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JAPANESE TV

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 25, 2018
China detained 21 Japanese in May, reportedly over religious activities: sources
Chinese authorities detained 21 Japanese nationals in the southwestern city of Chongqing and elsewhere this month, a source close to Japanese-Chinese relations said Friday.
EDITORIALS
May 22, 2018
Review problems in science and technology policy
The state of science and technology research today could negatively impact Japan's future presence in the field.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 22, 2018
Tomoo Gokita: Exposing the underbelly of pop culture
Tomoo Gokita's deformations of his subjects are surrealistic with a precision mix of austere black, white and grays, low-brow culture imagery, kookiness and powerfully evocative draftsmanship.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 20, 2018
Almond Eye wins spring Oaks for filly classic double
No. 1 favorite Almond Eye flashed into the lead coming down the home stretch to score a comfortable two-length victory Sunday in the spring version of the Japanese Oaks at Tokyo Racecourse.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
May 19, 2018
Hosting a summer bash? Impress with quick and easy konbujime
A popular drinking snack or side dish accompanying a traditional Japanese meal, konbujime is umami-packed and refreshing.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 15, 2018
Noritaka Minami's city of broken dreams
Noritaka Minami's aerial photographs of the failed urban project of California City in the Mojave Desert are quietly devastating. Purposefully using high-ISO film that shows grain even at low enlargement, his images of a planned city — mostly a network of uninhabited roads — are pale planes of dots and lines
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 14, 2018
Whose line is it anyway? Tips for deciphering dialogue in Japanese fiction
Dialogue in Japanese fiction has its own set of rules, and if you're not paying close attention, you may have trouble understanding who is saying what to whom.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
May 12, 2018
Kishin: New opening is full of breakfast promise
For Atsushi Nakahigashi at Kishin, a traditional, local breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 8, 2018
Finance Ministry 'sisters' needed
Japan's male-centric workplace culture is a breeding ground for scandals.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 8, 2018
The funny side of Edo Period culture
Sometimes vulgar or ridiculous, and occasionally cliched, the toba-e of Nichosai, Kuniyoshi, Hokusai and Kyosai at the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts offer a panorama of what the historically amusing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
May 7, 2018
In Japanese, many 'ands' make hard work
There's a lot to consider when making connections in Japanese.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 3, 2018
Japan's fiscal health goal likely to be pushed back another five years to 2025
The government is eyeing fiscal 2025 as its new target year to achieve a primary balance surplus, delaying the fiscal health goal by another five years, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Apr 29, 2018
Architect Fumihiko Maki: Finding intimacy in the city
Fumi Maki talks about a landmark book of Japanese architecture, 'City with a Hidden Past,' and the virtues of Tokyo's inner havens.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 29, 2018
China outlaws uploading of photos of people in Imperial Japanese Army costumes
China's legislature has enacted a law to criminalize the uploading of photographs containing people dressed in costumes based on the defunct Imperial Japanese Army.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 28, 2018
'Poet to Poet' finds an English voice for Japan's female poets
A new bilingual poetry publication presents a range of fresh, female voices and satisfies the art of the genre in both languages.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Apr 28, 2018
'Japanese Architecture as a Collaborative Process': A must-read to understand Japanese architecture
Dana Buntrock's fieldwork highlights the collaborative nature of architecture, manufacturing and construction in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 26, 2018
Sendai court blames lack of local government plan for deaths of school children in 2011 tsunami
The ruling said that the school, sited up to 1.5 meters above sea level, should have been designated in the city's hazard map as being vulnerable to tsunami.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2018
Abe rival Seiko Noda slams BOJ's 'desperate' push for 2% inflation
The Bank of Japan should drop its 2 percent inflation target and should not further expand its program of massive monetary easing, Internal Affairs Minister Seiko Noda, a long-shot to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said in an interview.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2018
Former NHK reporter sentenced to 21 years in prison for series of rapes
A court sentenced on Wednesday a 29-year-old former reporter for public broadcaster NHK to 21 years in prison for raping three women.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 24, 2018
The decoupling of economic growth and convenience
Consumers have begun to behave more rationally, and that is reducing economic growth.

Longform

Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'