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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Sep 3, 2013
SAS fare sale extended; Cathay in-flight Cantonese specialties; Garuda Mount Fuji raffle
SAS fare sale extended
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Aug 20, 2013
Korean Air 20th photo contest; Virgin brings Dr. Hauschka spas to the U.K.; China Airlines Ehime-Taipei charters
Korean Air photo contest
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2013
Forget the beach, try an on-the-job vacation
KidZania, the theme park where children can role-play professions such as doctor or firefighter, has proved popular around the world: entertainment centers are now operating in 10 countries in addition to Japan, including Mexico, Indonesia and Portugal.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Aug 6, 2013
Thai to fly Sapporo daily; Virgin Upper Class offer with chauffer limo service; Air Asia goods giveaway
Thai daily to Sapporo
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Jul 23, 2013
HKG-TYO premium economy on Cathay; SAS direct to Bergen campaign; China Airlines JCB card
Cathay premium offer
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 13, 2013
Entertainingly angry study of Italy's trains
Thirty years ago, Tim Parks moved from London to Italy. As a writer until recently mired in the midlist, he admitted that he didn't want to watch "the rise of the Amises and McEwans" in more detail than strictly necessary. He has written 15 novels, but his breakthrough came with a nonfiction work, "Teach...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Jul 9, 2013
American Airlines celebrity poll; Cathay's Change for Good results; Jetstar available at Lawson
AA celebrity poll
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Jun 26, 2013
Air France helps Japanese orphans; Virgin campaign with cruise line; Aeromexico's Dreamliner plans
Air France helps orphans
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 23, 2013
Temples, dragon boats and fireworks in Chinese Nagasaki
There was a time when the journey from East China to Nagasaki was a long and treacherous one across an unpredictable sea. Once a ship entered the verdant hill-sheltered bay that led to the city, the passengers thanked the gods for their safe arrival. After anchoring in the harbor, a procession accompanied...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 23, 2013
Reflections on two cities
Having written over 10 guidebooks myself, I speak from experience when I say that working on these projects is a mixed blessing. Writing a first-time guide to a little-known part of the world, with the freedom to innovate with format and content, can be a rewarding task, but where there is a rigid template,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Jun 12, 2013
Cathay Pacific special campaigns; KLM summer fare sale; Singapore Airline's new mobile services
Cathay summer specials
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
May 29, 2013
SAS to rebrand classes; Air Asia to fly Narita-Taipei; Singapore special fares
SAS to rebrand classes
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 28, 2013
As Japan reeled from disaster, three men went cycling
In 1977, British author and long-term Tokyo resident Alan Booth made a journey on foot from the northernmost point in Japan, Cape Soya, to Kyushu's southernmost tip, Cape Sata.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
May 1, 2013
KLM's Miffy campaign; Cathay's eCoupon offer; Singapore to add Japan flights
KLM's Miffy campaign
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 28, 2013
A double dose of guidance offers more than usual information
SHINTO SHRINES: A Guide to the Sacred Sites of Japan's Ancient Religion, by Joseph Cali with John Dougill. University of Hawaii Press, 2012, 328 pp., $24.99 (paperback)
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2013
Sequestration-linked furloughs spur U.S. airport mayhem
After months of inside-the-Beltway drama, the impact of sequestration cutbacks moved to center stage America on Monday as the aviation system was slowed by the furlough of 1,500 air traffic controllers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 23, 2013
Hiroshima: What sweets tickled your taste buds at the National Confectionery Exposition?
'A bag of cheap sweets and snacks from Osaka, as well as candies using tangerines from Sakurajima, Kagoshima Prefecture. I buy sweets mostly to give away to my kids and their friends.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Apr 17, 2013
Cathay Pacific Facebook quiz; SAS Munch fares to scream about; Jetstar domestic destinations
Cathay Facebook quiz
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Apr 3, 2013
Eurocopter Japan helicopter; Little Red, Virgin's new U.K. domestic service; Korean Air duty free campaign
Helicopter transmissions
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Mar 20, 2013
Where's Wally? See Virgin Atlantic; Rhone wine selection on Cathay; Jetstar to fly to Matsuyama
Find Wally on Virgin
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

Podcast

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

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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