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Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 1, 2018

Japan Times 1968: Bandit steals ¥294 million in daring daylight robbery

A young man posing as a motorcycle policeman robbed a bank car of u00a5294 million in cash in a daring broad daylight robbery on a highway in Fuchu in western Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 3, 2018

Japan Times 1918: Tokyo celebrates the Allies' victory in World War I

Today the citizens of the capital of Japan rejoice with the Allies, of whom Japan has been so important a member, and celebrate the triumph of their common cause.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2018

Gab.com fights to stay online after Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

The website where the suspected Pittsburgh synagogue gunman posted anti-Semitic views said on Sunday it was "working around the clock" to stay online after being cut off by payment processors and forced to switch web hosts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Oct 6, 2018

Japan Times 1943: New substitute for soy sauce discovered

A delicious sauce, comparable to shu014dyu, made by a process of properly mixed coconut milk sugar and salt has been discovered by a Japanese school teacher in Davao, Philippines.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 28, 2018

Netanyahu, in U.N. speech, claims existence of secret Iranian nuclear site

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday described what he said was a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran and accused Europe of appeasing Iran as he sought to rally support for U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 1, 2018

Japan Times 1993: Fatherhood courses to meet children's needs

The Education Ministry appropriated funds to send lecturers to work on fatherhood because men had become too busy with their jobs to maintain adequate contact with their children.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 4, 2018

Japan Times 1943: Respect for parents plays vital role in Japanese life

“Japanese are great respecters for their parents for u2018ku014ddu014d' or the way of filial piety which is one of their basic national traits occupying a place only second in importance to the spirit of absolute patriotism,” declares Takeo Akiyama in describing the high esteem paid to mothers by the men of the Imperial armed services.
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 30, 2018

Japan Times 1918: Captain Yoshita Masaki saved after insisting on going down with his ship

Capt. Yoshita Masaki is said to have remained aboard his ship until the last moment, apparently determined to share her fate, and paying no heed to the officers and men who besought him to leave while there was yet time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 2, 2018

Japan Times 1918: Teacher's house stoned after racial epithet

Twenty-three students of the Odate Middle School in Akita Prefecture in northwestern Japan attacked the house of Mr. Kishida, instructor of natural history in the school, twice on the night of June 2, throwing stones and destroying the windows and paper slides of the house.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 5, 2018

Japan 1943: 'Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto dies a gallant death in action'

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, died a gallant death in a plane during an engagement with the enemy while personally directing the general strategic operations on the front line in April, it was revealed in an announcement issued by the Imperial headquarters on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Mar 31, 2018

Japan Times 1918: Japan now has female street car conductors

A private street-car company, the Mino Denki Kido Kaisha, in the Nagoya district, following the example in other belligerent countries has made the interesting experiment of employing women conductors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Feb 3, 2018

Japan Times 1993: Female workers don't like to drink with boss

Japanese women love to drink with friends — provided they are not office colleagues — and hate to drink with their bosses, according to a survey released Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 2, 2017

Japan Times 1942: 'Public to be trained to stab enemies with bamboo spears'

The simplest form of suicide for any enemy parachutist would be to attempt a landing on Japan, for the Dai Nippon Martial Arts Association and the Dai Nippon Physical Training Association will train every Japanese in the manly art of stabbing enemy paratroops with bamboo spears.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 4, 2017

Japan Times 1917: An eye-witness account of Perry's historic visit

'From a far distance, among the wonder-stricken villagers, losing color at the sight of the 'black ships,'' said one farmer, 'I stood aghast, wondering what would happen, staring at the unwanted objects.'
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Oct 14, 2017

Sound artist Aki Onda explores memory through sound

'I never miss Japan,' says New York resident Aki Onda. 'Now I have a distance — that's why I enjoy going back to Tokyo.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 30, 2017

Japan Times 1992: 'Rush hour may be making "salarymen" fit'

Weaving in and out of rush hour throngs to keep pace with a break-neck work schedule has helped Japanese men grow stronger and more agile over the past decade, researchers suggested Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 2, 2017

Japan Times 1992: 'Students get a taste of five-day school weeks'

