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JAPANESE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 28, 2018
The Louvre has a new seat of power
Kohei Nawa talks about his 3-ton golden 'Throne,' which takes a seat of honor at the Louvre as one of the works for Japonismes 2018, Paris' large-scale event celebrating 160 years of France-Japan relations.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Aug 25, 2018
Hiyajiru: A soup to get over the last of the summer sweat
Learn how to make hiyajiru, a chilled miso and sesame soup, with this simple recipe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Aug 24, 2018
Japanese firms face tough choices as U.S.-China trade war drags on
The companies must either make massive changes to how their products are assembled or bide their time until a compromise is reached.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 21, 2018
Tanaka Isson: Better late than never
Limited success in Tokyo led Tanaka Isson (1908-77) to burn his sketchbooks, sell his house, and move to Oshima, where he lived in near poverty painting in a vibrant style that posthumously captured the nation's heart.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 15, 2018
Sharing a cup of Japanese tea with the world
Shizuoka Prefecture, which is Japan’s biggest tea producing region and accounts for around 40 percent of all the nation’s tea production, is seeing its tea market slowly die due to severe aging issues among tea farmers and a plunge in tea leave prices caused by wholesalers looking for cheap leaves...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 14, 2018
Mami Kosemura says it with flowers
Where Flemish still-life painters combined fruit, vegetables and flowers that could not normally be picked in the same season, and portrayed them together in an imaginary, but highly realistic pictorial space, Kosemura uses contemporary tools to achieve the same with photographic detail.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2018
Former internment camp victims warn of rise in U.S. racial tensions
The Japanese-Americans forcibly incarcerated by the U.S. government during World War II warn that the administration of President Donald Trump risks repeating this sad chapter in U.S. racial discrimination.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2018
Economy expanded 1.9% in April-June quarter on strong household and business spending
While analysts expect the economy to sustain a recovery, some warn escalating global trade frictions could hurt exports, cool capital expenditure and weigh on growth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2018
How to end Japan's deflation? Abolish cash
A national digital currency is an experiment worth trying.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 4, 2018
Japan Times 1943: Respect for parents plays vital role in Japanese life
“Japanese are great respecters for their parents for u2018ku014ddu014d' or the way of filial piety which is one of their basic national traits occupying a place only second in importance to the spirit of absolute patriotism,” declares Takeo Akiyama in describing the high esteem paid to mothers by the men of the Imperial armed services.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 3, 2018
Japan's coming productivity miracle
There are solid indications that Japanese service-sector firms are finally beginning to invest in the future.
EDITORIALS
Aug 3, 2018
Is the BOJ's 2% inflation target still relevant?
Is the BOJ's current monetary stimulus policy the right tool to fix what's ailing Japan's economy.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 2, 2018
Former Pistons assistant coach Rex Walters launches new basketball-themed podcast
Rex Walters, whose head coaching stops include Florida Atlantic University, the University of San Francisco and the NBA G League's Grand Rapids Drive, has launched a new basketball podcast.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.”

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