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CULTURE / Music
Apr 11, 2017

Hard-core vinyl fans are fueling a revival in obscure Japanese music from the 1980s

Fans of Japanese vinyl have good reason to be happy. HMV recently opened a store in the Kichijoji area dedicated to selling records — the third such establishment in Tokyo — and April 22 is Record Store Day. What started in 2012 as four artists putting out special releases has evolved into a day...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Apr 10, 2017

Soaring Eagles are early surprise of 2017 campaign

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles have won seven of their first eight games of the season. That's made the Eagles the early surprise of 2017, especially as they, and not the reigning champion Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters or the powerhouse Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, currently sit atop the Pacific League standings....
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2017

Decoding Trump's Syria strike

The use of chemical weapons and the unilateral retaliatory strikes show just how broken and dysfunctional the global order and its key institutions are.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2017

Japan to conduct second test to produce gas from methane hydrate

The trade ministry said Monday it has begun preparations for a second production test to extract methane gas from methane hydrate deposits off Japan's central coast.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Apr 10, 2017

Robotics whiz envisions prosthetic limbs for all

A high school teacher in a black coat enters the classroom. "Good morning," he says to the students before starting his lecture, with his right hand busily scribbling something on a blackboard and his left holding a physics textbook.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 10, 2017

Russian inaction enabled Syria gas attack but U.S. response a 'message' to others: Trump camp

Trump administration officials on Sunday blamed Russian inaction for enabling a deadly poison gas attack against Syrian civilians last week as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson prepared to explain to Moscow a U.S. retaliatory missile strike.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2017

Kinki finance staff met with Osaka officials five times to hash out Moritomo's school application

The Osaka Prefectural Government announced Thursday that staff from the Finance Ministry's Kinki Local Finance Bureau met with its officials five times over 16 months to discuss scandal-plagued Moritomo Gakuen's application to open a new elementary school, placing pressure on officials in the final meeting...
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 7, 2017

Trump saw Syria gas attack as test of mettle before globe

U.S. President Donald Trump and his advisers saw the chemical attack in Syria as a test of his mettle as adversaries around the globe size up the new administration.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 4, 2017

When Trump and Xi meet, will it mean conciliation or collision?

When U.S. President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, their summit will be marked not only by deep policy divisions but a clash of personalities between America's brash "tweeter-in-chief" and Beijing's cautious, calculating leader.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 3, 2017

Murata excited to finally get chance to fight for title

London Olympic boxing gold medalist Ryota Murata will get his first world title shot when he meets WBA interim middleweight champion Hassan N'Dam for the vacant title on May 20 at Ariake Colosseum, his Teiken Gym announced on Monday.
CULTURE / Music
Apr 3, 2017

Synthesizer pioneer Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of Roland, dies at 87

Ikutaro Kakehashi, an influential figure in the 1980s pop music scene and founder of electronic instrument makers Roland Corp. and ATV Corp., has died at the age of 87, an ATV spokeswoman told The Japan Times on Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 30, 2017

Togashi catalyst for Chiba's success

Yuki Togashi is one of the most dynamic young basketball players in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 29, 2017

Canon buys U.K. photo startup in bid for smartphone relevance

Canon Inc., the Tokyo-based consumer electronics firm, is buying U.K. startup Kite, a company that helps people order photo albums, mugs or phone cases customized with images from their smartphone cameras.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2017

Moritomo Gakuen scandal another history Japan's nationalists may wish to rewrite

It began as a dream. Conservatives and nationalists, angry at what they saw as a public education system that taught a self-denigrating, incorrect view of Japan's 20th century history and upset at social changes they felt had led to a loss of respect among children for Japan's traditional values and...
EDITORIALS
Mar 25, 2017

Set rules on GPS data collection

The Supreme Court has ruled that the collection of data through the Global Positioning System in police investigation without a warrant is illegal.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 21, 2017

BOJ's mission to reflate economy incomplete

'Mission incomplete' aptly describes the lack of progress made by the Bank of Japan in reflating Japan's moribund economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2017

The $3 billion biotech firm that almost wasn't finds new life

The biggest biotechnology company in Japan almost didn't get built.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2017

Millennial movers revive Japanese mountain towns amid depopulation

High-speed broadband. An award-winning brewpub built with recycled materials as part of a "zero waste" mission. An artist-in-residence program. Organic pizza from a wood-fired oven.
BASEBALL
Mar 15, 2017

Eighth-inning heroics carry unbeaten Japan past Cuba

Another night, another thrilling win for Samurai Japan at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
EDITORIALS
Mar 12, 2017

Once again, bird flu is in the air

China is central to the success of the effort to combat the latest outbreak of avian flu and its record is troubling.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 9, 2017

Panamanian-born Chen returns to mound to honor Chinese ancestors

This isn't the first time that ex-major league pitcher Bruce Chen has donned a national team jersey to play in the World Baseball Classic. The left-hander competed for his native Panama in the first two tournaments in 2006 and 2009.
BASEBALL
Mar 6, 2017

Japan ready to begin quest for WBC title

For Japan, the preparation has finally come to an end.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2017

How China can stop the world's next pandemic

The deadliest outbreak of H7N9 bird flu since its discovery in 2013 is sweeping across China.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 23, 2017

Under-appreciated Kanamaru has spotlight-worthy skills

Kosuke Kanamaru doesn't receive as much media attention as elite Japanese stars in other pro sports leagues in his native country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 22, 2017

For over three years, Kim murder suspect lived mystery life in Malaysia

Ri Jong Chol, a North Korean arrested in the probe into last week's murder of the half-brother of the isolated state's leader, lived in Malaysia for more than three years without working at the company registered on his employment permit or receiving a salary.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 22, 2017

China reports more severe form of bird flu, WHO says

China has detected an evolution in the H7N9 avian flu virus that is capable of causing severe disease in poultry and requires close monitoring, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
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