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FC TOKYO

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 10, 2023
Teens held after Ginza heist claim not to know each other
Police will analyze smartphones used by the suspects and probe their relationship and how they came together before the Monday robbery.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 10, 2023
Suspect arrested after junior high school boy stabbed in Tokyo's Ota Ward
The 13-year-old boy was rushed to a hospital, but his injuries appeared not to be life-threatening.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 9, 2023
Four teens arrested after robbery at luxury watch shop in Ginza
The assailants forced their way into the shop and threatened the clerk with a knife before fleeing with merchandise.
JAPAN
May 8, 2023
Woman injured after can explodes at train station in Tokyo
Security camera footage shows a man placing an apparent coffee can near a ticket machine at Nishi-Arai Station before walking away. The man has been taken into custody.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2023
American School in Japan unveils master plan for renewed campus
Renderings of ASIJ’s possible new look depict a winding, river-shaped building that allows its elementary, middle and high schools to flow into and interact with one another.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 7, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 2,345 new cases
Japan confirmed 6,267 new COVID-19 cases nationwide on Saturday, a decrease of about 6,900 from a week before.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 7, 2023
Bar none: Tokyo's liquor shops are where locals start their weekends
Kaku’uchi — liquor stores doubling as bars — are trending again in Tokyo. Mara Budgen provides a guide to some of the capital’s best joints, for all tastes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
May 6, 2023
AI will revolutionize Japanese fashion — just not right now
ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence engines are coming for everyone and everything, but the whims of the fashion world might be an unlikely bulwark.
JAPAN
May 5, 2023
Member of riot squad dies in an apparent suicide at Prime Minister’s Office
The officer appeared to have taken his own life with the gun he was carrying, an official at the Metropolitan Police Department’s Kojimachi Police Station said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 3, 2023
Kabutocho, Japan’s Wall Street, evolves into new financial hub
While the flow of suit-wearing salarymen in the Tokyo district has been reduced to a trickle, the area has seen an increasing number of startups and younger visitors.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 2, 2023
Jose Osuna hits two home runs to power Swallows to win over Giants
Osuna broke an eighth-inning tie with a two-run home run.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 837 new cases
On Sunday, Japan confirmed 6,466 people infected with COVID-19, down some 2,000 week on week.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 1, 2023
Swallows star Munetaka Murakami mired in prolonged slump early in NPB season
Any thoughts that Murakami’s clutch hits in the two biggest games of the WBC would get him going have been quickly dispelled.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2023
Alibaba founder Jack Ma joins University of Tokyo as professor
As a visiting professor, he will provide advice on research topics and conduct research, especially in sustainable agriculture, as well as give seminars about entrepreneurship.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2023
How a scientific approach to urban greening could cool Japan's concrete jungles
In Tokyo, temperatures have risen by 3 C over the past 100 years, even though global temperatures have risen by only around 1 C. The solution could lie in green infrastructure.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 30, 2023
Anger, joy and feelings of pride: Tokyo's biggest LGBTQ event returns in full form
Amid 'rainbow washing' and 'counter marches,' drag queen Le Horla writes about what the return of Tokyo Rainbow Pride means to them.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 30, 2023
Nippon Ishin’s 'hop, skip and jump' election strategy faces one final leap
The Osaka-based Nippon Ishin faces a long final jump in order to achieve its goal of winning enough seats in the next general election to become Japan’s main opposition force.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 30, 2023
The ‘Two Faces’ of Gold Bar’s cocktails make for surprising sips
Minato Ward has no shortage of expensive cocktails, but Gold Bar mixes in as much style as the best of them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2023
Tokyo inflation regains momentum as BOJ prepares price forecasts
Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 3.5% in the capital in April, picking up speed from the previous month’s 3.2% pace.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 27, 2023
‘Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room’: Ryohei Suzuki stands out in formulaic adaptation
The actor gives a blockbuster performance in an entertaining but predictable feature film spin-off of the hit TBS medical drama.
Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs
The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
A year after going private, structural reforms bearing fruit for Toshiba
Toshiba's Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Koji Ikeya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Monday.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.
Curiosity didn’t kill the meme: Why cats still rule Japanese YouTube
A screen shot from YouTube user @lagelda shows the simplicity of going viral in Japan in 2024: A cat dancing to EDM in front of a green screen.
With rare Asia carrier deployment, France seeks greater interoperability
The flight deck of the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier during a stop at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in May 2019

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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