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CULTURE / Art
Oct 18, 2016
Getting site-specific installations down to a fine art
Kenpoku Art 2016! is one of the latest projects to appear in an area for which art has been a relatively niche concern. Despite the fact that Okakura Tenshin, one of the central figures of Japanese art history, set up shop in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1906, and Art Tower Mito consistently provides top-class...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 13, 2016
Spooky sweets and cocktail treats; Halloween hotel haunting; refined elegance in the heart of Kyoto
Spooky sweets and cocktail treats
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2016
Emperor's second research paper on Imperial Palace 'tanuki' published by museum
The Imperial Household Agency announced Thursday that Emperor Akihito's research paper on tanuki, or raccoon dogs living on the Imperial Palace grounds has been published in a research report by the National Museum of Nature and Science.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 6, 2016
Shades of pink raise cancer awareness; spooky high tea celebrates season; buffet offers Halloween treats
Shades of pink raise cancer awareness
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 29, 2016
Delightful and delicious Xmas treats; enjoying chestnut-flavored treats; ring in the new year in style
Delightful and delicious Xmas treats
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 22, 2016
Evolving to better attract 'MICE'; experience the flavors of Barcelona; the tastes of Hokkiado come to Tokyo
Evolving to better attract 'MICE'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 20, 2016
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Umbrellas Japan-USA 1984-91 — A Documentation Exhibition
Oct. 1-Dec. 4
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 15, 2016
Chic dining in the heart of the city; celebrating Nagasaki cuisine; package offers indulgences for men
Chic dining in the heart of the city
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2016
Japan business leaders to visit China in hope of warming frosty economic ties
A joint Japanese business delegation will kick off an eight-day visit to China next Tuesday in the hope of expanding bilateral economic ties through talks with Chinese government officials and local executives.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 8, 2016
Course menus to celebrate 10 years; commemorative anniversary dinner; enjoying hot springs in natural setting
Course menus to celebrate 10 years
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 6, 2016
Laundry detergent Top honored as essential historical material
The National Museum of Nature and Science on Tuesday added Lion Corp.'s enzyme-based laundry detergent Top to a list of important historical materials that have had an impact on Japanese lives and culture.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 1, 2016
Fine French fare high above the city; N.Y. chef brings talents to Tokyo; reopening sees accommodation plan
Fine French fare high above the city
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 25, 2016
New hotel offers relaxed stay in Ginza; 'British Fair' honors queen's birthday; seeing summer off in style
New hotel offers relaxed stay in Ginza
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 11, 2016
Champagne bar pays bubbly tribute; buffet offers view of ancient garden; tasting a forest of summer desserts
Champagne bar pays bubbly tribute
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Aug 5, 2016
We gather here today to wed ice cream to french fries
Pretty much anything with ice cream sounds good when you're a kid, but not so much when you're all grown up. However, that's not stopping Belgian-style fries restaurant And The Friet from teaming up with Ben & Jerry's for a limited-edition "Ice And Friet" (¥500). Available at the restaurant's outposts...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 4, 2016
Sipping summer wine high above city; unique offers to celebrate 5 years; fine dining with a side of history
Sipping summer wine high above city
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 28, 2016
A delicious slice of Hokkaido; summer disco night 2016; stylish afternoon tea and sweets
A delicious slice of Hokkaido
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2016
U.N. official pitches agricultural heritage in Japan
Kundhavi Kadiresan of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has made her first visit to Japan to promote Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, an award by the organization aimed at boosting eco-tourism and preserving traditional agricultural systems.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2016
Japanese aid worker plants seeds of hope in war-ravaged Syria
Japanese aid worker Eriko Hibi is unequivocal when giving her view of the ongoing situation in Syria.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jul 23, 2016
BitSummit reveals the reach of indie games
BitSummit, the independent game festival annually held in Kyoto, has grown rapidly in the four years since it went from being an idea in founder James Mielke's head to a respected event that developers and fans from around the globe look forward to each summer.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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