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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 10, 2015
Taking in Tokyo Tower; warming up as autumn approaches; tying the knot in top-class style
Taking in Tokyo Tower
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2015
Workforce promotion panel: Extend foreign resident visa limit, put elderly, married women to work
Japan should extend the maximum period foreign nationals can stay in the country to eight years from the current cap of five to secure highly skilled workers, and boost jobs by 5 million by creating an environment that encourages the elderly and married women to take up jobs, a government advisory panel...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Sep 9, 2015
Kyoto International Art and Film Festival is a challenge to Tokyo's cultural power
The Kyoto International Film and Art Festival, which takes place from Oct. 15 to 18 in Japan's ancient capital, began as a sort of challenge to the local film industry's power center, Tokyo.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 3, 2015
Last chance for summer getaway; barbecue plan for the ladies; exploring the cuisine of Vietnam
Last chance for summer getaway
JAPAN / Society
Aug 31, 2015
Whale meat arrives in Osaka via new Arctic route to avoid protesters
A ship carrying 1,816 tons of whale meat from Iceland arrived Sunday in the port of Osaka, coming for the first time via the Arctic Ocean to avoid obstruction by anti-whaling groups in the Indian Ocean.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / NAGOYA RESTAURANTS
Aug 28, 2015
Koala Cafe and Grill
The neighborhood of Moriyama might be a little far for those who live in central Nagoya, but Koala Cafe and Grill's free parking and location — next to Omori-Kinjogakuinmae Station — make it easy to visit.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 27, 2015
A hotel experience for the ladies; cocktails to celebrate centenary; revisiting an iconic American era
A hotel experience for the ladies
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2015
Most favor work-life balance but few inclined to use all of their paid holidays, survey shows
As much as 48 percent of Japanese workers prioritize their jobs even though many hope for more balance between work and their private lives, a survey by a quasi-government organization has found.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 20, 2015
German athletics chief slams IAAF council exclusion
Germany's athletics chief on Thursday said his country is likely to have paid a price for its tough anti-doping stance and recent doping revelations on German television as it missed out on an IAAF council seat after 20 years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 20, 2015
Filtration system offers purified water; toasting anniversary with bubbly; rejuvenating spa treatments
Filtration system offers purified water
Japan Times
TENNIS
Aug 18, 2015
Monfils accused of tanking in defeat
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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 13, 2015
Upgrade offers to beat summer heat; wine complements bite-sized buffet; an Asian twist on Australian cuisine
Upgrade offers to beat summer heat
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 6, 2015
Hot spring home away from home; buffet with a beautiful night view; keeping cool with craft beer offerings
Hot spring home away from home
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 31, 2015
Never mind the lineup: Fuji Rock is more than music
It has only been three years since Fuji Rock Festival posted its highest-ever attendance figures, with a little help from Radiohead and The Stone Roses, but you wouldn't have known it from the steady drumbeat of glumness that heralded this year's edition. Following a lackluster showing in 2014, when...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 31, 2015
A lovers' food fight and a dreamy walk on the beach in July's best videos
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 30, 2015
Creative, informative events for kids; sipping Champagne to beat the heat; summer treats filled with fruit flavor
Creative, informative events for kids
JAPAN / Society
Jul 30, 2015
In first numerical empowerment goal, agency aims to double female firefighter ranks to 5% by '26
The government said Wednesday it aims to increase the percentage of female firefighters from the current 2.4 percent to 5 percent by April 2026, setting the first-ever numerical goal to improve women's involvement in the sector.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2015
To avoid raising eyebrows, entities swapping Kinki for Kansai
In an effort to increase recognition abroad as well as prevent smirks, giggles, or shocked stares from English speakers, more businesses and private organizations are dropping the regional name "Kinki" from their titles and replacing it with "Kansai."
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 23, 2015
Flying high at Haneda Excel Hotel; Ritz-Carlton, Osaka offers fun for kids; art at ANA Crowne Plaza Nagoya
Flying high at Haneda Excel Hotel
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Jul 19, 2015
Fukushima trials to explore viability of hydrogen fuel network
Fukushima and the Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute (FREA) are kicking off a renewable energy project with a view to making the prefecture a hydrogen supply center by as early as 2016.
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’

Longform

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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