Search - event

 
Menu
Search
 
November 25, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
26,854 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 14, 2014

Peninsula Pokemon promotion; monsoon season in Omotesando; disco: still grooving

The Peninsula Tokyo will launch a unique accommodation plan called 'Pokemon Hotel Adventure: The Power of Ten,' in collaboration with the Pokemon Company, from Oct. 1.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 10, 2014

Ledecky breaks Pellegrini's world record in women's 400-meter freestyle

American teenager Katie Ledecky set a world record in the 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. National Championships on Saturday, while Michael Phelps struggled home in sixth in the 100 backstroke.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Aug 9, 2014

Legacy of 1984 Olympics still growing strong

What will be the legacy of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics?
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jul 29, 2014

Abe's flawed contingency plan

If the barren state of Tokyo-Seoul ties continues, Shinzo Abe's call for the exercise of the right to collective self-defense as well as the protection of Japanese citizens on the Korean Peninsula in an emergency is doomed to become pie in the sky.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / NOTEBOOK
Jul 29, 2014

Tropical resort getaway

Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 19, 2014

Yabusame archers of the lonely Chugoku Mountains

What are those peculiar scarecrow figures, lolling about the villages of the Chugoku Mountains?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2014

Tohoku teens plan thank-you festival in Paris

Some 80 Tohoku teenagers in an OECD-supported educational project will hold a cultural festival in Paris in August to express gratitude to those who supported the region's recovery, student representatives said Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 10, 2014

Sapphire Slows, Haioka and Albino Sound to represent Japan at Red Bull Music Academy

Sixty musicians have been chosen to take part in this year's Red Bull Music Academy, with Japanese artists taking three of the available spots.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Jun 28, 2014

IOC visit puts spotlight on 2020 venues, budget

It's no shocking revelation that the IOC's planning revolves around lots of meetings.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 27, 2014

Restaurant chains to make splash at Italian expo

Three restaurant operators from the Chubu region will participate in Expo 2015 Milano in Italy next year to promote Japanese food culture to the rest of the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2014

Tag pushed as an Olympic demo sport

If there is one thing Yasuo and Takao Hazaki feel confident about outdoing any other father-son duo in, it is their intense commitment to the ancient playground game of "onigokko," or team tag.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2014

Fukui, neighbors agree on disaster cooperation

Fukui Prefecture, which hosts 13 of Japan's 48 nuclear reactors, agrees to participate in disaster drills and planning with neighbors Ishikawa and Nara.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 5, 2014

Light up the night with a firefly festival

Fireflies, known as hotaru in Japan, have inspired numerous artists and writers, including Haruki Murakami, whose short story "Firefly" was later adapted into the first part of his best-seller "Norwegian Wood." In the real world, however, fireflies are sadly in decline, as their natural habitats —...
COMMENTARY / World
May 29, 2014

World Cup without succor

International sports events such as the upcoming World Cup Championship in Brazil have become a severe burden on host countries. Haven't we had enough of this slapstick?
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 15, 2014

Fun ways to teach kids eco-friendly concepts

Global warming, nuclear energy, deforestation, pollution, toxic waste — the list of environmental issues that play on our minds is long, but teaching future generations not to repeat the mistakes we made needs a soft touch. In the run-up to the June 5 World Environment Day, the Kitakyushu Environment...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
May 13, 2014

Let's not forget the sake at world food events

On the afternoon of April 28, at an intimate gathering in London's Ametsa restaurant, a cluster of admirers with champagne flutes in hand fluttered around chef Helena Rizzo. The Brazilian Rizzo, who helms the acclaimed restaurant Mani in Sao Paulo, had recently been named the World's Best Female Chef,...
Japan Times
WORLD
May 9, 2014

Women go medieval as Dark Age combat-fest turns politically correct

For the first time, two women are now free to whack each other with swords until one of them falls down in internationally sanctioned competition. This is progress.
Japan Times
WORLD / EU SPECIAL 2014
May 9, 2014

Working to broaden EU-Japan cooperation in research

I was surprised Japanese children knew the European Union, said Maria Cristina Russo, director for international cooperation in the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, who joined an event on robots held on April 13 in Tokyo during her recent visit to Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 2, 2014

Lawyer gives Article 9 some coffee shop buzz

One morning in late April dozens of mothers, some with children, gathered at an Italian restaurant in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, hoping not only to dine, but also to learn what kind of future might await their children if the Constitution is amended.
Japan Times
Events / Events In Tokyo
Apr 24, 2014

Tokyo shows to get fans in mood for Jazz Day

The lineup for Osaka's International Jazz Day is a true jazz fan's dream. The event will be broadcast on the Web for those who can't make it, but that's nothing compared to how the music sounds live.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2014

Iran leader's wife gets flak for party

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, already under pressure from conservatives for his tentative opening to the West, was criticized Tuesday for what his opponents called a "lavish ball" thrown by the first lady.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 17, 2014

Hiroshima's Microbrewery Beer Festa offers up a serving of local ale

Dear beer lovers, more than 20 micro-breweries throughout Japan are scheduled to gather in Hiroshima this weekend. You're welcome.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2014

Hakamada has first appearance as reprieve pends

Apparently perplexed but yet thrilled to find himself in the spotlight, Iwao Hakamada, formerly the world's longest-serving death-row inmate, appeared for the first time in public Monday since being hospitalized after his release.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 13, 2014

Irie captures eighth straight 200-meter backstroke title at nationals

London Olympic silver medalist Ryosuke Irie kept his king status by out-performing rising star Kosuke Hagino in the men's 200-meter backstroke final to highlight the last day of the 90th national swimming championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on Sunday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
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.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
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?
By Kathryn Wortley

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

The celebrated artist ‘updating’ the kimono
The celebrated artist ‘updating’ the kimono

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER