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Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 29, 2014
Fashion Week Tokyo: opposites attract womenswear designers
Collections reflect the antithetical nature of fashion in Japan
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 29, 2014
Fashion Week Tokyo: menswear's mixed messages
Designers continue to break new ground
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 29, 2014
Fashion Week Tokyo: opening the floodgates
International brands are no longer shunning the country's biannual collections
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2014
Fukushima No. 1 worker dies in hole during foundation check
A subcontractor engaged in cleanup work at the meltdown-hit Fukushima No. 1 power plant died Friday after a hole he was digging collapsed, burying him alive.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2014
Games organizing board takes shape
The executive board of the organizing committee for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics appointed six vice presidents Wednesday, including Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 26, 2014
A chance to shine at an early age
It's 9:15 on a cold and rainy Saturday morning, and Wendell Harrison is running late. "The one day I send an email telling them not to be late, and I'm the one having problems," he laments.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 26, 2014
Shimooka Renjo, back in focus
It's not surprising that the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography has organized a retrospective on Shimooka Renjo, one of the first commercial photographers in Japan. What is surprising is that it didn't happen sooner.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 26, 2014
Japan's early masters of Alpine photography and their breathtaking views
'Valleys and Peaks' introduces the stunning alpine photography of Matsujiro Kanmuri (1883-1970), who broke new ground with his climbs in the Kurobe Gorge of Toyama Prefecture and Misuo Hokari (1891-1966), who worked to make mountaineering more accessible.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 26, 2014
'Roots of Zen: Yosai and the Treasures of Kenninji'
Kenninji is the oldest of what is known as the Kyoto Gozan, the five leading Zen Buddhist temples of Kyoto. It houses various artworks but is particularly famous for the designated national treasure "Fujin-Raijin" ("The Wind and Thunder Gods"), a gold-leaf embellished screen painting by the 17th-century...
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Mar 26, 2014
[PHOTOS] Spring begins in Tokyo with the annual pink parade of cherry blossoms
Spring officially arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday when Japan's weather agency announced the start of the cherry blossom season.
BASKETBALL
Mar 23, 2014
Tokyo Excellence triumph in NBDL championship game
In the National Basketball Development League's title game on Sunday, the Tokyo Excellence defeated the Toyota Tsusho Fighting Eagles 93-77.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 22, 2014
Energy debate challenges facade of wa
Torn between his nationalistic instinct to resurrect what he seems to regard as Japan's great bygone days of empire-building and the mundane demands of caring for the pressing needs of his nation, a remarkably caring soul might almost feel sorry for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his first months in...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 22, 2014
Waiting for the death-penalty debate that never comes
The media breathlessly cover murder trials and profile suspects who face the death penalty, but once a sentence is handed down, they fall back.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 21, 2014
Tokyo Excellence shooting for NBDL championship
The Tokyo Excellence, who are in their first season in the National Basketball Development League (formerly the JBL2), have posted a splendid 29-3 record to date. The club is aiming to win the championship in the four-team playoffs this weekend.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2014
Japan Foundation plans fresh cultural surge in Southeast Asia
The Japan Foundation will boost cultural ties with Southeast Asian countries, including increased support for Japanese-language lessons and enhancing art and cultural exchanges, its president said Thursday.
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 set to approach eastern Japan on Friday
A satellite image shows Typhoon Ampil south of Japan on Thursday afternoon.
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.
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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