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JAPAN XV

Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Jun 21, 2013
Fundoshi: the innerwear sanctum of Cool Biz
Wacoal butts into the retro underwear market with cheeky fundoshi.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jun 21, 2013
Tweet Beat: #e3, ＃ふなっしー, ＃ジブリファン
The future of videogames, an energetic pear mascot and a mysterious Ghibli fan trended high on Japanese Twitter last week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 21, 2013
Shift to mobile services to up ad growth: Yahoo Japan
Yahoo Japan Corp. expects economic growth and a consumer shift to mobile services to spur revenue gains as it targets advertising growth of at least 10 percent.
EDITORIALS
Jun 20, 2013
Persuading people to vote
When apathy rules, what more can political parties and local election officials do to encourage a greater Japanese voter turnout for July's Upper House election
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jun 20, 2013
Abeggedon
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 18, 2013
Visiting premier talks of protracted Thai crisis
During her visit to Japan, Thailand's prime minister dared to talk about the protracted political crisis that followed the overthrow of her brother in 2006.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jun 16, 2013
JAEA baseball
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jun 14, 2013
J-blip: Pepsi-flavored Cheetos
We got our hands on a bag of Shuwa Shuwa before their release to convenience stores Japan-wide on July 1.
EDITORIALS
Jun 14, 2013
HPV vaccine raises questions
The health ministry is being pressed to weigh the benefits of the anti-HPV inoculations for schoolgirls against the risks that they cause serious side effects.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jun 13, 2013
Tokyo Toy Show . . . for little people and grown-up kids
Manufacturers from Japan and overseas gather in Tokyo to show off the latest in toy tech.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2013
Rescued castaways go home to Kiribati
Two Kiribati natives who were rescued by a Japanese trawler in mid-May after spending some three months adrift go home after recovering from their ordeal.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jun 13, 2013
Tweet Beat: #deresama13, #akb総選挙, #日本代表, #ほこたて
Battle of the bands, battle of the idols and a bad television battle, plus a World Cup soccer battle.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jun 13, 2013
Running Bulls
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jun 11, 2013
Japan by the numbers (06.11.13)
Who would read every book in a series of 70? One in four Japanese people in their 20s, according to one poll. There's more where that came from.
EDITORIALS
Jun 11, 2013
Cease promoting nuclear power
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to move forward with the development of nuclear power technology represents his cynical disregard for the victims of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
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.

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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