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Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Feb 11, 2023
Roger Dahl on 4K jobs
BUSINESS / Economy / Longform
Jan 30, 2021
Japan＊s hospitality sector creaks under the weight of a second state of emergency
Restaurants, bars and karaoke parlors are bearing the brunt of restrictions placed on their operations, a move that could have a long-lasting impact on the nation＊s culinary landscape.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional voices: Chubu
Dec 18, 2020
Musical improvisation: Karaoke venues find new uses for their multimedia spaces
Firms have seen sales fall by as much as 40% amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but have also been able to tap into new demand.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 18, 2020
＆Pure Invention＊: How Japan＊s pop culture became the ＆lingua franca＊ of the internet
From toy jeeps and karaoke machines to the Game Boy and Tamagotchi, ※Pure Invention§ explores how Japan＊s cultural influence has spread across the globe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2020
Karaoke masks and silent roller coasters coming to Japan in coronavirus era
Singing your heart out at karaoke boxes may never feel the same in Japan in the coronavirus era.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 30, 2019
Sing your way to fluency in Japanese
Some people will tell you to watch TV to improve your Japanese, but the real classroom is a karaoke box.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 25, 2019
Singing from the same songbook
＆What sing shall we song?＊ [sic]
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 24, 2019
＆Lust in a Karaoke Box＊: Celebrating the joys of student life
When I taught at colleges here in the 1980s, I marveled at my students＊ freedom, including freedom from study. They could spend most of their waking hours at part-time jobs or club activities and still, somehow, graduate.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 23, 2019
Ambitious karoake request
＆Do you think they have Slayer at karoake?＊
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jan 14, 2018
Gadgets that help to make it easy
Mobile shopping
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 14, 2017
Enka gives lessons in Japan＊s unattainable love
You may groan and think me an oyaji, but enka songs offer great language lessons and also provide insight into how the Japanese conceive of love.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Aug 15, 2016
Learn how to treat others in Japanese and let them treat you with ＆ogori＊ and ＆mochi＊
Introducing expressions that mean ＆to treat＊ and some related phrases.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 21, 2015
Group compiles, posts song lyrics in Braille online to facilitate karaoke for the visually impaired
Nagoya Braille Network, a support group for people with visual impairments, has started posting lyrics written in Braille online for people who cannot read with their eyes.
Japan Times
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Sep 16, 2015
Thinking inside the box: Cardboard cubicles offer entertainment, privacy at home
Manufacturers are thinking inside the box to offer stressed-out consumers a personal sanctuary in Japan＊s notoriously cramped homes.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Dec 3, 2013
Joysound＊s top 10 karaoke songs of 2013
Joysound karaoke announced their top songs of 2013! However, just because they＊re popular does not mean they came out this year . . .
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Aug 6, 2013
Let your babies get loud at karaoke
It＊s Friday evening in Shibuya. The sun is setting, the neon is flashing and the crowds are swelling. And so with beginning-of-the-weekend fever in the air, it is perhaps little surprise that Madonna is already blaring in one karaoke room on the second floor of a building near the station.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 5, 2011
Upmarket and themed karaoke spaces
Who says singing karaoke room has to be a low-rent affair?
51勛圖厙 / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 25, 2010
Virtual karaoke dates, courtesy of Konami
Sing your heart out, guys. Your Love Plus mate won＊t care if you truly suck at karaoke.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / EXPLAINER
Jul 1, 2008
Low key, off key, but anyway it＊s your way
Born in Japan three decades ago, karaoke has evolved into a global fixture.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 9, 2006
Who out there cares about ＆Cool Japan＊?
These days the government is jumping on the bandwagon. The Foreign Ministry is singing in tune. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has hopped on, with a conductor＊s baton in his hand and a spring in his step that you don＊t even see when he＊s ascending the stairs to pay his public-private respects at Yasukuni...
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" 〞 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

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Why Japan＊s utility poles won＊t be disappearing anytime soon
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