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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 24, 2020

Promoters push online concerts in an effort to save Japan's live house culture

Kaala, a group of independent music promoters, has launched a concert series called Korona Nights to keep outlets for underground musical expression alive.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Sep 20, 2020

Coronavirus can’t hold back these Japan’s traditional craft events

Japanese craft events have taken a blow in 2020. “On: Design” looks at one that did manage to take place, and another that has gone digital.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 19, 2020

U.S. troops battling racism report high barrier for justice

As the U.S. confronts systemic racial injustice, the U.S. military, which has long promoted itself as an egalitarian system, is undergoing its own moment of reckoning.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 18, 2020

Black Girl Hockey Club aims to diversify NHL stands and boardrooms

When the idea to create the Black Girl Hockey Club hit Renee Hess almost two years ago, she couldn’t have foreseen the degree to which it has insinuated itself into hockey culture in the United States and Canada.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 17, 2020

Professor helps Japanese athletes deal with mental health after Olympic postponement

Some who had hoped to compete in this year's games have found the mental challenges of COVID-19 disruption more taxing than its impact on their physical training.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 11, 2020

'Twelve Angry Men': 1950s courtroom drama about confronting prejudice still rings true

Director Lindsay Posner hopes his staging of “Twelve Angry Men” in Tokyo will make audiences assess how their attitudes affect their perceptions.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 8, 2020

Japanese beat the summer heat with fan-fitted clothes

As Japan swelters through record temperatures, fan-fitted clothing moves beyond workwear and into new markets.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / The World of Translators
Aug 22, 2020

Jay Rubin: An academic’s path to translation

To introduce our readers to translators of Japanese literature, we'll be highlighting one working translator each month, starting with Jay Rubin.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Aug 3, 2020

‘Japan has to remember that it is not just importing workers, it is importing people who have hopes’

Alfred Weinzierl has an eccentric way of doing business, but everything he does comes from the heart.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 1, 2020

Kabukicho host clubs under fire for spreading coronavirus

Some media outlets are weighing the pros and cons of mounting an actual 'blockade' of Tokyo's well-known entertainment district.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 18, 2020

Hong Kong’s yawning wealth gap grows wider amid pandemic

Hong Kong is emerging as a case study of how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting vulnerable members of society, as tens of thousands have been thrown out of work with little social safety net to support them in one of the world’s most unequal and expensive cities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 18, 2020

Carlos Ghosn probe finds daughter met accused escape accomplice

Carlos Ghosn insists his wife and four adult children played no part in his dramatic escape from Japan in a crate that was smuggled aboard a private plane.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 17, 2020

Re-entry ban causes foreign firms and talent to question long-term plans in Japan

As confusion continues over the Japanese government's re-entry ban for foreign residents, the international business community has started voicing concerns.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 17, 2020

To be (online) or not to be (online), that is the question for Japan's theaters

Two dramatists have opposing views on the theater world's approach to dealing with the pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2020

Training for the pandemic economy

Policymakers must take the right steps to ease the transition to the world being created by COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jun 21, 2020

Pandemic leaves Indian cooks in Japan dependent on bosses and the state

When your life revolves around your work, a shutdown makes things extra hard.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 13, 2020

Suicide in Japan: Seeking to part the dark clouds as pandemic threatens recent progress

The death of u2018Terrace House' star Hana Kimura in May has thrust the issue of suicide back into the national spotlight.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 6, 2020

Understanding the reach of a Japanese political dynasty

Could Daigo's uncharacteristically serious tone in recent times indicate that he is finally thinking of a career in politics?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 1, 2020

Japanese manga artist George Akiyama dies at 77

Manga artist George Akiyama, known as the author of the "Haguregumo" manga series, died on May 12, major publisher Shogakukan Inc. announced Monday. He was 77.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
May 21, 2020

Japan's acting troupes turn your home into a stage

With the curtains remaining closed at theaters across Japan, some acting troupes are adopting new methods of reaching their audiences.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 20, 2020

The struggles of homeschooling in the world’s tiniest apartments

Tao Xiaorong spent a month’s rent to buy her 12-year-old son a used laptop in February, a few weeks after schools in Hong Kong closed and classes went virtual. But their internet service is so spotty that he’s had trouble participating in online classes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
May 9, 2020

Here’s what the sake and shōchū experts are drinking at home

It's 5 o'clock somewhere: Time for a well-deserved at-home happy hour.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Apr 28, 2020

Getting a party rolling in Japan

You may not have any big events coming up, but we could end up video-conferencing weddings in Japan before long. Here are some tips to help you if you're selected to direct the proceedings.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Apr 19, 2020

Bridging cultures through ‘food diplomacy’ and more

Peter Tan Hai Chuan was looking forward to enhancing opportunities for bilateral cooperation when he took up his position as Singapore's ambassador to Japan last October.
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.
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
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
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.”
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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