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JAPAN / GEARING UP FOR THE GAMES
Dec 31, 2016
Final Olympics price tag almost certain to exceed current estimate
Even if the price tag for the Tokyo Games costs no more than the new target of u00a51.8 trillion, that is still more than twice the initial estimate.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 22, 2016
India's Ashwin grabs top ICC honors
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was named the International Cricket Council's Cricketer of the Year on Thursday for taking 48 wickets and scoring 336 runs in eight tests during the voting period.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 21, 2016
The bad year that pervaded the screens
The past year has been a cursed one. It began with the death of David Bowie and proceeded to get worse on every level: political hysteria, impending ecological doom, the creeping encroach of net-connected tech into every corner of our lives, and a blurring of the lines between fantasy and reality now...
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 21, 2016
Yule be all aglow at traditional Notting Hill pub
A traditional English pub has been cloaked in more than 80 bright green Christmas trees while nearly 22,000 dazzling lights attract tourists and locals alike to the festive display in London.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2016
Japan Times and Managing Editor Sayuri Daimon win Forbes female-empowerment award
The Japan Times and Sayuri Daimon, managing editor and executive operating officer of the newspaper, were among the winners Monday of the Japan Women Award 2016 sponsored by business magazine Forbes Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 14, 2016
Is Southeast Asia now Japan's competition?
Japan is an Asian entertainment powerhouse, is it not? This October's Japan Contents Showcase, which was held in Tokyo's Odaiba and Shibuya areas, included markets for film and TV (TIFFCOM), animation (TIAF) and music (TIMM), with 356 Japanese companies selling to 1,539 registered buyers, most from Asia....
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Dec 10, 2016
Inspired fashion: from Marie Antoinette nail art to '60s textiles to Wong Kar Wai movies
Marimekko's colorful past
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Dec 10, 2016
Changing with the season
Young child: Why do the leaves change color in autumn?
Japan Times
JAPAN / OBITUARY
Dec 5, 2016
Japan Times honorary chairman and former publisher Toshiaki Ogasawara dies at 85
Ogasawara, who had been undergoing medical treatment in the U.S., is also the founder of plastic parts and components manufacturer Nifco Inc.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 29, 2016
A play on the idea of performance art
By the late 1960s, Japan's early postwar avant-garde had largely petered out. The radicals of yesteryear were now 20 years older and the country had returned to material affluence and international acceptance symbolized by the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 20, 2016
Toyomu imagines life after Kanye
American rapper Kanye West's seventh album, "The Life Of Pablo," felt inescapable when it emerged this past February. But that wasn't the case in Japan. Streaming music service Tidal — which initially had exclusive rights to "Pablo" — isn't available here.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 16, 2016
'In This Corner of the World': Katabuchi's war film has a human heart
Going into "In This Corner of the World" ("Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni"), Sunao Katabuchi's animation about a girl's coming of age in prewar Hiroshima and wartime Kure, I was vaguely expecting an anti-war film like Isao Takahata's classic "Grave of the Fireflies" ("Hotaru no Haka," 1988), with its heart-rending...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 16, 2016
'The Girl on the Train' charts a rough ride
Why does modern society assume that all women want the same three things: love, sex and babies? The short answer is, because pop culture has decreed it so.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 15, 2016
Otani's extraordinary skills gain wider exposure during games against Mexico, Netherlands
The only reason Shohei Otani won't be Japan's breakout star at the 2017 World Baseball Classic is because everybody is already talking about the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters star.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 13, 2016
Ono lifts Japan with sayonara single in 10th
The game was supposed to only be a dress rehearsal for next year's World Baseball Classic. But the atmosphere during the ninth inning at Tokyo Dome made it feel a whole lot like the real thing.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 9, 2016
'At the Terrace' offers witty, coarse fun
"I know that many film fans have an allergy to films based on plays," writes Kenji Yamauchi on the website for his new film, "At the Terrace" ("At the Terrace: Terasu Nite"). "The never-changing setting and the long conversations bore them."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 3, 2016
Holocaust comedy snares grand prize at 29th Tokyo International Film Festival
Philippine trans people, Scandinavian reindeer herders and a romantic comedy about the Holocaust dominated the closing ceremony of the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival on Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 23, 2016
'Young Folks in Metropolis' is a great showcase for Japan's indie acts
Various artists "Young Folks in Metropolis" (Self-released)
Japanese Princess Kako turns 30
As an adult member of the Imperial Family, Princess Kako has performed various official duties at home and abroad this year.
Biden announces $5.9 billion for Ukraine amid final aid push
U.S. President Joe Biden (right) meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington on Sept. 26.
Kumamoto public schools respond to influx of Taiwanese students
The city of Kumamoto has seen a surge in the number of students from Taiwan, following the arrival of chipmaking giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and related businesses in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Sumo’s brotherhood gets latest inductee
Chugo Saito at Isenoumi stable on Friday. Saito has joined his older brother, Seigo, at the stable.
South Korean court issues arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gives a public address from his official residence in Seoul on Dec. 14.
Japan news images of 2024: Upheaval, resilience and breakthroughs
A person walks down a street in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the days following a magnitude 7.6 earthquake, which struck off the coast of the Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1, 2024. More than 500 deaths have been attributed to the event, which was the worst quake since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011.
A newcomer’s guide to the Hakone Ekiden experience
The start of the 2024 Hakone Ekiden in Tokyo's Otemachi district. Every year on Jan. 2 and 3, Hakone Ekiden brings millions of fans across Japan to a standstill.
Kumamoto public schools respond to influx of Taiwanese students
The city of Kumamoto has seen a surge in the number of students from Taiwan, following the arrival of chipmaking giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and related businesses in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Japan defense spending goals hit by inflation, weak yen and political uncertainty
Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a military drill next to an anti-ship missile unit on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.

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