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BEST OF 2013

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 26, 2013
Favorite finds from 2013¡¯s Food File
As 2013 draws to a well-replete coda, there¡¯s just enough time to stop, pause and ponder the culinary highlights of the past 12 months. Tokyo has never been better for eating out, and this year has brought a further glut of excellent restaurants at every point on the budget spectrum. Here are a few,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 26, 2013
Giovanni Fazio¡¯s 2013 Top 10: films to remember into the next lifetime
This year saw me watching a lot more films than usual, which, if anything, made me appreciate the cream even more. As per our age, there¡¯s a lot of ¡°content¡± out there begging for our attention, but precious little of it that feels like it was made with passion. Here are 10 that, love ¡®em or hate ¡®em,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 26, 2013
Mark Schilling¡¯s 2013 Top 10: Farewell to Ghibli¡¯s anime masters
Japanese films did quite well both commercially and critically in 2013, with Hayao Miyazaki¡¯s final feature animation, ¡°Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises),¡± thumping the Hollywood competition at the local box office. But the industry¡¯s over-reliance on sure-thing manga, TV shows and novels for source material...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 26, 2013
Kaori Shoji¡¯s 2013 Top 10: films that aren¡¯t backward about coming forward
It has been a year of documentaries made on big ideas and small resources. At the other end of the spectrum, some of the best fiction films had the look and feel of a documentary, attesting to the modern notion that the individual and his/her story are just about the most interesting things around.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 26, 2013
Second opinion: Our Top 3 films in cross-review
Regular JT film critics Mark Schilling, Kaori Shoji and Giovanni Fazio got together at the Uplink theater/restaurant in Shibuya to talk about each other¡¯s No. 1 films for 2013: ¡°Cloud Atlas¡± (Fazio), ¡°The Perks of Being a Wallflower¡± (Shoji) and ¡°Kaguya-hime no Monogatari (The Tale of Princess Kaguya)¡°...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 17, 2013
From Kyary to Yosi: The best Japanese albums of 2013
Overseas it was a year of big rollouts. There was a lot of hype behind releases by Lady Gaga, Kanye West and Miley Cyrus. But will these acts be remembered for paparazzi fights and ¡°twerking¡± more than their music?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 17, 2013
The best Japanese albums of 2013: Melt-Banana, ¡®Fetch¡¯
Back in June, I picked up on minimalist psychedelic postpunk trio Extruders¡¯ ¡°Colors¡± as the album of the year so far. Six months later, it¡¯s still right up among the very best of the year. Its carefully unwinding songs, murmured vocals and understated yet affecting melodies interspersed with delicately...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 17, 2013
The best Japanese albums of 2013: Yosi Horikawa, ¡®Vapor¡¯
Few albums this year rewarded repeat listens as generously as Yosi Horikawa¡¯s ¡°Vapor.¡± The Chiba-based producer makes fecund, wide-eyed electronica constructed from manipulated field recordings, percussion, ethnic chants and slightly new-age keyboards. If that sounds awful on paper, it¡¯s intoxicating...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 17, 2013
The best Japanese albums of 2013: Sapphire Slows, ¡®Allegoria¡¯
If there¡¯s one thing I¡¯ve taken out of 2013, it¡¯s that the kids are alright. Perhaps as a result of growing up Internet savvy, with easy access to decades of music and countless genres at their fingertips, Japan¡¯s young artists have spent the year pasting together aural collages that gleefully defy categorization....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 17, 2013
The best Japanese albums of 2013: Church of Misery, ¡®Thy Kingdom Scum¡¯
This year, the Ozzy Osbourne-fronted Black Sabbath released its first studio album since 1978, and while it was a fine album, I think they may have been ¡°out-Sabbathed¡± by Japan¡¯s very own doom-metal band, Church Of Misery, who released its fourth album, ¡°Thy Kingdom Scum,¡± in June.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Dec 11, 2013
The year in labor: the Top 5 pains of 2013
For Japan¡¯s workers, the last 12 months have been a mixed bag. The Top 5 Labor Pains of 2013 will focus on what really shook things up in terms of labor relations and employment law.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / JAZZ NOTES
Dec 10, 2013
Ai Kuwabara tops favorites list for year in jazz
For the final Jazz Notes column of the year I met up with writer, blogger and presenter of InterFM¡¯s ¡°OK Jazz¡± show James Catchpole to talk about the year in jazz at Eddie¡¯s Lounge in Tokyo¡¯s Arakawa Ward. It¡¯s run by our mutual friend, groove organist Eddie Landsberg.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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