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FC TOKYO

BASKETBALL
Mar 27, 2015
Sendai prevails in 2OT against Tokyo, stretches win streak to nine
The Sendai 89ers outlasted the Tokyo Cinq Reves in double overtime on Friday night, winning 118-112.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 26, 2015
'Special Exhibition: The Great Battle of Sekigahara'
March 28-May 17
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2015 JAPANESE BASEBALL PREVIEW
Mar 25, 2015
Carp hoping Kuroda can be final piece in title puzzle
Part of the Carp's slogan for 2015 is 'Red Rising,' and that's exactly what the club has been doing the past few years. Hiroshima has increased its win total in each of the past four seasons.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE PERSISTENT VEGETARIAN
Mar 24, 2015
A perpetual quest for the perfect veggie burger
The "Big Three" in veggie burger making are tofu, beans and mushrooms. Japan prides itself on tofu — and by extension beans — and mushroom varieties are a mainstay of the nation's cuisine. So it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that Japan cooks up a variety of veggie burgers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2015
Tourism agency to tout historic venues for international conferences
The Japan Tourism Agency is going to publish a list of 85 historic buildings suitable for use as conference venues in the hopes of luring more foreign professionals who might then become tourists, officials said Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 23, 2015
Top grads shun Kasumigaseki
More University of Tokyo graduates with high academic records appear headed these days for graduate law schools or are taking jobs in the private sector rather than joining the Japanese bureaucracy.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 21, 2015
Media caught up in festive PR atmosphere of new Hokuriku bullet train
A friend who often goes to Ishikawa Prefecture for family reasons mentioned on Facebook last week that he took the overnight bus from Tokyo and arrived at Kanazawa Station at about the same time of the Hokuriku Shinkansen's inaugural run. When I asked why he hadn't taken the new train, he said it was...
BASKETBALL
Mar 20, 2015
Niigata whips struggling Tokyo
The Niigata Albirex BB overwhelmed the Tokyo Cinq Reves from start to finish in Friday's bj-league series opener.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 18, 2015
JX signs on as latest sponsor for 2020 Olympics
JX Nippon Oil and Energy Corporation has become the sixth Gold Partner, or a top domestic sponsor, for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Japan Olympic Committee announced on Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 17, 2015
Old-school Izuei Umegawatei a prime spot for new cherry blossom season
Spring always arrives with a rush. One week it can feel like mid-winter; the next, there's cherry blossoms everywhere.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 17, 2015
Unosato's old ways still shine in flashy Shibuya
In a city as rapidly changing as Tokyo, it's a major feat for any restaurant to survive over four decades. To do so on the edge of Shibuya's teenage wasteland is even more remarkable. So let's raise a cup — of premium sake of course — to the one and only Unosato.
EDITORIALS
Mar 16, 2015
A corporate governance cure-all?
New Tokyo Stock Exchange rules requiring all companies listed on its First and Second sections to have at least two independent outside directors on their board is in line with the Abe administration's push to beef up corporate governance as a way of luring more foreign investors.
EDITORIALS
Mar 15, 2015
Legacy of the Great Tokyo Air Raid
The Great Tokyo Air Raid, carried out 70 years ago by U.S. Army Air Force bombers, was a major wartime atrocity that testifies to the great sufferings the Pacific War brought to Japanese civilians.
BASKETBALL
Mar 14, 2015
Hot-shooting Taguchi ignites Akita against lowly Tokyo
A simple strategy proved to be the right one for the Akita Northern Happinets on Saturday.

Longform

Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?