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Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 15, 2014
Holiday gifts they¡¯ll cherish from cover to cover
As the holiday season rolls around, it¡¯s time to dash about in a mad panic in search of gifts that say ¡°I¡¯ve given this one some thought, honest.¡± Or you can just let us do the thinking for you, with gift suggestions from our regular book reviewers ¡ª tailor-made for the Japanophile reader.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 8, 2014
Finding Murakami in his own weird worlds
Consider this hypothetical conundrum: Haruki Murakami is (finally) awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, but what does the author have to say for himself on Japanese television?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR 51³Ô¹ÏÍøOPHILES
Nov 8, 2014
Zen and Japanese Culture
This is one of those books you read to the last page without ever finishing; you keep going back for more ¡ª and finding it.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR 51³Ô¹ÏÍøOPHILES
Nov 1, 2014
Hokkaido Highway Blues
Sake and sakura can be a dangerous combination. Drunk on both, English teacher Will Ferguson made a bet that he could hitchhike the length of Japan, from the southernmost tip in Cape Sata to the northernmost in Cape Soya, while following the cherry blossom as it burst into life in each part of the country....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 1, 2014
The Sarashina Diary
The author known as Takasue¡¯s Daughter, or Lady Sarashina, kept a diary to mark her bold 11th-century journey from the east of Japan to the capital. So enthralled did she become with writing that she continued for 40 more years, producing an account that holds up fantastically for 21st-century readers....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 25, 2014
Spooky tales from beyond the grave
Ghost stories are universal, but Japanese ghost stories, argues Zack Davisson in ¡°Yurei: The Japanese Ghost,¡± are unique. So much so that Davisson, a translator and essayist who is something of a specialist in the supernatural, uses y¨±rei, the Japanese word for spook, throughout the text. He also makes...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR 51³Ô¹ÏÍøOPHILES
Oct 18, 2014
The Great Wave
The phrase oyatoi gaikokujin refers to foreigners hired by the Meiji Era government and various educational institutions to impart their skills to Japanese eager to advance in the modern world.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 18, 2014
From Race to Ethnicity
The first known Japanese in Hawaii were shipwrecked fishermen circa 1806, unwitting forerunners of a diaspora they can scarcely have imagined.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 18, 2014
What Do You Want to Create Today?
Tokyo resident Dr. Bob Tobin chose the title for ¡°What Do You Want to Create Today?¡± to make his message entirely clear: It¡¯s all about you.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 11, 2014
How KonMari¡¯s phenomenal book can help put your house in order
Before wrapping up my interview with Marie Kondo, who might well be world¡¯s foremost cleaning consultant, I promised I would put one of her de-cluttering lessons to the test prior to reviewing her book ¡°The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.¡± And so here I am in my narrow hallway, between the entrance...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 11, 2014
Tei: A Memoir of the End of War and Beginning of Peace
Tei Fujiwara¡¯s book is a historical memoir of one woman¡¯s journey to save her family. The year is 1945 and the Soviets have declared war on Japan. Fujiwara is forced to leave her home in Manchuria, a Japanese-controlled state in China, to flee the oncoming Soviet invasion. Through many difficult trials,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 27, 2014
Read up on books about books about Japan
Revving up the metabolism of culture with the pulse of new artistic voices, a good literary journal doesn¡¯t usually have much to do with profit ¡ª it¡¯s all about circulation. Japanese literary journals enjoy a healthy transmission here, thanks to the financial backing of big publishing firms. How do...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR 51³Ô¹ÏÍøOPHILES
Sep 27, 2014
Japan ¡ª A short Cultural History
If there¡¯s room in your life for just one general history of Japan, let this be the one. In the hands of a master, history becomes art. British scholar-diplomat Sir George Bailey Sansom (1883-1965) was such a master.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 27, 2014
The Rise of Sharing: Fourth-Stage Consumer Society in Japan
Atsushi Miura envisions a society in which we will own little but share a lot in his lively discussion on where consumer society in Japan is headed. I don¡¯t buy it ¡ª well, not all of it ¡ª but nonetheless it¡¯s an interesting and engaging analysis of Japan¡¯s famously sophisticated and discerning shoppers....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR 51³Ô¹ÏÍøOPHILES
Sep 13, 2014
Low City, High City
Best known for his translations of ¡°The Tale of Genji¡± and the fiction of Yasunari Kawabata, for which the author won a Nobel Prize, Edward G. Seidensticker was also an accomplished essayist and historian.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 6, 2014
Japan¡¯s World Heritage Sites
It was in September 2003 that I visited Kiyomizu-dera ¡ª exactly 11 years ago. I was in Japan for the first time, and during an excursion to meet an old friend in Osaka, she suggested driving us down the road to Kyoto to see the ridiculous number of staggeringly striking temples. Grand old Kiyomizu-dera,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Aug 16, 2014
The Nobility of Failure
Who hasn¡¯t at one time or another suspected that failure is nobler than success? Here the late British historian Ivan Morris celebrates Japanese heroes who refused to make the tawdry compromises success all too often demands. They fail, but fail gloriously, reaping the posthumous reward of deathless...
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.

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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
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