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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2022
Projected Tokyo Olympics total cost falls ¥30 billion to ¥1.42 trillion
The games' organizing committee will announce the official figure Tuesday, with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's burden lightened by u00a520 billion.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2022
Tokyo passes ordinance to recognize same-sex partnerships
Tokyo's metropolitan assembly passed a bill Wednesday to introduce a same-sex partnership system throughout the capital.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jun 14, 2022
JOC signs framework agreement with LGBTQ hub Pride House Tokyo
JOC President Yasuhiro Yamashita said the move came about following last summer's Tokyo Games, where the number of athletes who came out as LGBTQ was the highest ever.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 13, 2022
A third of social recluses are in their 40s and 50s, Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward finds
The ward's survey also showed that 1 in 4 hikikomori had isolated themselves from society and not participated in any social activities for at least a decade.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 13, 2022
Tokyo ward office rejects couple's marriage registry under separate surnames
With the ward's refusal to accept their marriage registration, Kiyoko Kashiwagi and Kazuhiro Soda will now file their complaint with the Tokyo Family Court.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 13, 2022
Swallows finish interleague in style with win over Hawks
The Swallows' Keiji Takahashi struck out 10 in his first regular season shutout.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 12, 2022
Munetaka Murakami bombs Hawks as Swallows clinch interleague title
The Swallows improved to 13-4 in the annual interleague session, when each team plays six three-game series against the rival league.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 9, 2022
'Emergent Tokyo' digs into an urban sprawl borne from chaos and order
Architect Jorge Almazan and Studiolab, his research laboratory at Keio University, take an innovative approach to exploring the historical conditions that shaped Tokyo's eclectic cityscape.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2022
Munetaka Murakami lifts Swallows to win over Buffaloes
Munetaka Murakami made up for a base-running mistake by singling in the tie-breaking run in the Central League-leading Tokyo Yakult Swallows' 6-3 interleague win over the Pacific League's Orix Buffaloes on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 8, 2022
Tokyo drops to fifth on list of world’s most expensive cities for expats
Japanese cities all fell down the ranks due to the yen's weakening, while Chinese cities rose on a stronger yuan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 8, 2022
Disgraced ex-Tokyo Olympics chief Mori still doubling down on sexist remarks
Yoshiro Mori, who resigned his post last year after claiming that women 'talk too much,' told an LDP event in Tokyo that he has been 'scolded for telling the truth.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2022
Japan to subsidize municipalities promoting Tokyo Olympics legacy
The program is part of efforts to pass down the legacy of the Tokyo Games, which were largely held without spectators due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 5, 2022
Munetaka Murakami blasts CL-leading Swallows past Lions
Before a crowd of 29,538 at historic Jingu Stadium, Murakami capped Yakult's comeback with his 16th home run as the Swallows overcame a two-run deficit.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 4, 2022
'Tokyo Side A': Making sense of the 'pandemic Olympics'
Official Olympics documentaries can be as triumphant as a gold-medal performance or they can end up in infamy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2022
Earthquake response to be focus of social bond planned by Tokyo
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is proposing to issue u00a530 billion of five-year social bonds later this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2022
Japan residents flock to South Korean Embassy for visas as tourism resumes
Demand for South Korean tourist visas is so great that the country's embassy in Tokyo has limited applications to 150 per day, with some applicants camping out overnight.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2022
Four Japanese universities set to apply for ¥10 trillion government fund
Nagoya University and Osaka University are among the schools that intend to apply for the funds, established as part of efforts to promote science and technology in Japan.
Japan Times
Rugby
May 29, 2022
Shining Arcs in shock relegation after playoff loss to Dynaboars
The Shining Arcs needed to win by at least eight for any chance of survival at Osaka Prefecture's Hanazono Rugby Ground, but were unable to pull it off against Sagamihara.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 28, 2022
Natsumi Yamada: ‘We need to make the issues LGBTQ people face visible’
Natsumi Yamada is co-president of Tokyo Rainbow Pride. She credits a youth with no television and “gyaru” fashion as helping her realize her best, authentic self.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 28, 2022
Billed as an important Olympics legacy venue, Tokyo's National Stadium is becoming a burden
The stadium was originally planned to be privatized after the Olympics to reduce the cost to taxpayers, but that project has fallen far behind schedule.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
Accident halts Tokaido Shinkansen services between Hamamatsu and Nagoya
Workers engage in restoration work on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, where two maintenance trains had derailed on Monday.
Japan bakes as temperatures across the country rise above 35 C
A pedestrian walks past air conditioning units in Tokyo on Saturday.
Biden drops out of presidential race, endorsing Kamala Harris
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 4.
Tiny Japanese startup is bringing AI dating to the masses
Goki Kusunoki, CEO and co-founder of Samansa, with the company's Loverse app in Tokyo on May 10. The app allows interaction only with generative artificial intelligence.
Biden drops out of presidential race, endorsing Kamala Harris
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 4.
Why Japanese researchers are looking to submarine cables for faster tsunami warnings
Lamposts and other signs throughout Hirogawa, Wakayama Prefecture, display warnings, evacuation routes and measurements of height above sea level. The town has been hit by eight tsunami in its recorded history.
Akatsuki Japan believes it can 'surprise the world' in Paris
Mai Yamamoto drives to the basket during an Olympic tune-up game against New Zealand in Tokyo on July 4.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
‘Sniper from Oita’ sets her sights on Paris Olympics target
Misaki Nobata competes at the World University Games in 2023. A hero in her hometown of Oita, Nobata is one of three Japanese shooters who will compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics.

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
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