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LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Aug 10, 2000

Let the sleeping dog lie, but don't miss Slovenia

Before I'd even had a chance to say hello to Kim he was stretched out in the sunlight with indulgent abandon and was either snoring or thinking out loud very audibly. A guest began to chat with Boris Lieber, epicure, buckwheat cooking buff and owner-proprietor of Slovenia's highly regarded Pension Lieber....
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2000

Average Cabinet minister has 258 million yen in assets

The personal and family assets of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and his Cabinet at the time of the Cabinet's formation July 4 averaged 258 million yen, according to government data released on Friday.
CULTURE / Books
Jun 27, 2000

Your most valuable briefing paper

DOING BUSINESS WITH THE NEW JAPAN, by James Day Hodgson, Yoshihiro Sano and John L. Graham. Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, 230 pp., $27.95 (cloth). Do we really need another book about doing business in Japan? Probably not -- and not even if this is a "new Japan" or a new era in international capitalism....
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2000

Awaiting Putin's policy plans

With great fanfare, Vladimir Putin was inaugurated as president of Russia May 7 in the gilded splendor of the Kremlin, the former residence of the Russian czars.
JAPAN
May 12, 2000

Giving opinions on candidates might violate election laws: Mori

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori said Thursday he was not amused by a civic group's campaign to target certain politicians for removal from the Diet and vowed to look into the case.
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 11, 2000

French with a difference

We have no shortage of bargain-basement French-accented bistros scattered around the metropolis. But for my money, Tete-a-tete is the cream of the current crop. I could reel off about a dozen cogent reasons why I rate this little place so highly. But there's only one that you really need to know -- it...
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2000

eBay may herald an online revolution

The recent arrival of major U.S. online auction operator eBay Inc. may bring another online revolution to Japan, the world's second-largest Internet market.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2000

Free trade with U.S. comes at a cost to India

NEW DELHI -- A few weeks ago, India and the United States agreed to remove quantitative restrictions on imports between the two countries. New Delhi will do away with curbs on 714 items this April and on another 715 a year later.
EDITORIALS
Dec 2, 1999

Citizen 'subversives' in our midst?

One person's definition of public security will not be the same as another's. Concepts of what constitutes the peace, safety and order of society -- and perhaps more importantly, what endangers them -- also change at different periods of history. With the Cold War long over, however, most unbiased observers...
JAPAN
Oct 13, 1999

Chavez, Obuchi talk of Venezuela's reforms

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived Wednesday in Tokyo and met with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to explain a list of ambitious reforms he has planned for the oil-rich but poverty-stricken South American country.
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Aug 14, 1999

More than a humble piece of clay

Japan is a ceramic paradise, plain and simple.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 1999

France's right on the run

PARIS -- The French political scene is presently -- and probably for sometime to come -- dominated by the results of the European parliamentary election held June 13. Many commentators spoke of an earthquake. Here are the reasons why.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 1999

Lawmakers play musical chairs

In a bizarre development, a Lower House member has decided to give up his seat and run for the same chamber again.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

DPJ seeks to use gender-based quotas in fielding candidates

The Democratic Party of Japan, the nation's largest opposition party, announced Monday it plans to introduce a gender-based quota system for selecting candidates for national and local elections."It is the first time for a political party to introduce the system in this country, where it is widely known...
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1997

Reclamation takes away favored nesting ground

The tidelands of Isahaya Bay, Nagasaki Prefecture, were home to the largest number of migrant birds in Japan in 1996 -- a year before a controversial reclamation project cut it off from the bay's life-giving waters with a gate, the Environment Agency said Sept. 8.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 22, 2023

Japan hopes to inspire more men to take paternity leave

In fiscal 2021, only 13.97% of eligible men took child care leave. The government has raised the target for fiscal 2025 from 30% to 50% and aims to push up the share to 85% by 2030.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 18, 2023

R.F. Kuang wrote a blistering satire about publishing. The industry loves it.

