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KYOTO

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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 17, 2016
Police in Kyoto clamping down on 'upskirt' photos
Police are ramping up vigilance at train stations, temples and shrines amid reports of an increase in people trying to take photos of girls' and women's underwear in Kyoto's major tourist areas.
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JAPAN
Oct 14, 2016
Journalism students headed for Kyoto in cultural exchange
Journalism students from universities will have the opportunity to travel to Kyoto and report on Japan with the help of local peers under a new cultural exchange initiative launched recently.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 13, 2016
Apple CEO Cook visits Nintendo headquarters in Kyoto
Tim Cook seems to be enjoying his visit to Kyoto.
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 11, 2016
Sakamoto Ryoma: Japan's Favorite Hero
Oct. 15-Nov. 27
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LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Oct 7, 2016
Sarasa Nishijin: A curious cafe in the bones of an old bathhouse
Sarasa Nishijin is a sentō (bathhouse) — well, it used to be. But using the past tense here belies how much of its old spirit still lives on. The waters may have drained away — replaced by sofas, tables, chairs and people lounging about fully clothed — but the sentō's old life is revealed in...
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 29, 2016
First weekend an encouraging start
Optimism is the common emotion shared by all teams as the new season unfolds in the early stages.
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JAPAN / Society
Sep 21, 2016
License center sign flub: Older drivers are 'terrible'
They were mistakes, but they unintentionally made a serious point: Two signs in clumsy English at a new driver's license center in Kyoto pointed out that older drivers may be unfit to take the wheel.
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LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Sep 10, 2016
Hiking with kids is not an uphill climb
Hiking in Japan is always fun with family, and with summer subsiding, some of the best months for a mountain walk are around the corner. Japan offers countless choices in its vast mountain ranges, but one of my favorite family hikes is only 90 minutes north of Kyoto. The mountain villages of Kibune and...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Sep 9, 2016
Moriwaki: Blissful sashimi in a compact family-run eatery
One of my favorite occasions to eat out in Japan is after returning from a long trip abroad. I have learned to empathize with those Japanese tourists who can't wait to get home and eat Japanese rice after a whirlwind tour of Europe.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Sep 9, 2016
Hyakushokuya: The wagyu joint that only makes 100 meals each day
Hyakushokuya, "100 meal shop," makes 100 meals a day — and that's it. The daily challenge for staff is to make and serve them as fast possible, so that they can take the rest of the day off. It seems that this is typically accomplished by the end of lunchtime, at which point a chalkboard is placed...
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 1, 2016
Sharpshooter Roby expected to give NeoPhoenix boost
Richard Roby, a driving force behind the Akita Northern Happinets' success over the past three seasons, brings his high-octane offensive output to the San-en NeoPhoenix for the launch of a new era.
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BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2016
Tailored loans support restoration of Kyoto's historic townhouses
For generations, artisans and merchants in Kyoto lived in thousands of traditional machiya townhouses that are steadily disappearing or falling into disrepair.
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JAPAN / Politics
Aug 25, 2016
U.S.-friendly Maehara able to find common ground with LDP
Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, who is expected to run for president of the opposition Democratic Party, brings a wealth of experience and an America-friendly reputation to the race.
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CULTURE / Art
Aug 2, 2016
'A Feverish Era: Art Informel and the Expansion of Japanese Artistic Expression in the 1950s and '60s'
July 29-Sept. 11
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JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jul 24, 2016
Kyoto pushes to retrieve share of Imperial action to honor deep cultural roots
When a young Emperor Meiji moved to Edo from Kyoto in 1868, many of Kyoto's noble families were strongly opposed to his leaving what had been Japan's capital and home to the Imperial family since 794.

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