Tag - summer

 
Menu
Search
 
July 28, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

SUMMER

Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 1, 2014
Farewell to the sun-scorched suffering of another summer
Back in the day, the customary question among Japanese gakusei around this time of year was 'Natsu yasumi du014d datta?' (How was summer vacation?). But that was in the days of no smartphones or Skype, when there was a lot less of this hankering for tsunagari (connectedness).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 19, 2014
Old and new mingle sweetly at Summer Sonic
After Queen finished "Another One Bites The Dust" — 10 minutes before 8 p.m. on the Sunday of this year's Summer Sonic in Chiba — hundreds of fans darted for the exits of QVC Marine Field Stadium. Security guards and staff with megaphones tried to direct them as some dashed to the left for Kraftwerk,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 14, 2014
Seiho to take Summer Sonic into the night
Three years ago, Seiho Hayakawa could often be found playing shows at basement venues around Osaka. Today, he's all over the map.
BASKETBALL
Aug 10, 2014
Japan falls to 0-2 in William Jones Cup
The Japan men's national basketball team dropped its first two games at the 36th annual William Jones Cup tournament in Taipei over the weekend.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 2, 2014
Hot in the city: scorching Kumagaya
Exploring new ways of dealing with the heat from a city in Saitama that certainly knows a thing or two about keeping cool
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2014
Gas stove explodes at Tokyo shrine festival; four injured
A gas canister for a cassette stove burner exploded during a summer festival at Kameido Tenjin Shrine in Koto Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday evening, injuring four people, police and firefighters said.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jul 18, 2014
Togashi turning heads at NBA Summer League
Yuki Togashi's big ambitions have captivated a city filled with endless attractions.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jul 13, 2014
Togashi debuts for Mavericks in Summer League loss to Knicks
Point guard Yuki Togashi made his NBA Summer League debut on Friday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 11, 2014
Ryukyu Golden Kings won't re-sign league icon Newton
Big man Jeff Newton, who has played on a bj-league record six championship teams, will not be back with the Ryukyu Golden Kings for the 2014-15 season, his longtime agent Wallace Prather told The Japan Times on Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 8, 2014
Conductor Hubert Soudant to put down his Tokyo Symphony Orchestra baton
Dutch conductor Hubert Soudant will make his final appearances with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra this month, before his contract with the organization officially expires in August.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jul 2, 2014
Togashi invited to Mavericks tryout camp
The Dallas Mavericks have invited point guard Yuki Togashi to participate in a three-day tryout camp starting on Monday.
JAPAN
May 31, 2014
Two die of heatstroke, over 200 hospitalized on scorching final day of May
Two women died in Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures on Saturday as the nation experienced unseasonably hot weather, while more than 200 people were taken to hospitals with heatstroke.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 23, 2014
Hakuho inches closer to 29th Emperor's Cup
Yokozuna Hakuho moved within arm's grasp of his 29th career Emperor's Cup after disposing of ozeki Kotoshogiku in a savvy display to improve to 12-1 at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 22, 2014
Hakuho takes lead
Yokozuna Hakuho once again foiled longtime nemesis Kisenosato at the crucial moment, regaining the sole lead on the 12th day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 20, 2014
Hakuho raises record to 10-0
Yokozuna Hakuho extended his perfect run at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament to 10 wins on Tuesday, the tournament's 10th day.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 19, 2014
Hakuho stays in control
Yokozuna Hakuho was all business on Monday, easily racking up his ninth win on the ninth day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 18, 2014
Hakuho takes unbeaten run into second week of summer basho
Undefeated yokozuna Hakuho outmaneuvered would-be challenger Yoshikaze in a sumo clinic to win his eighth match at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 17, 2014
Kakuryu loses again
Disaster struck for yokozuna debutant Kakuryu after he was sent out to a second defeat at the hands of newly promoted komusubi Chiyootori on the seventh day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 16, 2014
No electricity-saving targets this summer
The government said Friday it won't set numerical power-saving targets this summer even though concerns about shortages linger, especially among suppliers in the west and southwest.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 16, 2014
Harumafuji handed second defeat
Yokozuna Harumafuji suffered a shock second defeat at the hands of Toyonoshima Friday while fellow yokozuna Hakuho and Kakuryu both came through unscathed on the sixth day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

Podcast

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

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

JNTO promotes sustainable tourism initiatives
JNTO promotes sustainable tourism initiatives

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER