their goal unless biodiversity-rich Southeast Asian nations get behind the ambitious proposal, environmentalists have warned.
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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 29, 2021

China's ruling Communist Party censors its past as centenary nears

President Xi Jinping has spearheaded a campaign against 'historical nihilism,' defined as any attempt to use the past to question the party's leading role.
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CULTURE / Books
Jun 27, 2021

‘Oishii: The History of Sushi’: A fount of knowledge for all things sushi

Historian Eric C. Rath's comprehensive overview of one of Japan's most iconic foods is encyclopedic, yet sprinkled with personal asides and illuminating source materials.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 26, 2021

Journalists fear land-purchase law may hit local residents

Recent concerns about a new law meant to restrict the sale of property near sensitive sites to non-Japanese entities focus more on the trouble the law may cause Japanese individuals.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 25, 2021

Biden balances climate need with human rights in Chinese solar product ban

The intersection of the solar supply chain with alleged human rights abuses creates a conflict between the president's environmental and human rights agendas.
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JAPAN / Media
Jun 23, 2021

Takashi Tachibana, who shed light on Lockheed scandal, dies at 80

Tachibana's work is often credited with having played a major role in bringing down the late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, Japan's most powerful leader in the postwar era.
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BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jun 16, 2021

‘Deeply disturbing’ Toshiba report points to powerful figures

It's a rare public account of how Japan's bureaucrats allegedly coordinated with a private company to exert control over foreign shareholders.
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WORLD
Jun 16, 2021

G7 offers hope for new nature pact but pandemic threatens deadline

Agreement on the text of a new global treaty to safeguard plants, animals and ecosystems may not be reached without in-person talks, officials and observers have said.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 15, 2021

A top virologist in China, at center of a pandemic storm, speaks out

The virologist, Shi Zhengli, said in a rare interview that speculation about her lab in Wuhan was baseless. But China's habitual secrecy makes her claims hard to validate.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 2, 2021

NBA stars urged to end China endorsements over forced labor

A U.S. congressional commission on Tuesday called on American basketball stars to end endorsements of Chinese sportswear firms that use cotton grown in China's Xinjiang region, warning against complicity in forced labor they say takes place there.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 30, 2021

Shuzo Matsuhashi: 'Respect traditional methods that are inherited and have evolved over centuries'

A Japanese designer living in Vienna, Shuzo Matsuhashi is getting a boost from the Swarovski Foundation to further his crafts-inspired vision of fashion.
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CULTURE / Books
May 30, 2021

Five nonfiction books about Japanese food to devour from cover to cover

In an age where the internet provides an abundance of information, to still be unaware of the varieties of Japanese cuisine could be seen as a form of self-exile from pleasure. While curating a list of the “best” nonfiction on the topic is certainly subjective, the following books, which offer immersive...
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 29, 2021

Fear of variant poses deadly new dilemma for Boris Johnson

Officials are now intensely studying data on the new strain, which they estimate has seeded across most of the country and accounts for as many as three-quarters of all new infections.
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 29, 2021

'Curry Police': A problematic music video leads to a problematic backlash

A Japanese music video filled with stereotypes about Indians leads to an angry response that exposes some nasty misogyny.
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WORLD
May 21, 2021

Israel and Hamas end 11-day conflict, sparking celebrations

The cease-fire took effect at 2 a.m. Friday to stop fighting that had devastated large swaths of the Palestinian enclave and sowed chaos in Israel.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2021

Get a COVID-19 shot, win $1 million

How can more Americans be persuaded to get their shots? Insights from behavioral economics can help.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 19, 2021

How Myanmar's military moved in on the telecoms sector to spy on citizens

Intercept spyware gives the military the power to listen in on calls, view text messages and web traffic, and track the locations of users without the assistance of telecom firms.
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WORLD / FOCUS
May 10, 2021

Ethiopia’s crackdown on ethnic Tigrayans snares thousands

Tigray is the most dramatic example of ethnic and regional tensions that are surfacing across Ethiopia, imperiling the multiethnic democracy of Africa's second-most populous nation.
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WORLD
May 7, 2021

Biden's vaccine-patent gambit turns up the heat on drugmakers

By supporting the World Trade Organization process, the U.S. president can satisfy progressives while engaging in talks on a waiver that may never reach consensus.
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CULTURE / Art
May 7, 2021

Japan's premier art collective teamLab celebrates 20 years with a spot of tea and a Miami bash

Marking 20 years, teamLab has a lot to be proud of when it comes to making an impact on the international art scene. The collective's success was not a foregone conclusion, however.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Apr 29, 2021

Her prophecy of an Australian inferno was proven right

Climate change is a politically charged issue in much of the world. But the debate is especially heated in Australia.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Apr 21, 2021

Controversial report could deny Hakuho deserved elder stock

Should the Japan Sumo Association adopt the recommendations of the external advisors, the all-time great yokozuna would be prevented from using his ring name after retiring.

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