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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2015
Yoshihiko Ueda: a life with photography
"What remains is future" were words written on a bag I saw someone carrying at Yoshihiko Ueda's new exhibition "A life with Camera." It's the same phrase that appeared on badges Patti Smith handed out in New York nearly 10 years ago. Fittingly, her portrait now hangs among 300 photographs, which were...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2015
'Yamana Ayao and Art Deco: Creating the Shiseido Style'
April 25-June 28
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2015
'In Our Time: Art in Post-industrial Japan'
April 25-Aug. 30
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 19, 2015
Toyota delivers a blow to Abe's 'reshoring' plan
Toyota's move to build new factories overseas deals a blow to the government's hope that the weak yen would encourage manufacturers to move production back to Japan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 15, 2015
From immigration to zoning, reforms need central guidance to succeed: adviser
The central government must exert control over the regions to push through regulatory reforms needed for economic revival, said the head of a council on special economic zones.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 14, 2015
Japan's prickly revisionists
The Abe government is reacting to foreign criticism of Japan in ways that harm the nation's national interests and reputation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 14, 2015
The honeymoon phase of Japan and the West
Often, when two cultures meet, it can be very messy and lead to a lot of unpleasantness. The continuing inability of the West and Islam to understand each other suggests itself as a convenient example. This kind of conflict often boils down to a question of who will be master and who will be man, with...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 14, 2015
Kyotographie is jazzed up with notable photography
The curtain is about to rise on the 3rd Kyotographie festival of photography, and Lucille Reyboz, one of the two co-organizers, says that this is the most exciting but also most difficult time of the year.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 14, 2015
'Transcendent Artful Embroidery II'
April 18-June 28
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2015
Government calls Taiwan's food-labeling move 'regrettable'
The government on Tuesday called Taiwan's plan to tighten regulations on Japanese food imports because of fears of radioactive contamination "extremely regrettable."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 11, 2015
Overseas observers spot something strange
Is Japan a strange country?
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2015
Japanese Banks outmuscle Chinese on overseas expansion, IMF says
Japanese banks have been more aggressive than their Chinese peers in expanding abroad since the global financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund said in a report that also highlighted differences in their approaches.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 7, 2015
'Sayoko Yamaguchi: The Wearist, Clothed in the Future'
April 11-June 28
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 7, 2015
'Seductive Smiles: Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Paintings from the Weston Collection'
April 14-June 21
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 6, 2015
Japan's battery-powered economic recovery
A renewable-energy boom would do for Japan what quantitative easing can't: produce a thriving economic ecosystem that creates wealth, jobs and international esteem.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Apr 4, 2015
New neighbors, please go away
When I came to live in Kurohime in northern Nagano Prefecture in the late autumn of 1980, I was a bit awed by the amount of snow, which piles up and compacts to a depth of 5 meters in the mountains.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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