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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 20, 2015

Mexican drug don's 'bad ass' prison break shocks and impresses his hometown

In Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's hometown, some thought they were dreaming and others shed tears of joy when they heard the drug lord had broken out of Mexico's top maximum security prison through a tunnel built into his cell.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 10, 2015

World's top chefs swap lives and restaurants for a day

Afternoon turns to evening in Tokyo's plush Aoyama district. At Narisawa, one of the city's finest contemporary French restaurants, the final preparations are being made for dinner service. There is both tension and anticipation in the air as the first customers arrive.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jul 6, 2015

Government downplays forced labor concession in winning UNESCO listing for industrial sites

Japan wins UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Status for 23 industrial sites after conceding to South Korea's demand that the registration make clear that some of the locations used forced laborers from the Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 24, 2015

Story of Japan's industrial rise deserves to be told, forced labor and all

Proposed Kyushu UNESCO sites could be a showcase for East Asian cooperation or festering points of contention.
EDITORIALS
Jun 23, 2015

Time to move bilateral ties forward

Japan and South Korea need to tackle their differences in earnest and move bilateral ties forward.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 22, 2015

Japan, South Korea mark 50 years of postwar ties

Tokyo and Seoul celebrate the 50th anniversary of postwar diplomatic ties, with the leaders of both countries attending ceremonies held in their respective nations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2015

Consumers worldwide most impressed by Japan's robotics

When people around the world think of what Japan does best, robot technology tops the list, beating out anime and washoku Japanese cuisine, according to a survey by advertising giant Dentsu.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 21, 2015

Top envoys meet in pursuit of Japan-Korea thaw

Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his South Korean counterpart, Yun Byung-se, agreed Sunday to step up their efforts to set up a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Park Geun-hye "at an appropriate time."
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 20, 2015

Yano off to quick start after move to Fighters

Over the years, foreign players on the 11 other teams in Japan besides the Yomiuri Giants have talked about the depth of the Giants and how good some of the Kyojin reserve players could be if the they played for another Central or Pacific League club.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2015

You say you want an automotive revolution?

Though new technologies, ideas and companies are challenging the entire automotive paradigm and upsetting almost a century of stable evolution, the industry's ability to adapt should not be underestimated.
EDITORIALS
Jun 2, 2015

Abe can't duck history issue

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe must realize that his perception of Japan's wars in the 1930s and 1940s is an issue that cannot be skirted if ties with China and South Korea are to be improved.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 29, 2015

Prefontaine's legacy still growing 40 years after death

'I'm not afraid of losing. But if I do, I want it to be a good race. I'm an artist, a performer. I want people to appreciate the way I run.' — Steve Prefontaine
JAPAN / Politics
May 28, 2015

Japan, Philippines to deepen defense ties when leaders meet next week

The two sides will likely discuss a possible framework to transfer defense equipment and technology, and a proposed pact on Japanese military personnel visiting the Philippines for joint training.
EDITORIALS
May 23, 2015

Freedom of press declines worldwide

Freedom of the press is under attack in many countries around the world, including in Japan.
JAPAN / History
May 22, 2015

Tokyo, Seoul make little progress in resolving UNESCO heritage feud

Japan and South Korea failed to find common ground Friday over Tokyo's controversial proposal to have historical industrial sites put on UNESCO's World Heritage list, a move Seoul is attempting to block as they include places where Koreans were forced to toil after being shipped over during Japan's annexation...
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
May 16, 2015

Anime oasis of the Midwest flourishes

The 18th annual Anime Central (ACen), North America’s third largest anime convention, is underway this weekend in Rosemont, near Chicago. Last year's event drew a record 29,000 unique attendees, tallying 81,000 in total over its three full days. Organizers expect to breach those figures again in 2015....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
May 13, 2015

Sign of the times as yakuza classic gets kudos at Cannes

In the early 2000s, when I was writing a book about yakuza movies, veterans of the genre's 1960s and '70s heyday I met had a fierce pride in their work but no illusions about its low ranking in the film-world hierarchy. In particular, the Toei studio's films about sword-swinging or gun-toting gangsters...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 5, 2015

Gunman in Texas attack on Muhammad cartoon event on FBI radar for years

Federal agents for years monitored one of the two gunmen shot dead after opening fire with assault rifles at a heavily guarded Texas exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2015

Conference highlights need to empower women, embrace diversity in the workplace

A two-day conference aimed at empowering and inspiring women to bring about social change and elevate them as leaders was held last week in Tokyo, highlighting the need for greater diversity in the workplace.
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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