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Jun 24, 2017
Japan's Hamamura works three scoreless innings, earns victory on 22nd birthday against U.S.
The Japan women's national softball team defeated the United States 3-0 on Friday in the first game of a three-game exhibition series.
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Jun 13, 2017
1-day-old panda cub at Ueno Zoo crying loudly, held continuously by 'tired' mom
A giant panda cub at a Tokyo zoo appears to be in good health, crying loudly while being gently held by its mother, the zoo said Tuesday, one day after the cub was born.
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JAPAN
Jun 12, 2017
Giant panda Shin Shin gives birth to cub — and hope — at Ueno Zoo
Ueno Zoo announced the birth of its first giant panda in five years on Monday.
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JAPAN
May 23, 2017
Tokyo zoo to remove panda showing signs of pregnancy from public display
A Tokyo zoo said Tuesday it will stop displaying a giant panda believed to have become pregnant.
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JAPAN
May 19, 2017
Giant panda at Ueno zoo showing signs of pregnancy
A female giant panda at Tokyo's Ueno zoo has shown signs of being pregnant, including reduced appetite and longer sleeping times, the zoo's operator said.
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OLYMPICS
Apr 17, 2017
Japan softball team excited to take first steps toward Tokyo 2020
There may still be three years to go until the Tokyo Olympics, but Japan women's softball national team head coach Reika Utsugi and players Yukiko Ueno and Eri Yamada are already psyched up.
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CULTURE / Art
Mar 28, 2017
Then and now: time ripples in photography
There are two photography exhibitions currently showing at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum that are thematically and chronologically unrelated, but together make a strong testimony of the extent to which Japan embraced photography from its earliest beginnings, and how the medium is a strong suit in...
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JAPAN
Feb 22, 2017
Ueno Zoo panda pair off-limits to public as female in heat
Tokyo's Ueno Zoo halted public viewing of two giant pandas on Wednesday after it emerged female panda Shin Shin appears to be in heat.
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JAPAN
Dec 19, 2016
Citizens petition Tokyo to save trees amid Ueno Park face-lift
As a planned face-lift for Tokyo's Ueno Park goes forward in preparation for the 2020 Olympics, residents are asking that the government refrain from cutting down decades-old trees.
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SOCCER
Dec 3, 2016
Japan tops U.S. to earn third-place finish at Women's U-20 World Cup
Half-time substitute Mami Ueno scored the winner as Japan defeated the United States 1-0 to wrap up the Women's U-20 World Cup in third place on Saturday.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2016
Tokyo commuters and other travelers rattled by quake
Tuesday morning's powerful earthquake may have been centered off the Tohoku coast, but it also had an impact on Tokyo, where disruptions in train services left commuters and other travelers stranded.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2016
Asian elephant from Thailand has miscarriage at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo
An elephant at Ueno Zoo had a miscarriage Monday, about four months after being confirmed as the first Asian elephant to get pregnant at the Tokyo zoo since it opened in 1882.
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CULTURE / Film
Oct 5, 2016
My Dad and Mr. Ito: No one can be daddy's girl forever
The opening of Yuki Tanada's new film "My Dad and Mr. Ito" promises a comedy of the quirky family variety.
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CULTURE / Film
Sep 17, 2016
Yuki Tanada's new film sees the humor in societal changes
The Japanese women directors who have been gaining attention in the past two decades, beginning with frequent Cannes invitee Naomi Kawase, tend to be serious types, understandably. Their struggle for respect and recognition in a male-dominated industry is difficult enough — and goofy comedies are...
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JAPAN
Sep 7, 2016
Tokyo's Ueno Zoo reports first Asian elephant pregnancy
An Asian elephant at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo is pregnant in a first for the zoo, which opened in 1882.
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CULTURE / Film
Aug 17, 2016
'Yell For the Blue Sky': High school drama never really changes
The seishun eiga or "youth film" is one Japanese genre that doesn't travel well abroad. With only a few exceptions, these films assume a familiarity with the insular world of the Japanese high school (or, once in a while, junior high school) that outlanders are unlikely to possess. They also follow certain...
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LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 2, 2016
Paul Smith has earned his stripes
Colorful and cluttered, the office bursts with paraphernalia, from stacked bicycles and piles of books on designer chairs to an apple-green iMac, a futuristic record player and a red Snoopy phone on the rosewood desk.
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CULTURE / Art
Jul 19, 2016
'Hello, My Name is Paul Smith'
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JAPAN
Jun 29, 2016
Bach score owned by Tokyo music college may fetch $3 million at auction
A music score handwritten by Johann Sebastian Bach and owned by a Japanese music college will be put up for sale next month at Christie's auction house in London. It is expected to fetch as much as $3 million.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 22, 2016
'Twisted Justice': Gangster black comedy is a shade off
In 2003, a Hokkaido cop named Yoshiaki Inaba was sentenced to nine years in jail, on charges including drug use and possession with intent to supply. During his trial, the former police inspector revealed that his impressive career record had involved an unhealthy degree of collusion with contacts in...
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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