The 'Yellowface' author draws on her own experiences in the publishing industry to tackle issues like cultural appropriation and representation.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 3, 2023

Cristiano Ronaldo tops Forbes' highest-paid athletes after Saudi move

The Portugal star's contract has been estimated by media to be worth more than $220 million.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Apr 29, 2023

TikTok, Twitter and more now at risk of huge EU fines

Social media conglomerates could be on the hook for up to 6% of annual sales if they don't adequately police certain types of content.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 23, 2023

Japan tastes success at Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants ceremony

The evening in Singapore marked the first full, in-person night of awards since the pandemic began.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2023

Cancer vaccine hunt makes progress, finally

A small cancer drug study shows promise in deploying mRNA technology against melanoma, but fighting tumors is vastly more complex than tackling COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2023

Abortion pill rulings to impact pharmaceutical innovation

Bringing new drugs to market is already expensive and time-consuming. Undercutting the FDA will only make it harder.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 14, 2023

Noma Kyoto’s eclectic beverage lineup leaves no stone unturned

As with the food menu, the beverage program at Noma Kyoto is the fruit of long, deep and, by all accounts, highly enjoyable consideration by Noma’s head sommelier, Ava Mees List.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 18, 2023

Can ChatGPT plan your next vacation?

Goodbye travel agents, hello AI-powered personalized itineraries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 13, 2023

A lost decade worse than Japan’s threatens to change U.K. forever

U.K. faces handicaps including soaring inflation that make it a very different economic environment to 1990s Japan.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 8, 2023

Would gender quotas for lawmakers work in Japan?

Experts both at home and abroad say quotas are the fastest way to achieve gender equality in politics, but there are many factors at play, both legally and culturally.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 2, 2023

How Xi Jinping is fortifying China's economic security

Authorities in Beijing are working to build a strategy of obtaining economic predominance by using China's strengths, such as its price competitiveness.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 2, 2023

McIlroy hails PGA Tour's new-look plan as 'compelling product'

The move follows discussions between the tour and top players in the wake of the emergence of the rival, Saudi-backed, LIV Golf tour.
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.
Japan to give India E5 and E3 shinkansen for free
A rendering of East Japan Railway's E10 series of bullet trains
China’s new bridge-forming barges offer new options for Taiwan invasion
This satellite image taken on March 25 shows three Chinese barges connected via extendable bridges in waters off Zhanjiang, in southern China's Guangdong province. Experts say the new barges could be used to land heavy equipment and thousands of personnel in a possible invasion of Taiwan.
Four arrested over obscene AI images in Japan first
The suspects used free AI software to create images of naked adult women, who do not exist in the real world, using prompts that included terms such as "legs open," according to NHK.
'Chikan' incidents rise as Japan grapples with mental health and cultural challenges
Overcrowded trains and a lack of legal consequences for groping in Japan have led to a rise in "chikan," or groping, which has been linked to a mental condition and compounded by cultural stigmas.
Why Ishiba became the first prime minister to hold talks with Rengo in 16 years
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Japanese Trade Union Confederation chief Tomoko Yoshino in a meeting Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.
Sumo's throwback regional tours offer glimpse into sport's heart and history
Kirishima (behind) battles Atamifuji during a regional tour event in Hyogo Prefecture in 2023.
China’s new bridge-forming barges offer new options for Taiwan invasion
This satellite image taken on March 25 shows three Chinese barges connected via extendable bridges in waters off Zhanjiang, in southern China's Guangdong province. Experts say the new barges could be used to land heavy equipment and thousands of personnel in a possible invasion of Taiwan.
The man who helps Japanese figure skaters stay sharp
Kimitaka Sakurai displays a sharpening stone for working on skate blades, in Yokohama on March 28. Regular sharpening is crucial for maintaining optimal performance and reducing skaters’ risk of injury on the ice.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
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