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TOKYO

JAPAN
Oct 20, 2020
Ad behemoth faces claims of conflict of interest in Tokyo Olympic campaign
“Adult understanding” investigated as a potential conflict of interest for the Japanese advertising giant.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 16, 2020
BLM Tokyo continues the conversation on race with webinar series
Speakers Jamie Smith and Eric L. Robinson will participate in BLM Tokyo's online series that provides information on racial inequality and systemic injustice.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2020
Tokyo theme park Yomiuriland becomes new office for teleworkers
Yomiuriland is offering packages including a workspace by the pool and rides on its Ferris wheel.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 16, 2020
Surfing and Olympics still in love as wedding countdown continues
The sport's top athletes are taking the one-year postponement of the Tokyo Games in stride.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Oct 11, 2020
Tokyo’s fashion weeks kick off live (and with precautions)
It's business as usual, save for sparse seating and masks. But the streaming options mean this is the most accessible these events have ever been.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 10, 2020
Spice Lab Tokyo: Defying expectations of Indian-Japanese fusion cuisine
How does executive chef Tejas Sovani balance the maximalist complexity of Indian recipes with Japanese cuisine's understated grace?
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2020
Hong Kong’s woes may help Japan woo financiers, top official says
The vice finance minister said tax cuts and other tweaks to regulations ultimately matter less than whether Japan can bring back business opportunities for firms.
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 9, 2020
Vegalta threatened by poor finances and fan anger
The Tohoku side announced earlier this week that an expected $6 million in losses this year will plunge the club into insolvency.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2020
Cancel or proceed? Public statements reignite debate on Tokyo Games
If the games are to be canceled, experts remain divided over how soon the decision needs to be made.
Chinese buyer of Okinawa island to make visit in summer
Yanaha Island in Okinawa Prefecture as seen from a ferry.
More bird flu cases found in Japan; 1.44 million birds to be culled
Officials with the agriculture ministry hold a news conference in Nagoya on Friday following an outbreak of avian influenza in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, earlier this month.
Top sumo pros to enter the ring in Paris in June 2026
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (right) alongside David Rothschild, the promoter of an upcoming tournament in Paris, on Sunday in Tokyo
Amid rising world hunger, a Japan-inspired group in Kenya is making a big impact
Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food4Education, serves food during the opening of a new kitchen in Mombasa County, Kenya, in 2022. The organization started in 2012 by feeding 25 children out of a single kitchen. Now it feeds nearly half a million every day.
LDP heavyweight Moriyama boosting profile within party
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday.
Amid rising world hunger, a Japan-inspired group in Kenya is making a big impact
Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food4Education, serves food during the opening of a new kitchen in Mombasa County, Kenya, in 2022. The organization started in 2012 by feeding 25 children out of a single kitchen. Now it feeds nearly half a million every day.
From Tokyo to Manhattan, Takuma Watanabe stirs up a stiff drink
It's taken Takuma Watanabe little time to establish himself as one of New York's hottest bartenders.
For tourists in search of seasonal sights, Yamagata makes its case
For some time away from Tokyo's suffocating urban sameness, Yamagata Prefecture is home to a soothing array of natural abundance.
A slow dive into ‘a moment and an eternity’ with Ryuichi Sakamoto
From the mid-2000s onward, Ryuichi Sakamoto created a number of installation works, often in collaboration with Shiro Takatani, of multimedia art collective Dumb Type.
The efforts to bridge the disaster information gap, 30 years on
Roxana Oshiro and her husband gather their belongings in front of their house in Furukawacho, in Kobe's Suma Ward, after the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.

Podcast

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

Longform

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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