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Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 16, 2016
Like in Rio, Tokyo Paralympics can transform Japan into a 'for all' society: IPC chief
Hosting the Paralympics has the potential to change people's outlook before and after the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2020, according to the president of the International Paralympic Committee.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 15, 2016
At Tokyo Game Show, virtual technology is the highest scorer
The Tokyo Game Show kicked off Thursday, with virtual reality products grabbing the lion's share of attention at one of the central fixtures in the global gaming calendar.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 15, 2016
From the latest titles to VR and cosplay, the Tokyo Game Show has been in Japan's corner for 20 years
Twenty years ago, two new video game trade shows launched in Tokyo with the hopes of capturing the attention — and yen — of gamers in Japan. The first Tokyo Game Show (TGS) took place from Aug. 22 to 24, 1996, and was followed that November by E3 Tokyo, a Japanese offshoot of the U.S.-based Electronic...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 15, 2016
Enthusiastic players unite to promote new league
Players were upbeat and enthusiastic, and a positive vibe filled the room.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2016
Ishikawa shuts down 'Stars, keeps Swallows in playoff hunt
Ace Masanori Ishikawa allowed three hits over 7⅔ scoreless innings as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows held off the Yokohama BayStars in a 3-2 Central League win on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 14, 2016
Views from Tokyo: What are your thoughts on the new biracial Miss Japan?
Japanese citizens of various backgrounds speak about the victory by Priyanka Yoshikawa, born to an Indian father and a Japanese mother, in the Miss World Japan contest.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 13, 2016
Kubo, 15, poised to become youngest player in J. League history
Fifteen-year-old former Barcelona prodigy Takefusa Kubo will be cleared to play for FC Tokyo's top-flight team, which could make him the youngest ever to appear in the J. League's first division, a club source said.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 12, 2016
Let's discuss helping foreign residents and tourists in natural disasters
Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, enterprises in the public and private sectors are taking steps to make sure foreign residents and tourists will know what to do in the event of natural disasters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 12, 2016
Woman who contracted Zika in Vietnam diagnosed in Tokyo
A Vietnamese woman has been confirmed infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus in the first case in Tokyo since the government recognized the disease as Class-4 in February.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Sep 10, 2016
Anrealage gets real in Tokyo's Omotesando
Anrealage gets real in Omotesando
OLYMPICS
Sep 10, 2016
Active wrestler Yoshida to serve as Japan women's coach in run-up to 2020 Olympics: source
Three-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida will double as a coach for the Japanese national women's wrestling team in the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Games, a wrestling source said Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 9, 2016
Giants prevail over Swallows, prevent idle Carp from clinching pennant
The Yomiuri Giants hit three homers for all their runs to defeat the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5-2 on Friday, making the Hiroshima Carp wait at least another day to claim the Central League title.
OLYMPICS
Sep 9, 2016
Iwaki mayor makes formal request for city to host baseball, softball games during 2020 Olympics
Iwaki Mayor Toshio Shimizu on Friday presented a request to 2020 Tokyo Olympic organizers, seeking to host a baseball game and a softball game in the city in Fukushima Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 9, 2016
Tokyo governor announces plan to increase child care slots
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Friday announced a plan to boost capacity at day care centers for children in Tokyo to 17,000 as part of efforts to ease the country's chronic shortage of such spots at care facilities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2016
Cats take over second installment of biannual Gift Show
The focus of this year's Tokyo International Gift Show is an animal that has become a purring and recurring issue in the news recently: cats.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 8, 2016
Swallows hurler Ogawa, Eagles reliever Matsui honored as August pitching MVPs
Tokyo Yakult Swallows starter Yasuhiro "Ryan" Ogawa and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles reliever Yuki Matsui were named August pitchers of the month in the Central and Pacific Leagues, respectively, on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Sep 7, 2016
Todai's traditions reflected in Hongo neighborhood
Hongo, an area in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, is synonymous with Japan's top academic institution, the University of Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 6, 2016
Japan's TOP museum sees the big picture
After being closed for two years for major renovations, Tokyo's best-known photography museum in Tokyo's fashionable Ebisu neighborhood reopened on Sept. 3, just in time to celebrate its 20-year anniversary. The venerable facility now boasts a new look, improved exhibition spaces and a new name in English:...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 6, 2016
It's the end of the world as we know it, and we still feel fine
Hiroshi Sugimoto's "Lost Human Genetic Archive," the inaugural exhibition for the reopening of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (now the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum), is an erudite and elaborate exercise in gallows humor. The theme is the end of civilization and human life, but possibly...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 5, 2016
Japanese men search for ways to improve
Even when you possess elite skills, physicality and elaborate Xs and Os, if you don't have a burning desire to win, you'll just waste those gifts.
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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