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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 1, 2018
Is bitcoin creator writing a book? Cryptic note indicates yes
Is the unknown creator of bitcoin writing a book about it?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
May 19, 2018
Hideo Yokoyama's 'Seventeen': A plane crash, a newsroom, an all-engrossing thriller
Based on the author's own experiences as an investigative reporter at a local paper in Gunma Prefecture, 'Seventeen' uses the 1985 crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 as the catalyst for a gripping newsroom drama.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 14, 2018
'Lion Cross Point': A child's abandonment, cushioned by hope and quiet resolve
Lion Cross Point' is a novel of intersections: of memory and dream, past and future, rural and urban, of innocence and tragedy. Masatsugu Ono's poignant tale spins out in a child-driven stream of consciousness, unwinding from a series of shrouded traumatic events.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 11, 2018
Pick up a secondhand book in Japan and unearth a mystery
Perhaps the greatest pleasure to be derived from shopping at secondhand book stores in Japan comes from never knowing what might turn up between their pages.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 31, 2018
'Territory of Light' is a timely translation that sheds light on Japan's marginalized
Acclaimed novelist Yuko Tsushima spent her lifetime reflecting light on the shadowed voices in Japan, inspired by her own experiences as a single mother facing the censure of a traditionally patriarchal society. In her later years, Tsushima explored the marginalized in Japanese history, writing from...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 25, 2018
What's behind Japan's enduring love of Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights'?
Emily Bronte's only novel, 'Wuthering Heights,' set in the moors of Yorkshire in the late 18th century, has long held a special place in Japanese hearts.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 14, 2018
The Japanese lessons of a 'plastic Paddy'
A Briton of Irish stock finds the 'Irishness' he seeks not on the Emerald Isle itself but in the expat pubs of his adopted land.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2018
Majority of Japanese university students don't read books for pleasure, poll shows
A majority of university students in Japan do not read books for pleasure, an annual survey by the National Federation of University Co-operative Associations showed Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Jan 11, 2018
Fire and fury in the White House
The new year began with high expectations for U.S. President Donald Trump. Instead, the White House has been consumed with the publication of a tell-all book.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 11, 2018
Tyler Smith's journey full of fascinating, funny tales
Tyler Smith made a wise decision.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 5, 2018
Tyler Smith pleased by reaction to new book on hoop life
Tyler Smith, whose pro basketball career included stints with the Hitachi Sunrockers and Link Tochigi Brex in the now-disbanded JBL, has published his first book, "Called for Traveling: My Nomadic Life Playing Pro Basketball around the World."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Dec 30, 2017
'Strong in the Rain': Poetry from the heart and mind by Kenji Miyazawa
'Strong in the Rain," a classic Japanese poetry collection from Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1921), beautifully reveals much about both nature and humanity.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Pulsations
Dec 16, 2017
'Book With No Pictures' is leaving kids in stitches
Picture-less book a hit with kids
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 9, 2017
Off the beaten track with Isabella Bird
Isabella Bird was a tenacious traverser of continents, prolific Victorian era writer and the first woman awarded membership to the U.K.'s Royal Geographical Society.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 10, 2017
Are libraries to blame for Japan's slump in bunko paperback book sales?
Kiyondo Matsui, the president of the publishing house Bungei Shunju, spoke at this year's All-Japan Library Conference, which took place in Tokyo on Oct. 12 and 13. During his talk, Matsui asked the assembled professionals to no longer acquire bunko editions of books for lending in their libraries.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Nov 1, 2017
Alex Kerr on Japan: From 'voice in the wind' to vindication
A quarter-century after his first book warned Japan of what it had to lose, Alex Kerr feels the nation is finally on the same page.
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.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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