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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2018

Executive meetings in Asia no longer boozy lunches as refined fare and tighter budgets hold sway

Entertaining clients has always been part of the world of finance. But it's no longer just about wining and dining. In an era of healthier lifestyles and tighter industry budgets, the boundaries of where to go and what to do have shifted. The legend of the boozy dinner sealed-with-a-deal may live on,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2017

Michelin dishes out new stars in 2018 Tokyo guide

The new edition includes 82 new restaurants, including five new two-star establishments and 23 entities garnering single stars, Michelin said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 5, 2014

Does it matter how we choose The World's 50 Best Restaurants?

The World's 50 Best Restaurants is a quirky list and no one claims it is definitive. Avant-garde restaurants tend to place higher than traditional establishments whose gastronomy has stood the test of time.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / A TASTE OF HOME
Feb 4, 2014

Eating Hawaiian in Japan, with or without the pancakes

Something newsworthy has happened (well, newsworthy if you follow dining micro-trends): A new restaurant from Hawaii has opened in Tokyo and it doesn't serve pancakes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Dec 20, 2012

2012: Food and drink trends in Japan

Hot beer, frozen soup, and haute cuisine on the cheap: the year in food in Japan.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 22, 2001

Zagat updates guide to Tokyo's best restaurants

Not a single local-cuisine restaurant appears in the 10 top restaurants of this year's Tokyo Zagat Survey, the annually updated restaurants guide that many in the West consider the diner's bible.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Top 5
Feb 23, 2023

Tokyo’s luxury sushi restaurants go casual with budget spinoffs

Don't feel like shelling out ¥50,000 for a dinner? You're not the only one. High-end sushi restaurants are offering more affordable options at satellite spots.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants
Jan 15, 2023

L’Atelier de Noto: Peninsular cuisine with a French accent

Located about two hours from tourist-heavy Kanazawa, this modern French restaurant tucked away in tranquil Wajima takes full advantage of the Noto Peninsula's bounty of land and sea.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 27, 2021

What happened to Japan’s promised outdoor dining renaissance?

New rules were supposed to make it easier for shops to set up outdoor dining. But the regulations are so convoluted, few can take advantage of them.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2020

Tokyo's Toyosu fish market, the world's largest, taking outsized hit from pandemic

Businesses had hoped for more activity after the end of the state of emergency in late May, but big events have remained on hold and restaurants are struggling.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 6, 2020

Suntory chief says worst is over as cities in Japan reopen after coronavirus curbs

CEO Takeshi Niinami estimates roughly 80 percent of the nation's diners will return to their favorite culinary haunts supplied by its drinks.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Top 5
Feb 22, 2020

Tokyo's most affordable Michelin-starred restaurants

There's no need to overspend to eat well in Tokyo. Here are The Japan Times' picks of Tokyo's best affordable Michelin restaurants, all under u00a53,000.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 6, 2019

Japan dominates 2019's Asia's 50 Best awards

Japanese chefs and their restaurants continued to dominate at the seventh Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards. But once again they fell short when it came to the ultimate prize, the number one position on the list.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 7, 2018

Japan helped inspire Joel Robuchon's L'Atelier restaurants and a return to cooking

The food world mourned the loss of one of its greatest talents Tuesday after it was announced that Joel Robuchon had passed away at the age of 73. The French chef had 11 restaurants, cafes and boutiques in Tokyo, and his death comes hard on the heels of that of Anthony Bourdain, another culinary giant...
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 4, 2018

Tokyo-based startups look to link consumers with restaurants to curb food waste

In affluent Japan millions of tons of still-edible food waste are thrown away each year, evoking a sense of guilt for many. According to the agriculture ministry, 6.46 million tons of untouched food were discarded in 2015.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 31, 2018

A new generation of Japanese chefs comes to the fore at Asia's Best 50

Just as surely as spring brings blossom and fresh foliage, it also heralds the announcement of the annual Asia's 50 Best Restaurants rankings. And this year there was intense celebration by many of Japan's top chefs to match the festivities going on underneath the billowing sakura (cherry trees) back...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2014

Tokyo retains world gourmet crown, with most Michelin starred restaurants

Tokyo kept its crown as the Michelin guide's gourmet capital with the most starred restaurants for an eight straight year, in the first guide released since UNESCO listed "washoku" (traditional Japanese cuisine) as an "intangible cultural heritage."
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / EVERYMAN EATS
Nov 21, 2013

Japan's love for curry means endless variety

It's only a slight exaggeration to say that Japanese curry saved my life. After relocating to Japan in the late 1990s, I found myself underemployed, surrounded by unfamiliar foodstuffs and suffering from a near-total lack of cooking skills. Yet I managed to fill up at the cafeteria of a local university,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 8, 2013

Bite into the journals of a Japanese burger critic

Many Japanese foodies are enamored with the hamburger, in much the same way that their American counterparts are often besotted with ramen. The number of hamburger shops in Tokyo has exploded in the last decade, but there are also signs that the fascination runs deeper: There are books, magazines and...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 23, 2011

Restaurants to lower prices during event

For many, French dining may give off an impression of being extremely formal and a bit too pricey. Diners Club International hopes to fix that.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 16, 2006

Ducasse brings young talent to Japan

As one of the world's top chefs, Alain Ducasse needs little introduction. Over the past two decades, few people have done more to develop and spread the gospel of French haute cuisine.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 23, 2023

L'Effervescence chef Shinobu Namae: The making of an 'icon'

The man who runs Tokyo's chic L'Effervescence restaurant reflects on his career from washing dishes to Michelin-star meals.
Kazuyuki Tanioka, the owner of Japanese cuisine Toya restaurant, prepares fish a sashimi dish during an interview in Beijing on July 25.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2023

Japanese eateries in China fear ruin over Fukushima water release

Shortly after the 2011 disaster hit the Fukushima No. 1 plant, China banned the import of food and agricultural products from five Japanese prefectures.
Gond, which opened in May near Ochanomizu Station, is run by the same group behind the long-running Dhaba India restaurant that closed in April.
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 20, 2023

At Gond, a legendary Indian street food lineage endures

You can tell straight away that Gond has a personality to match its extensive and eclectic menu of dishes from around the subcontinent.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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