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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 1, 2017
Brex dominate fourth quarter in triumph over Alvark
After their series opener on Saturday, the Tochigi Brex and Alvark Tokyo have a combined 75 regular-season victories, and only have a combined 21 defeats.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Apr 1, 2017
Matohu: Observing tradition in modern design
Design duo Hiroyuki Horihata and Makiko Sekiguchi have been making the case for the inclusion of Japanese aesthetics in contemporary fashion for more than a decade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 1, 2017
Toshiba likely to miss earnings deadline for third time
Toshiba is likely to miss a third deadline for reporting quarterly earnings, meaning it will have to seek a fresh extension or face potential delisting.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2017 NPB PREVIEW
Mar 30, 2017
Carp set sights on repeat performance in Central League
The following is the second of a two-part NPB preview beginning with the 2016 Central League champions.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 29, 2017
The psychological perils of a Japanese homestay
All the homestays I have done in my life — three of them — were psychologically traumatic in uniquely torturous ways.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 25, 2017
How the word 'terrorism' can help pass a bill
During the recent Diet grilling over his alleged involvement in the Moritomo Gakuen land purchase scandal, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe accused his opposition party tormentors of resorting to inshō sōsa. The most accurate English translation is probably "image manipulation," which, in the age of fake...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 25, 2017
Reassessing the negative impact of hosting the 2020 Olympics
The estimated cost of the 2020 Olympic Games has increased astronomically since Tokyo won the right to host it. On Dec. 22, Asahi Shimbun reported that the estimated price could be as much as ¥1.8 trillion. The original bid estimate for constructing new Olympic venues was ¥499 billion and that is now...
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BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 25, 2017
MLB Network’s Martinez, Waltz inform and entertain during WBC telecasts
Good show put on by Major League Baseball and the organizers of the 2017 World Baseball Classic Asia rounds held in Seoul and Tokyo earlier this month.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 23, 2017
Samurai drama to put unique spin on evolution of theater
Japanese audiences will soon join those in Holland as the only people in the world with access to a theater whose seating area rotates to face a ring of multiple stages.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2017
Tokyo to build English-language immersion facility for kids in 2018
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announces it will construct a language immersion facility in 2018 to improve the ability of children to communicate in English.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2017
Tokyo returns to world's 10 priciest cities as Asia dominates list
Tokyo returned to the ranks of the world's 10 costliest cities in 2017 as Asia's representation expanded, reflecting the region's rising clout in the global economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2017
Cherry blossoms get an early start in Tokyo despite chilly, wet weather
Tokyo was rainy and cold on the first day sakura cherry blossoms officially began blooming in the nation's capital, according to the Meteorological Agency, with the peak timing for flower-viewing predicted to come in a week to 10 days.
‘Very strong’ Typhoon Ampil set to approach eastern Japan on Friday
A satellite image shows Typhoon Ampil south of Japan on Thursday afternoon.
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.
Japan lifts megaquake alert after no major seismic activity detected
An electronic signboard at Tokyo Station displays information about a megaquake alert last Saturday. The government lifted the alert on Thursday but urged continued vigilance.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Thaksin’s 37-year-old daughter becomes new Thai premier
Pheu Thai party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra greets members of the media at local news outlet Voice TV in Bangkok on Friday.
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’
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