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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 2, 2015
Going the extra mile for fair-trade fashion
Tokyo fashion industry insiders push the message that what we choose to buy and wear has consequences.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 28, 2015
Yokohama fest offers a performing-arts feast
Since Tokyo Performing Arts Market began in 1995, the annual event has established itself as one of Asia's leading trade shows for creators, producers and festival organizers — as well as being a great chance for general audiences to catch a wide range of cutting-edge works staged over a short period...
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 26, 2015
Tokyo's hydrogen mission starts now
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is setting up a ¥40 billion fund to promote the use of hydrogen energy and promote Japan's ecological technologies ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 24, 2015
Smoke signals: Can Tokyo ever go smoke-free?
Japan has long held a reputation of being something of a paradise for smokers. Tobacco is, at least by Western standards, relatively cheap and people can still light up in many of the country's restaurants and bars. In fact, before the turn of the century smokers could pretty much puff away on a cigarette...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 22, 2015
'Gabriel Orozco: Inner Cycles'
To kick start their 20th anniversary year, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is showcasing the work of Mexico-born contemporary artist Gabriel Orozco as one of their three special exhibitions opening this week. This will be Orozco's first solo exhibition in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 20, 2015
Noma's take on a Japanese menu is bold
After a drumroll of media announcements, a steady drip of social media speculation and the crescendo of anticipation, Noma Japan has finally opened. Denmark's preeminent restaurant has begun its month-long residency in Tokyo, and it's every bit as remarkable as expected.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 20, 2015
Top chef Yoshihiro Narisawa takes his kitchen to go
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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 18, 2015
'Baby-friendly' Tokyo cafe tells moms to pay to use their own baby food — or go
Reader N was decidedly unimpressed with the service encountered at one Tokyo establishment when she and her friend took their young babies out for lunch.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2015
Japan’s Muslims dismayed by latest Charlie cover but united against violence
Japan's Muslim community speaks out on magazine Charlie Hebdo's defiant decision to place a Prophet Muhammad cartoon on the cover of its latest issue after last week's massacre.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2015
Trial classes for 2020 Games volunteers planned in Hachioji, Koganei
Tokyo will launch training seminars on a trial basis next month for volunteers interested in providing linguistic help to visitors at the 2020 Olympics.
EDITORIALS
Jan 14, 2015
Avoid undue toll on athletes
Venue changes aimed at reducing the ballooning costs of the 2020 Olympic Games should be made in a manner that does not take an undo toll on the athletes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 9, 2015
Don't fight trips to the gym: Take it outside
It's January. The bars are empty and the gyms are full of people with good intentions. By February or March, of course, that situation will reverse, as new year resolutions begin to flag and it becomes increasingly difficult to justify that extortionate gym membership.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2015
Tokyo to set up free call center for Olympic interpretation services
Tokyo plans to set up a 24-hour call center this year so tourism-related businesses can obtain free interpretation in three languages ahead of the 2020 Olympics.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 8, 2015
There's method in artistic 'madness'
Jiro Takamatsu is not easy to understand. He was an idiosyncratic avant-garde artist who worked with a variety of materials to create arcane art that expressed philosophical ideas. This is immediately off-putting to some and intriguing to others. However, the exhibition "Takamatsu Jiro: Mysteries" at...
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Typhoon to force railway closures as it nears Kanto on Friday
A satellite image from Wednesday afternoon shows Tropical Storm Ampil south of Japan
'Very strong' Typhoon Ampil prompts storm warnings as it nears eastern Japan
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.
Seoul authorities find toxic substances in Shein and Temu products
The Shein logo adors the company's first pop-up store in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 2.
‘Very strong’ Typhoon Ampil set to approach eastern Japan on Friday
A satellite image shows Typhoon Ampil south of Japan on Thursday afternoon.
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.
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.

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’
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