Japan Times

by Andrew McKirdy on 21 September 2019 at 14:34

Two-time defending Rugby World Cup champion New Zealand sent an ominous warning to its 2019 title rivals with a 23-13 win over much-fancied South Africa ... […]

by Stephen Mansfield on 21 September 2019 at 13:56

The oldest surviving quarter of Toba, Mie Prefecture, pins its hopes on crafts and small businesses to stay afloat. […]

by Philip Brasor on 21 September 2019 at 13:55

When the government raised the consumption tax from 5 percent to 8 percent in April 2014, Japan suffered a recession. One possible indicator if such ... […]

by Chiara Terzuolo on 21 September 2019 at 13:54

Since 2006, Ginpachi has been raising bees on the rooftops of Ginza, creating a local hive-to-table network of apiaries and bee gardens, prooving nature is ... […]

by Kaori Shoji on 21 September 2019 at 13:53

Public speaking coach Lipschutz has a plenty to say about taking command of language in a foreign country. […]

by No Author on 21 September 2019 at 13:52

The third UNESCO-commended washi paper, Hosokawa-shi from Saitama Prefecture, was once used to keep records and accounts but is now used to make art prints ... […]

by J.J. O'Donoghue on 21 September 2019 at 13:50

After cooking in Italy, Australia and Denmark for over a decade, kaiseki chef Taka Nishimura returned to Kyoto to open Yanagi Koji Taka, a small, ... […]

by Matt Kaufman on 21 September 2019 at 13:48

At Cafe Y, "Toast Lady" Chisato Kijima has been serving airline personnel, students and local families massive, homestyle meals for 43 years and counting. […]

by Haruka Murayama on 21 September 2019 at 13:46

Although the dorayaki pancake is almost always on convenience store shelves, Lawson, Seven-Eleven and FamilyMart have each rolled out new flavors for the fall. […]

by Michael Hoffman on 21 September 2019 at 13:44

Progress: good, or bad? Bad, thought Confucius, who for hundreds of years taught Japan to seek its ideals in the ancient past. Good, thought 19th-century ... […]

by Tomohiro Osaki on 21 September 2019 at 13:42

For elementary school children in Japan, their weeks-long summer vacation isn’t entirely a time for leisure. Instead, it’s overshadowed by a stack of homework that ... […]

by Jason James on 21 September 2019 at 13:38

Author William Plomer came to Japan during the 1920s following the publication of "Turbott Wolfe." Hugely inspired by the country, in his later life he ... […]

by Peter Backhaus on 21 September 2019 at 13:36

"Japanese Linguistics" is a broad-spectrum primer on Japanese, covering everything from grammar to the social context of the language, for the undergraduate student or avid ... […]

by Iain Maloney on 21 September 2019 at 13:34

Set in the early 17th century, "The Swords of Silence" focuses on the plight of Japan's hidden Christians and the closing of Japan to foreign ... […]

by Mio Yamada on 21 September 2019 at 13:32

Japanologist and product designer Zacher on Japanese design, gadgets and university scholarships. […]

by Jason Coskrey on 21 September 2019 at 12:38

Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara wrapped an arm about Shinnosuke Abe, one of his longest-serving veterans, as they walked toward the left-field stands at Yokohama ... […]

by Kaz Nagatsuka on 21 September 2019 at 11:57

Three-time Rugby World Cup runner-up France managed to get off to a winning start in the tournament’s 2019 edition with a nail-biting, 23-21 victory over ... […]

by No Author on 21 September 2019 at 11:55

Protesters burned a Chinese flag and police fired pepper spray during a march Saturday in an outlying district of Hong Kong in renewed clashes over ... […]

by No Author on 21 September 2019 at 11:11

China and the Solomon Islands on Saturday signed an agreement to establish diplomatic ties after the Pacific island nation ditched relations with Taiwan, which Beijing ... […]

by No Author on 21 September 2019 at 11:09

Much of the conversation around England’s Rugby World Cup opener has centered around how it will deal with Tonga’s physical threat, but flanker Sam Underhill ... […]