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BEER

LIFE
May 12, 2013
Trendsetting U.S. craft beers pour into Germany
Almost 65 years after Allied planes flew Western supplies into blockaded Berlin, a new American import is arriving by air: craft beer.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 3, 2012
When is a beer with lunch not a beer with lunch?
Does buzz-free beer mix with business lunch?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 3, 2012
Somebody has to pay for cheap beer
Alcohol wholesalers get called on the carpet for dumping beer.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 6, 2012
World Beer Museum: Having a few drinks beneath the Skytree
If the view from the top of Tokyo Skytree leaves you hungry for more down-to-earth pleasures, there's no shortage of eating options in the Tokyo Solamachi mall at the foot of the tower. The ground floor arcade offers snacks and souvenirs, including a branch of one of Tokyo's most enterprising sake specialists,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 4, 2012
Cool heat-blockers for summer 2012
It's gonna be a scorcher out there, but at least Japan Inc. has dreamed up a few new fun ways to beat the heat.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 17, 2012
I'm too sexy for my sutras
Monks gone wild? Not quite, but Buddhism is indeed trying out new ways to reach the next generation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 23, 2012
Rich Japanese flavors for lean times
Japanese foods are getting more flavorful as budgets get leaner.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 8, 2012
Prizes for every picnic as spring campaigns blossom
Free beer and WHAT in a box? Japan's spring ad campaigns are in full swing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 14, 2011
Say cheers to these limited edition beers
News season, new beers, new marketing campaigns. Always a good reason to say 'Kanpai.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 19, 2011
Hatos Bar: Perfect BBQ and beer for a long, hot summer
There are few good reasons for staying in Tokyo through a long, punishing Japanese summer. But there are a few consolations. The heat and sweat are a lot more bearable if you know that once night has fallen you can be sitting outside, with a light breeze in the air, cool music on the sound system, a...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 4, 2011
Bayside brews
Plenty of beer has been sunk in Yokohama over the past century and a half since the opening of the port. That tradition is very much alive today, and the city remains one of Japan's strongholds for brewing, from mass-market suds to limited-edition craft ales.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 15, 2010
Beer campaign stirs up the ire of working wives
A beer commercial depicting a sunny stay-at-home wife has some critics foaming at the mouth.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 20, 2010
Kanagawa taverns with brews of note
When we find ourselves thirsty in Yokohama, we know exactly where to head. Our latest favorite watering hole in the city is Pivoya, a small pub that specializes exclusively in beer from the Czech Republic. It's in a quiet, out-of-the-way locale but definitely worth tracking down.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 20, 2010
August Beer Club: Beers that taste great in August
In this punishing heat, a lot of people complain they have lost all appetite for food. We say: Change your definition of the word "food." At this time of year, we gain a significant proportion of our nourishment from that most essential of food groups: beer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 7, 2010
The strategy behind non-alcoholic beer
Non-alcoholic beers have been a big hit for beer makers in Japan, especially when you factor in the fact that they aren't taxed.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 6, 2010
Big (only) in Japan? Rooftop beer gardens
Imported from Europe in 1953, beer gardens are a summer tradition in Japan. Recently, they've had to cater to a new demographic to stay afloat.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 22, 2010
Major beer companies diet excessively while craft brewers beef up
While major beer companies are in dead heat, churning out suds at lower prices, the craft brewers are bulking up on flavor and still winning the race.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Mar 24, 2010
Big (only) in Japan? Beer salesgirls
The 'beer girls' (uriko) are a familiar sight to any baseball fan. Pulse asks are they big (only) in Japan?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Dec 21, 2009
Trends in Japan 2009: drinks
Let us raise a glass to the tippling trends of 2009: to cheap booze, less calories, more nostalgia and supposedly responsible drinking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 10, 2009
A streetcar named beer
For truly recession-style bonenkai, salary workers are hopping aboard Arakawa-sen's Forget-the-year Beer Special. Next stop, Hangover Hill.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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