Schoolchildren had no classes on Saturday for the first time in 120 years as a limited five-day week system started at public schools nationwide.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 5, 2017

Japan Times 1967: 'Iconic Ginza streetcars are on their way out'

The streetcars that have tootled along Ginza, Tokyo's most glamorous shopping center for the past 56 years, will bow out by the end of the year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jul 1, 2017

Japan Times 1992: 'Oita village sells itself as "Twen Peaks" '

The tiny village of Maetsue, Oita Prefecture, and Kyushu Japan Railway Co. are riding on the bandwagon of the popular U.S. television series “Twin Peaks,” asserting that the local scenery closely resembles the fictional American town.
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 3, 2017

Japan Times 1967: 'New "James Bond" film drawing huge crowds'

Despite the unfavorable publicity it received during its filming in Japan last year, Eon Films' 'You Only Live Twice,' the latest of the 'James Bond' series, is drawing the biggest crowds since 'Thunderball,' another Bond released in December 1965
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 6, 2017

Japan Times 1917: 'Tampering with mail at the Post Office'

An extraordinary case of wanton mischief by Post Office employes was recently revealed by Mr. K. Ishikawa of Azabu, who made a formal complaint to the director of mails of the Department of Communications.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 20, 2017

Trump mulls military options for North Korea. They're all grim.

Three weeks before becoming president, Donald Trump weighed in on the threat of North Korea developing a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the U.S. "It won't happen," he vowed on Twitter.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 1, 2017

Japan Times 1967: 'Wife no longer hesitant in taking a bath first'

The Japanese wife no longer hesitates to take a bath ahead of her husband. This was reported last week by the Life Science Research Society after it had polled some 1,000 persons of both sexes.
WORLD
Mar 9, 2017

Contractors likely behind CIA leak: U.S. officials

Contractors likely breached security and handed over documents describing the Central Intelligence Agency's use of hacking tools to anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Mar 4, 2017

Japan Times 1942: 'Abolish or continue study of English?'

Because it is spoken by Japan's enemy nations, the English language has fallen into discredit in this country, and there is even an outcry for its abolition.
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 31, 2016

Japan Times 1992: 'George Bush collapses during official dinner'

U.S. President George Bush collapsed in the middle of an official banquet Wednesday night and returned early to the Government Guesthouse in Tokyo's Akasaka district.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 3, 2016

Steamer missing; Japan declares war on U.S., British Empire; woman wins court case for equality of sexes; anger grows over bullet train noise

100 YEARS AGOWednesday, Dec. 13, 1916
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 5, 2016

Huge gold shipment arrives from U.S.; few Americans living in Tokyo; stowaways return; town eats crow to solve bird woes

100 YEARS AGOWednesday, NOV. 22 1916
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Oct 1, 2016

Tokyo Bay steamer hits rocks; Tokyo slums may be cleared; Tokyo sets up bins for 'embarrassing trash'; Kaifu won't seek re-election

100 YEARS AGO
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Sep 4, 2016

Champion of craftsmen on mission to showcase Japan's masters online

Keigo Omaki, director of the video website Nippon Teshigoto Zukan (Japan Handwork Encyclopedia), has an almost addictive interest in traditional items made by Japanese craftsmen, and he's not sure why.
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
Japan, South Korea and China vow to strengthen trade ties amid looming U.S. tariffs
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (left), South Korean Trade Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun (center) and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao during a trilateral meeting in Seoul on Sunday
The U.S. says Japan has a 700% tariff on American rice. Is that the case?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a piece of paper with information about tariff rates at the White House on Tuesday.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
On defense, Japan may avoid Trump's worst impulses — for now
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth chat after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
No longer a 'bridesmaid': Yuki Tsunoda prepares for the Red Bull pressure cooker
All eyes will be on Yuki Tsunoda as he makes his Red Bull debut at the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend.
Tokyo tech failures lean into misfortune, mistakes and missteps
Tsuyoshi Domoto in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 28. As an entrepreneur, Domoto experienced plenty of setbacks but maintains a positive attitude and continues to pursue his dreams.

Podcast

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

Longform

Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan
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