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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jan 25, 2018

2018's anime lineup offers plenty of potential

Over the past few years, the success of several films — including, most notably, Makoto Shinkai's record-setting "Your Name." — have proven that anime directed by someone other than director Hayao Miyazaki can still attract a wider audience.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 25, 2018

Toyama bouncing back from dismal season

Looking at where they are projected to finish this season, several squads can be described as turnaround teams.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2018

Pew survey gauges Japanese confidence in media coverage at 65%

A survey by a U.S. think tank finds the majority of Japanese think the domestic media are doing at least “somewhat well” on accuracy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2018

Fukushima's premium sake wins worldwide acclaim, as brewers eye global markets in prefecture's push for recovery

In an area of Japan still decimated by nuclear disaster, sake is offering cause for hope.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2018

Nuclear arms: Look ahead to 2018 in hope, not back at 2017 in anger

The biggest positive story line of 2017 was a new nuclear ban treaty adopted July 7.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 9, 2018

Google teams with Sony and Lenovo for smart speakers with touchscreens

Alphabet Inc.'s Google said on Monday its voice-controlled virtual assistant will show up this year in new tablet-like devices designed by LG Electronics Inc and Sony Corp. as the technology company seeks to challenge Amazon.com Inc.'s dominance in a fledgling market.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2018

Food science caught between the head and the heart

'Heart-healthy' foods could be bad for the brain, new research suggests. What's a careful eater to do?
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 29, 2017

America had a near-record 15 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2017

In the year that President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris accord and downplayed global warming as a security threat, the U.S. received a harsh reminder of the perils of the rise in the planet's temperature: a destructive rash of hurricanes, fires and floods.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Dec 24, 2017

Fukushima farmers looking for authoritative ways to shed nuclear stigma

In light of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, the Fukushima Prefectural Government is hoping to find a new, faster and easier way to certify the safety of homegrown rice to ease the burden on local farmers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Dec 24, 2017

Exceptional skills, passion needed to sell luxury goods

A 2017 report released by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. on luxury consumers identified two major interrelated trends for the year. The first shows how the essence of luxury is moving to an experiential focus, with the second seeing changing luxury shopper behavior demanding a more individualized response.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2017

Asahi to sell its stake in China's Tsingtao for $941 million

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. agreed to place its stake in Tsingtao Brewery Co. back into Chinese hands, selling its holding to conglomerate Fosun Group and the local brewer for about $941 million.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Dec 16, 2017

SeaHorses outplay Albirex, improve to 19-3

Strength in numbers led the title-chasing SeaHorses Mikawa past the Niigata Albirex BB on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 15, 2017

In-flight sexual assaults often unreported, especially in Asia

When a 17-year-old Bollywood actress took to social media this week alleging she was sexually assaulted on an airplane, she appeared to catch the airline industry off guard.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Dec 12, 2017

Fleet expansion; award-winning design; in-flight Wi-Fi

Fleet expansion
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 26, 2017

Education: Best investment for our future

Japan should spend more on education, in particular to reduce average class sizes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 25, 2017

The popularity of the psychopath is a mind puzzle

Psychopaths, says neuroscientist Nobuko Nakano in her 2016 bestseller "Saikopasu" ("Psychopaths"), tend to share two personality traits. Freedom from fear and anxiety is one. Indifference to other people's feelings is another.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2017

Embrace natural solutions for climate change problem

The effective management of land use is one of the most promising ways to mitigate climate change.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 22, 2017

Japanese scientists find new drug combo that may be key to treating Alzheimer's

A team of Japanese researchers has found a new drug combination that reduces amyloid beta protein, believed to play a key role in causing Alzheimer's disease, by using stem cells derived from patients, Kyoto University announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 20, 2017

The Japanese love to play number games

How would you read the name of a person whose kanji is written u4e00 u4e09u516bu5b50?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Nov 20, 2017

The false promises of farm exports as a growth strategy

Japan's agricultural export policy depends too much on imports and lacks a food security strategy.
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.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.”

Podcast

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

Longform

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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