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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 24, 2016
Views from Tokyo: Can video games cause children to become violent?
People out and about in Machida, Tokyo, offer their views on the possible link between real and on-screen violence.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 23, 2016
Sanfrecce, FC Tokyo fall in Asian Champions League action
Sanfrecce Hiroshima's Asian Champions League title aspirations took an early hit as the J. League champions went down 2-1 at home to China's Shandong Luneng in their opening Group F. match on Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 23, 2016
Zainichi dramas delve into Japan's shadows
“At last, the masterpiece 'Yakiniku Dragon' ('Korean Barbecue Dragon') is going to be staged again!"
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2016
Tokyo sightseeing boats offer unique views, but missing foreign tourist tide
A trip to Tokyo does not necessarily mean elbowing your way through crowds. You can get fine views of the capital from a boat on the bay.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2016
Tsukiji workers demand answers over toxic soil at new site
Amid ongoing preparations to relocate Tokyo's world-famous Tsukiji fish market, wholesalers and consumers voice fury over the plan to move the market to a new site that has significant soil pollution problems.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 20, 2016
NPB legend Harimoto issues challenge to Swallows’ Yamada
Hall of Famer Isao Harimoto said Friday that Central League MVP Tetsuto Yamada has only scratched the surface of his potential.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 20, 2016
Aromas of old town Tokyo attract new visitors
A traditionally working-class neighborhood in Tokyo that rose from the ashes to become one of the city's favorite retreats lies a stone's throw east of the Sumida River across from Nihombashi.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 19, 2016
Omake Club helps Zombie-Chang escape down her own artistic rabbit hole
Midway through our conversation at a dimly lit Shibuya cafe, Meirin Yung offers to break down any song on her recently released album under the name Zombie-Chang. I choose the slacker-inspired "Semete Kanashii Tokiniwa" (loosely translated as "At Least in Sad Times") that served as the advance preview...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 19, 2016
Ranjatai: Inventive yakitori in the backstreets of Jinbocho
Chicken and charcoal are a classic combination: Morsels of meat carefully skewered and cooked over glowing coals until they're tender, juicy and golden brown. Good yakitori is always a pleasure. At its very best it's worth crossing the city for. And Ranjatai's certainly belongs in that category.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 19, 2016
Pappon Kitchen: Shibuya's tiniest Thai diner wields huge flavors
It's remarkable what a good chef can do with a single burner, a rice cooker and plenty of prep. Take a look at the countless street-food artisans across Asia. Or, much closer to home, just drop into Pappon Kitchen and observe a masterclass in compact cooking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2016
Fastest-growing Airbnb market at risk as lodging-scarce Japan cracks down
Aileen Jeffery arrived in Tokyo two years ago and spotted what she thought was the best opportunity of her career: Hotel rooms in the capital were scarce and a boom in tourism was exacerbating the shortage.
SOCCER
Feb 17, 2016
JFA set to announce J-Village as 2020 base for Japan's soccer teams
The Japan Football Association on Friday will announce that its men's and women's teams will use the J-Village in Fukushima as their training base for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 15, 2016
New Tokyo defender Muroya out with foot fracture
FC Tokyo's newly signed right-back Sei Muroya has suffered a Jones fracture in his left foot with no timetable set for his return, the J. League first division club announced Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 15, 2016
Past Olympians offer hoop advice
Former Olympians and administrators of Japanese basketball who are anxious about the future of the game in the country have come together to form the Japan Basketball Improvement Conference (JBIC), it was announced Monday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 9, 2016
FC Tokyo crushes Chonburi FC, advances to ACL group stage
FC Tokyo cruised into the group stage of this season's Asian Champions League with a 9-0 playoff thrashing of Thailand's Chonburi FC on Tuesday night.
OLYMPICS
Feb 9, 2016
Yokohama Stadium option as 2020 Olympic venue: source
Yokohama Stadium has become a top candidate to host baseball in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, an official source said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2016
ANA to pare Komatsu flights due to 50% fall in passengers after shinkansen line debut
Japanese airline passengers are voting with their feet since the opening of a new bullet-train route. The number of passengers flying to Komatsu airport in Ishikawa Prefecture, the seventh-busiest route operated by ANA Holdings Inc., dropped as much as 50 percent after a new rail link opened last March...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2016
5,000 people take part in Tokyo disaster drill
About 5,000 people took part in large-scale disaster drills Monday in central Tokyo that assumed massive numbers of people were stranded at train stations and on the streets in the wake of a massive earthquake.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Feb 6, 2016
Students storm Diet; families flee New York amid tensions; ANA plane crashes; scores volunteer for Mideast mission
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 5, 2016
Craft Beer Market Koenji: A refuge for beer lovers with 30 local brews on tap
Sometimes you just want to hunker down somewhere simple. You're not looking for anything cutting-edge or fancy, just a place where the welcome is warm and the food is good, plentiful and satisfying — and ditto the beer. If you're anywhere near the Koenji neighborhood just west of Shinjuku, there is...
Cutting ties with JCP not easy for CDP despite Renho's defeat
When Renho (center) announced her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election on May 27, the head of the Japanese Communist Party's secretariat, Akira Koike (far left), was also in attendance.
Japan soccer player Sano arrested for alleged sexual assault
Professional soccer player Kaishu Sano has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman in her 30s at a Tokyo hotel.
Taro Kono says central bank needs to raise rates to lift yen
Taro Kono, Japan's digital transformation minister, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Trump says Taiwan should pay for defense, sending TSMC stock down
Shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker and a major Apple and Nvidia supplier, closed 2.4% lower on Wednesday.
'Super spicy' potato chips land Japan students in hospital
High school students were taken to hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday after eating "super spicy" potato chips.
After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.

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