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JAPAN
Feb 1, 2018
Kyoto University to accept 17 felled by flawed entrance test
Kyoto University said Thursday it will admit 17 applicants who were rejected after taking its entrance exam last February that contained a physics question with no possible answer.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 30, 2018
Van Gogh's long-distance love affair
"Van Gogh & Japan" concerns a love affair of creative misperceptions between temporally and geographically distant admirers. Van Gogh (1853-1890) never went to Japan, though he idealized it briefly as a utopia in which artists worked communally in converse with nature.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 25, 2018
Toyama bouncing back from dismal season
Looking at where they are projected to finish this season, several squads can be described as turnaround teams.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 23, 2018
Unstable work seen as a factor as Kyoto University admits iPS researcher falsified data in paper
Experts say unstable employment conditions faced by scientists are behind the string of research-related scandals in the nation.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Jan 13, 2018
Gion Nishikawa: Perfecting the sublime art of kaiseki
The highlights of a recent visit to Gion Nishikawa ranged from a little house filled with fugu to a basin in the restroom that had been transformed into a pine tree art installation.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Jan 13, 2018
Aitsu no Ramen Kataguruma: Tsukemen the show stopper
If you're a fan of tsukemen, the ramen dish where the noodles are served separate to the soup, you'll need to get here early.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jan 6, 2018
SeaHorses overpower Brave Thunders, await showdown with Jets in Emperor's Cup final
The SeaHorses Mikawa took advantage of their depth and ferocious inside power to return to the Emperor's Cup final for the first time in two years.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 5, 2018
Japanese team's antibody treatment returns 80% of finger function to paralyzed monkeys
A joint research team formed by Kyoto University and Osaka University has succeeded in repairing finger function in monkeys with spinal cord injuries by using an antibody to thwart a protein that blocks neural regeneration.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 31, 2017
A few ways to go the whole dog in 2018
Cats may have surpassed dogs as pets in Japan for the first time in more than 20 years, but that hasn't stopped the nation preparing for the year of the dog with canine events and all manner of engimono lucky charms to see you through the year. Here are a few picks for those who want to indulge in a...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 30, 2017
This no garden variety book on Zen practice
The over-application of the term Zen to describe everything from interior design to restaurant menus pored over by celebrities and fashionistas to the expression a "Zen moment" can be tiresome.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Dec 30, 2017
Joshua Smith, balanced offensive attack lead Hannaryz past Evessa
Kyoto Hannaryz big man Joshua Smith notched his 10th double-double of the season on Saturday afternoon against the Osaka Evessa.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 29, 2017
Here comes the sun: Recommended hatsuhinode spots
The first sunrise of the new year represents a chance for a new beginning and so it's hardly surprising that some once viewed the first rays of the sun on Jan. 1 with special reverence. It was believed to be the moment that Toshigami, god of the new year, descends from heaven and bestows happiness on...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2017
Coast guard's Maizuru base stands on the front line of Japan's poaching and nuclear concerns
Located less than 900 kilometers from North Korea and beside Fukui Prefecture's nuclear power reactors, Japan Coast Guard's 8th Regional Headquarters in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, finds some of the nation's challenges close at hand.
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Dec 24, 2017
Kyoto to mark 150th anniversary of Meiji Restoration with series of events
Kyoto's long history is one of great prosperity (the Heian Period of a millennium ago, when the arts flourished) and great tragedy (the 1467-1477 Onin War devastated the city). But in more modern times, 1868 was something of an annus horribilis.

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