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JAPAN / View from Osaka
Dec 17, 2016
Kansai towns gear up for the 'Pork Barrel-ympics'
Aware that voters outside of the capital may lack the degree of anticipation for the 2020 Olympics that can be felt among Tokyo politicians and corporations who will directly profit from the games, and sensitive to rumors that taxpayers elsewhere will get stuck with a post-Olympics tax bill, the government...
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BASKETBALL / B. League
Dec 16, 2016
Energizer Garrett guides Alvark Tokyo to victory over Levanga Hokkaido
In a showdown of East Division squads on Friday, the Alvark Tokyo's deep bench and overall talent played key roles as they prevailed over the Levanga Hokkaido in the B. League series opener.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 16, 2016
Argile: A gourmet sanctuary above the streets of Ginza
Is there any Tokyo neighborhood more focused on dining than Ginza? Its nine compact blocks house the greatest concentration of high-end restaurants in the country — quite possibly the whole world. But when it comes to quality cuisine at somewhat more affordable prices, the area has less to offer. All...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 16, 2016
Esquisse Cinq: A new stage for dessert maestro Kazutoshi Narita
Kazutoshi Narita makes gorgeous desserts. They are lyrical flights of fancy, adorned with colorful swooshes and sprinkles, crisp shards, fragile foams and delicate, lacy sugar confections. Until recently, the only way you could taste them was at the end of a full meal of high-end French cuisine at Esquisse...
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 16, 2016
Koike backs Ariake Arena as 2020 volleyball venue after ¥6.5 billion discount
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gets on board with the plan to build Ariake Arena to host Olympic volleyball in 2020, but not before scoring a significant discount.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2016
Tokyo regains title of costliest city for expats as London drops
The capital jumped from 12th last year, while Yokohama and Osaka joined the top 10 in a report comparing the global cost of living.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 14, 2016
Tokyo arcade looks to VR to highlight high-end tech, boost business
A Tokyo arcade operator unveiled a new virtual reality facility on Wednesday, aiming to showcase high-end virtual reality in a casual setting and boost shrinking industry profits.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 13, 2016
Tokyo: photogenic to its very core
Care to take a guess what the new exhibition "Tokyo, Tokyo and Tokyo" at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum is about? In fact there are two exhibitions with the same name running concurrently, so it's "Tokyo, Tokyo and Tokyo" and "Tokyo, Tokyo and Tokyo."
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2016
Japan's Olympic host towns aim to promote educational and sports exchanges
The 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games are taking place in Tokyo. But under a central government plan to build national support for the games, residents from Hokkaido to Kyushu will have the opportunity to see and interact with the athletes coming from around the world.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Dec 10, 2016
Inspired fashion: from Marie Antoinette nail art to '60s textiles to Wong Kar Wai movies
Marimekko's colorful past
EDITORIALS
Dec 10, 2016
Keeping Olympic costs down
Solid efforts have been made to cut the cost of hosting the Olympics, but even more should be done.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 9, 2016
How Michelin's stardust has changed Tokyo
It has become one of Tokyo's gastronomic rites of autumn. Just as sure as the leaves on the city's many ginkgo trees turn gold and scatter across pavements, the latest Michelin Guide Tokyo hits the stores each year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Dec 9, 2016
Tokyo's progressive French restaurants are developing a taste for sake
The first time I drank sake at a non-Japanese restaurant was nearly seven years ago at Coi, a Michelin-starred establishment in San Francisco that serves modern Californian cuisine. I had opted for the beverage-pairing course, and the drink came with a dish of tofu mousseline in a thickened mushroom...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 7, 2016
JBA hopeful new plan helps strengthen men's national team
The Japan Basketball Association recently announced plans to hold training camps more often as it becomes more serious, and desperate, about developing the men’s national team ahead of the 2019 FIBA World Cup and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
‘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
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.
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.
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’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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