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Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2023
American School in Japan unveils master plan for renewed campus
Renderings of ASIJ’s possible new look depict a winding, river-shaped building that allows its elementary, middle and high schools to flow into and interact with one another.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 27, 2023
Japan-based Holocaust survivor honors historic Jewish revolt with piano performance
Pianist Janos Cegledy's three pieces at a commemorative event in Tokyo for the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Poland were a moving tribute to the Jewish people’s acts of bravery.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2023
Ukraine’s envoy to Japan goes all in as a wartime ambassador
Sergiy Korsunsky finds little time to rest as he works to support evacuees, assist the war effort and plan for what comes after peace is achieved.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 10, 2023
Kristina Ganea: With sourdough, ‘the more you fail, the more you learn’
Smell something good wafting from a shop in Tokyo’s Hiroo neighborhood? That’s probably because Kristina Ganea has something delicious in the oven.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2023
As Japan grays, young Indonesians train to fill caregiver vacancies
According to estimates, only about 130,000 of the 340,000 vacancies on a Japanese government program to employ foreigners with special skills, in sectors like caregiving, have been filled.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 1, 2023
Japan Times 1948: Japan's movie-makers move to oust Communist elements
A time in which Communism began to be seen as a threat to a Japan emerging from the ashes of war sees the authorities turn their eyes to entertainment.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 26, 2023
Your Ramadan experience may take on new forms when living in Japan
As of 2022 there were just over 83,000 Indonesians residing in Japan according to government figures. Many have found new ways to practice their religion.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 25, 2023
'Dear, the war has started': My journey from Ukraine to Japan
It was around this time a year ago that Natalia Makohon hung out with her friends for the last time. From then on, her life would mostly be about survival.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 23, 2023
A year after war broke out, Ukrainian evacuees take life in Japan one step at a time
Forced to abandon careers, education plans and other opportunities at home, those who made the 8,000 kilometer journey to East Asia have had their lives put on hold.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 21, 2023
'We’re all different': Russians in Japan reflect on year since Ukraine invasion
The past year has seen them reflect on what it means to be Russian today and the new normal that comes with their home country being at war.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jan 30, 2023
Gifu construction firm paves the way in developing skilled foreign workers
At Concrete Pump, based in Kakamigahara, three Chinese nationals have obtained a newly established resident status that allows foreign nationals to work almost indefinitely in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 23, 2023
Resham Upreti wants his fellow Nepalis to succeed in Japan — without forgetting where they came from
When people arrive in Japan they can sometimes face the challenge of being 'double limited': unable to speak fluently in their native language or the tongue of their new home.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2023
Health ministry suggests restricting bulk drug purchases amid hoarding fears
The message follows reports of Chinese people in the country buying medicine in bulk and mailing it to friends and families back home.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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