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Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Mar 22, 2018
It takes one to know one: How YouTuber Chris Okano built an agency to help his fellow J-vloggers
This past week, Japanese YouTube heavyweight Hikakin appeared on NHK's long-running business show "The Professionals" ("Professional: Shigoto no Ryugi") where he discussed the "new job" of being a YouTube content creator.
EDITORIALS
Mar 21, 2018
False perceptions cloud Fukushima
Seven years after the triple meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in 2011, misinformation and groundless rumors about the state of affairs in the prefecture remain persistent and deep-rooted. Consumer concerns over radioactive contamination of agricultural and fisheries...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 19, 2018
DressedUndressed: Beyond genderless fashion
DressedUndressed from designers Takeshi Kitazawa and Emiko Sato has been an unassuming yet confident presence at Tokyo fashion week since 2012, when its initial collections courted tailoring connoisseurs with precise unisex attire that scaled in size but otherwise had no gendered distinction. A partnership...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 18, 2018
Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo: Menswear brands give streetwear some long-overdue cred
Japan Times fashion contributors select eight menswear and unisex collections to look out for during Tokyo fashion week
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 18, 2018
Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo: Womenswear brands add an extra dash of cool to elegance
Japan Times fashion contributors select eight womenswear collections to look out for during Tokyo fashion week
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 17, 2018
Japan struggles to overcome its groping problem
A group of men boarded the women-only car of the Chiyoda Line subway in Tokyo during the morning commute on Feb. 16 as a form of protest, saying that excluding men was a form of discrimination. Such protests are not unusual, but the media almost never covers them. In this case, the women who were already...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 17, 2018
'Tokyo Poetry Journal' is back, this time exploring the beats
The fifth issue of the Tokyo Poetry Journal (ToPoJo) shows it has the scope of ambition and the depth of talent to become a lasting landmark in Japan's English-language poetry scene. This issue focuses on the way in which U.S. beat poets such as Ginsberg, Snyder, and Rexroth were influenced by Japan...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 15, 2018
Alvark guard Seiya Ando developing into a star
When Seiya Ando left the Akita Northern Happinets last summer to join the Alvark Tokyo for the 2017-18 campaign, it was an intriguing move to follow.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 11, 2018
Alvark steady ship with series sweep of Sunrockers
The Alvark Tokyo got back on track with a pair of hard-earned victories over the weekend, ending their three-game losing streak on Saturday and completing a series sweep on Sunday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Mar 10, 2018
Celebrating the Tokyo weekend with a glass of natural wine
Jose Moya (a.k.a. "the Spanish Hipster," a moniker that refers to both his country of birth as well as the name of his food blog) is, to put it mildly, a natural wine snob. As a purveyor of natural wine, he has a professional interest in the topic (as well as high standards).
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 7, 2018
Boxer Katsunari Takayama fighting to realize Olympic dream
Former four-organization world champion boxer Katsunari Takayama is trying to earn a chance to take a shot at another shiny reward.
Typhoon Ampil lashes eastern Japan with heavy rain and wind
Waves crash ashore amid Typhoon Ampil on Tokyo's Hachijojima Island on Friday. The dangerous storm is brushing by the Kanto region but will not make landfall.
The rule of law is coming for Putin
Efforts to hold the Kremlin accountable for the war in Ukraine have begun, with the International Criminal Court already issuing arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and others for unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children to Russia.
Hurdles remain in Japan for transplants of pig organs into humans
Surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital in March.
Despite disbandment, factions still loom over LDP leadership race
If two veterans, Toshimitsu Motegi and Shigeru Ishiba, run for the role of Liberal Democratic Party president, the race might come down to a choice between one of former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s allies versus one of LDP Vice President Taro Aso’s allies.
Japan Times revamps iOS mobile app
Dreading the Big One? How to manage pre-disaster anxiety.
Earthquakes are a fact of life in Japan, but there are strategies to keep yourself from spiraling into stress and despair over future catastrophes.
New tales in translation to give you chills and thrills this summer
For centuries, Japanese people have been scaring themselves with horror stories as a way of cooling down during the stifling summer months.
Women's sumo takes big step forward with first high school championships
Yuzuki Komiya (left) competes in the first national high school sumo tournament for girls in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

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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