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Special Supplements / Niseko Summer special 2020
Jul 27, 2020

Festival boasts local brews and eats

Autumn marks a sense of accomplishment for Niseko’s farming community. The district is renowned for its fertile landscape and nutrient-rich volcanic soil, which contributes to some of the best produce to be found in Japan.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2020

America’s great(er) recession will last for years

The upbeat employment numbers for May probably don't point to a quick recovery.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2020

Lockdowns haven’t proved they’re worth the havoc

The U.S. survived the 1968 pandemic without shutting down society, and there isn't much evidence that shutdowns are truly effective this time.
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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Feb 1, 2020

'Untangling my Chopsticks': Searching for the origins of Japanese fine dining

Engagingly written and well-researched, Victoria Abbott Riccardi's culinary memoir, 'Untangling My Chopsticks,' traces her year immersed in Kyoto's kaiseki culture.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2019

How Instagram has changed the way we shop

It has also transformed the way we brag about what we bought.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 11, 2019

Hong Kong protesters gear up at 'National Calamity Hardware Store'

While months of anti-government protests have taken a toll on Hong Kong businesses, from luxury retailers to hotels and restaurants, Keita Lee's pop-up stall is thriving.
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LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Sep 30, 2019

Figuring out how to count objects in Japanese? There are numerous ways

There's no one way to count in Japanese, it just depends on what you're counting. The most standard comes with a 'tsu' on the end.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 21, 2019

The sky's the limit for Cafe Y's jumbo portions

At Cafe Y, 'Toast Lady' Chisato Kijima has been serving airline personnel, students and local families massive, homestyle meals for 43 years and counting.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jul 14, 2019

An American ninja in Nagoya

A gig as a ninja isn't what most dancers have in mind when they go out for an audition, but John Patrick Jandernoa is finding a perfect fit for his particular skill set.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 9, 2019

Spritely seniors in Japan signing up to deliver on foot for Uber Eats

Uber Technologies Inc.'s strategy for Japan, where ride-sharing is banned, is as unique as the country itself — think grandma in running shoes delivering ramen noodles.
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JAPAN / Society
May 23, 2019

Job seekers in their 70s could become Japan's new normal

At the age of 75, Mikiko Kuzuno found herself recently laid off and applying for a job at a factory near Tokyo. She insisted on making the application in person.
JAPAN / Politics
May 20, 2019

From cardboard factory to the kantei? Yoshihide Suga gets PR makeover as rumors of PM bid soar

Unsmiling, tight-lipped and at times appearing heavy-handed, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was never exactly the type of politician the public would take a shine to — let alone swoon over.
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WORLD
Mar 1, 2019

Al-Shabab and Somali soldiers battle in Mogadishu

A gunbattle raged in Mogadishu on Friday between Somali soldiers and al-Shabab fighters, holed up in a building next to a hotel they had hit with a suicide car bomb the previous evening.
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JAPAN / History / Heisei Icons
Feb 7, 2019

Masayoshi Son: Betting big and winning

There's a well-known anecdote about Masayoshi Son, the maverick billionaire founder and chief executive of SoftBank Group Corp. and the man behind the world's largest technology investment fund.
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BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2018

Goldman Sachs to failed manga artist to startup queen: Akiko Naka's unique path to success

By the age of 34, Akiko Naka has already experienced more career-wise than most people do in a lifetime.
JAPAN / Internationalization of Japanese Universities
Oct 22, 2018

Voices from 10 students and recent graduates

In an increasingly globalized world, going abroad for higher education is becoming more common. Here, 10 students and recent graduates of Japanese universities share their experiences with English-heavy degree programs.
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JAPAN
Sep 10, 2018

New Chitose Airport bounces back but power outages a wider concern in quake-hit Hokkaido

It took a lot of hard work, but the airport serving the city of Sapporo is back up and running.
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BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2018

South Korea's 'Hyundai Town' faces grim future with idled shipyard, rise in suicides

When Lee Dong-hee came to Ulsan to work for Hyundai Heavy Industries five years ago, shipyards in the city known as Hyundai Town operated day and night and workers could make triple South Korea's annual average salary.
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JAPAN
Jul 9, 2018

After deadly flooding, traumatized Hiroshima wakes to blue skies, starts getting life back in order

Hiroshima residents start the grim task of cleaning up from the horrific flooding and landslides.
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CULTURE / Film
Jun 13, 2018

Juliette Binoche gets to see the 'real' Japan in 'Vision'

"It's so warm in here!" exclaims Juliette Binoche. "You know in (Michael) Haneke's film, I have a scene where I kind of suffocate and I think that I'm going to die? It feels like that! Do you think you can open the window?"
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BUSINESS / Satoyama Consortium
Jun 4, 2018

Women's panel shares insights

Three women practitioners engaging in satoyama and satoumi-based activities discussed their thoughts during a panel discussion at the Japan Times Satoyama Consortium symposium in Tokyo on May 16.
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LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
May 11, 2018

Slow-paced Izu Oshima is anything but sleepy

A mere Jetfoil away from Tokyo, travelers to Izu Oshima island can expect volcanic hikes, fresh local cuisine and an abundance of hospitality.
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JAPAN
Apr 18, 2018

Orix starts new free information services in various languages for inbound tourists

Orix Corp. officially announced the launch Wednesday of its new free information service for foreign tourists that enables the accessing of local information websites translated into other languages through the scanning of specially designated placards using smartphones.
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JAPAN / Media
Mar 4, 2018

Automation comes to news-gathering in Japan

The news business in Japan has long been notoriously labor-intensive. Reporters assigned to the crime and disaster beats have largely relied on briefings from police officers or firefighters for their initial reports.
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LIFE / Travel
Dec 22, 2017

Reenact history at Yakage's fabled daimyo festival

A small town in Okayama Prefecture is seeking to reestablish its relevance.
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JAPAN
Nov 27, 2017

As Akita deals with surge in bear sightings, some point to a human cause

Far from Tokyo's bright lights and noisy streets Kaori Kawashima walks cautiously on her way to the nearest convenience store in rural Akita Prefecture, where danger might be lurking in the shadows.

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Yasuyuki Yoshida stirs a brew in a fermentation tank at his brewery in Hakusan.
The quake that shook Noto's sake brewing tradition