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TOKYO

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 29, 2016
Veteran mainstays guide Giants past Swallows
For one night, it almost felt like old times for the Yomiuri Giants. Shinnosuke Abe and Hayato Sakamoto were hitting home runs and Tetsuya Utsumi was making sure the other team didn't.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 29, 2016
Lesser-known candidates in the Tokyo gubernatorial race make their case
After largely being overlooked and receiving scant media coverage, 15 lesser-known candidates in Sunday's Tokyo gubernatorial election had a last chance on Friday to make their case on how they would shake-up the mega city.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 29, 2016
The American chef bringing Kyoto 'kaiseki' to Tokyo
Culinary collaborations are commonplace these days, with chefs flying halfway around the world for one-off events far from their home kitchens. This exciting cross-fertilization of ideas and flavors is also starting to happen in Japan — but rarely, until now, in the field of traditional Japanese cuisine....
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 29, 2016
North Korea threat prompts Japan to upgrade Patriot batteries in time for Olympics: sources
Japan is upgrading its Patriot PAC-3 missile defense system in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, adding range and accuracy needed to intercept more advanced North Korean ballistic missiles, four sources with knowledge of the plan said.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 28, 2016
1964 Tokyo Olympian set for induction into Small College Basketball Hall of Fame
Lucious "Luke" Jackson, a member of the United States' gold medal-winning men's basketball team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, is one of 11 players who will be inducted into the inaugural class of the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame on Nov. 17.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2016
Tokyo court rules against conservative group suing Asahi over 'comfort women' articles
The Tokyo District Court on Thursday dismissed two lawsuits over articles published decades ago by the daily newspaper and retracted in 2014.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 28, 2016
Tokyo race front-runners seen as short on plans for day care, Olympics
As Tokyo residents gear up to vote in Sunday's gubernatorial election, candidates are making last-ditch bids for ballots.
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 27, 2016
Tokyo facing uncertain time after managerial change
A season that promised much has turned badly sour for FC Tokyo, and the firing of manager Hiroshi Jofuku may not be enough to stop the rot.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 26, 2016
In Tokyo gubernatorial poll, more color than most know
What do a onetime Arabic translator, an advocate of decentralization and a former Tehran correspondent have in common?
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 23, 2016
Tokyo hotels invite guests to live in the lap of luxury
Two domestic hotel operators are shaking up competition in Tokyo's luxury accommodation market by attempting to make their new properties more inviting for inbound visitors.
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 23, 2016
Frontale's Kobayashi notches winning goal in 81st minute against FC Tokyo
Yu Kobayashi scored for a fifth straight game to give Kawasaki Frontale a 1-0 win over FC Tokyo on Saturday and open up a five-point lead at the top of the overall J. League table.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / NEIGHBORHOOD HOP SPORTS
Jul 22, 2016
Heady craft beer in Tokyo's 'Little Paris'
French accordion music is floating out from lamp-post speakers as people crowd into the narrow strips of shade on either side of a street in Tokyo's Kagurazaka neighborhood. Long a cultural center, the gentle slope on which the neighborhood now stands once ended at the moat around Edo Castle. Kagurazaka...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 22, 2016
Abe's boys club makes mockery of 'womenomics'
If Shinzo Abe cared about gender equality he would back Yuriko Koike's bid to be Tokyo's first female governor.

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