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LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 7, 2015
Let's discuss security for the Tokyo Olympics
The Metropolitan Police Department is planning security on an unprecedented scale for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 7, 2015
If 1960s Japan is a guide, recent China turmoil could be just a blip
China's economic slowdown and market crash often evoke comparisons with Japan's bust in the 1990s, a period that saw the world's second-largest economy of the time tip into prolonged stagnation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 5, 2015
Death? War? What's next for the games?
Two years to the week that Tokyo won its bid over Istanbul and Madrid to host the 2020 Olympic Games, major stumbles in planning and preparation have caused the shining promise to take a nosedive.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Sep 5, 2015
Picture perfect
Looking good! Let's make this your memorial photo for when you pass away.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2015
Online community offers up Olympic logo ideas
As the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee decided to scrap the official emblem design for the 2020 Games and launch a new competition to find another design, Japan's online community has been actively discussing what might be suitable alternatives.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 4, 2015
Dharmasagara: Vegetarian curries that will transport you to India's sun-baked streets
Uttappam, idli, vada, masala dosa — for me, dinner at Dharmasagara is more than just a roll call of favorite foods. It's an incantation that summons up India's sun-baked streets of Chennai and Tamil Nadu.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 4, 2015
Sumibiyakiniku Nakahara: From raw beef with egg yolk to 'legendary' wagyu tongue
Open the menu at Sumibiyakiniku Nakahara and the first thing you will see is a full-page diagram showing the 22 basic parts of a Japanese cow. It's a simplified chart but the point is clear: You don't just eat well here — you get an education in some of the finest wagyu beef in the city.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2015
Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward picked as most 'Sensuous City' in Japan
Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward has been chosen as the most "Sensuous City" among 134 in Japan, according to a new city ranking report released by a Tokyo-based think tank Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 3, 2015
Jazz pioneer Bob James' Japan-inspired concerto to premiere at the Tokyo Jazz Festival
Smooth jazz pioneer and inadvertent godfather of hip-hop break-beats, Bob James is about to add another accolade to his list of accomplishments. At this weekend's 14th Tokyo Jazz Festival, the keyboardist will debut his first piano concerto.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 3, 2015
Tokyo Jazz Festival to provide a glimpse into Esperanza Spalding's alter ego
One of the few younger non-Japanese acts gracing the stage at this weekend's Tokyo Jazz Festival is singer and bassist Esperanza Spalding. Though appearing at the city's main jazz event, the multifaceted 30-year-old musician could just as easily be performing at Fuji Rock Festival or Summer Sonic. Truly...
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Sep 2, 2015
Olympics logo scandal highlights power of the Internet critic
As news broke Tuesday that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee would scrap its official logo after weeks of plagiarism allegations surrounding the designer Kenjiro Sano, users of the popular 2channel gossip website posted a flurry of messages congratulating themselves.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 2, 2015
Olympian effort needed to save Tokyo's, Asia's heritage
The Hotel Okura is just the latest victim of Tokyo's penchant for tearing down its storied past to make way for a generic future.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 1, 2015
'The Art of Bvlgari: 130 Years of Italian Masterpieces'
Sept. 8-Nov. 29
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
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.
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.
Global mindset crucial for reform of Japan's health care, minister says
In the past 11 months, health minister Keizo Takemi has been charting his own path, seeking to make Japan's health care policies more global and digitalized.

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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