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SUMMER

Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 15, 2014
Kakuryu returns to winning form
Yokozuna debutant Kakuryu rebounded from a first defeat with a demolition of Takekaze on Thursday to remain one off the pace at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 13, 2014
Kakuryu stays unbeaten
Kakuryu continued his perfect start to his debut at yokozuna with a routine win against Chiyotairyu on Tuesday at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 12, 2014
Kakuryu survives test; Harumafuji gets win
Newly promoted yokozuna Kakuryu used his quick reflexes to dispose of giant-killer Yoshikaze while Harumafuji escaped a second consecutive defeat by the skin of his teeth with a close win over Aoiyama at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 11, 2014
Kakuryu shines in yokozuna debut
Newly promoted yokozuna Kakuryu hit the dirt running with a mash-up of Aoiyama while veteran yokozuna Harumafuji was sent retreating for a first-day loss to Yoshikaze on the opening day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2014
Olympics a mixed bag for Okinawans
When Tokyo won the bid last Sept. 7 to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, it was a mixed blessing to people in Okinawa, especially seniors.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2013
Summer heat killed 87 in 2013
Record-high temperatures this summer caused at least 87 deaths from heat-related maladies and record-breaking downpours that triggered landslides across the country.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Aug 26, 2013
Plugging Tepco's brain drain
One reason Tepco paid a uniform ¥100,000 special summer bonus to each of some 5,000 managerial employees is to plug a brain drain. Core workers are quitting.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 14, 2013
Hard rock, J-pop rule Summer Sonic
Veteran Japanese rockers Mr. Children attracted so many fans to this year's edition of the Summer Sonic music festival that they made Smashing Pumpkins' frontman Billy Corgan upset.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 8, 2013
Marr's new message
"What I've done is revert to type. I've gone back to my nature." It has taken 26 years, but Johnny Marr is finally ready to embrace his past. It is a legacy of immense weight: The five years he spent as guitarist and co-songwriter with The Smiths, the most influential and enduring British indie band...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 7, 2013
Cyndi Lauper is having a great year
Cyndi Lauper is at a loss for words.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Aug 2, 2013
Guts, glory and shaved ice: Koshien baseball
Summer is not summer in Japan without two things: 1. Heat (OK, so maybe it's not the heat, it's the humidity); and 2 . . .
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 1, 2013
Linkin Park returns to Summer Sonic
Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park always starts his trips to Tokyo the same way. Jet-lagged and unable to sleep on the first night, the band's founding member has made a ritual of hitting up the Tsukiji fish market around 4 a.m. for sushi and a beer.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / FUJI ROCK 2013
Jul 25, 2013
Storify: Fuji Rock Festival 2013
The Fuji Rock Festival's pre-show matsuri kicked off tonight. Over the next three days, we'll be curating the related tweets and images coming from social media.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jul 9, 2013
[VIDEO] 58th Matsukawa Washtub Boat Race
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jul 8, 2013
[SLIDESHOW] Row, row, row your tub: Matsukawa Tarai-nori Kyoso
CULTURE / Music / MONEY AND MUSIC
Jul 3, 2013
Japan's festival industry is stuck in a fine kettle of fish
Are summer festivals killing Japan's live-music market?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2013
Tokyo leading race for 2020 Olympics, IOC sources say
Tokyo is becoming the favorite to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, notable members of the International Olympic Committee reportedly say.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jun 13, 2013
Tweet Beat: #deresama13, #akb総選挙, #日本代表, #ほこたて
Battle of the bands, battle of the idols and a bad television battle, plus a World Cup soccer battle.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 7, 2013
From Björk to Kyary, festival season has arrived
Summer means a lot of things in Japan: stifling heat and humidity, fireworks and the Bon holidays, nagashi-sōmen noodles and chilled barley tea. For music fans though, the season brings a different kind of to-do list: booking cheap train tickets in advance, stocking up on essential supplies — and...
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 27, 2013
Hakuho captures title as Kisenosato loses way
Hakuho wins the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with a perfect record to pick up his 25th career title.
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.
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.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
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

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