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CONTESTS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2020
School bee winners honored
The Japan Times has been sending the best speller of Â鶹´«Ã½ English spelling contest to the United States to compete in the U.S. national finals every year since 2010.
WORLD
Sep 6, 2018
Guinness World Records celebrates new achievements in latest edition, including those of 83-year-old Japanese DJ
An 83-year-old Japanese disc jockey, an elderly flying trapeze artist, the owner of the world¡¯s fastest jet-propelled go-kart and a dog named Feather with a flair for jumping are among the record-breaking stars to win a place in the latest edition of Guinness World Records.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2017
Drop-dead beautiful: Japan undertakers show their skill on preparing bodies for the ¡®other world¡¯
A 23-year-old undertaker won a contest at Â鶹´«Ã½ biggest funeral expo on Thursday that tested ancient skills in the ritual dressing of the dead.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 5, 2017
¡®Macho¡¯ photo contest hopes to boost demolition industry¡¯s image, draw more workers
An unprecedented online photo contest highlighting demolition workers was held recently to raise public awareness of their profession in a chronically understaffed industry.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 24, 2017
Nagoya group looks to spread jump rope ¡®culture¡¯ to the world
In Aichi Prefecture, the nation¡¯s top producing region of jump ropes, efforts are being made to promote the sport at home and abroad.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 29, 2017
Putrid, pungent, heave-inducing: U.S. contest crowns the smelliest sneakers
Seven young contestants from around the United States put their smelliest shoe forward at the 42nd National Rotten Sneaker Contest in New York City on Tuesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 19, 2016
Â鶹´«Ã½ beauty queens rewrite old rules on race and nationality
With the crowning of Priyanka Yoshikawa as Miss World Japan 2016, the nation will once again be represented by a multiracial woman on the world stage of beauty.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 14, 2016
Views from Tokyo: What are your thoughts on the new biracial Miss Japan?
Japanese citizens of various backgrounds speak about the victory by Priyanka Yoshikawa, born to an Indian father and a Japanese mother, in the Miss World Japan contest.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 7, 2016
There she is, the first openly gay Miss America contestant
The first openly gay Miss America contestant will compete this weekend, a first in the competition¡¯s 95-year-history, organizers said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 11, 2015
Canada beauty pageant finalist says China delaying her entry over rights comments
Canada¡¯s China-born Miss World contestant said Tuesday her visa to travel to the beauty pageant at a Chinese resort has been delayed and her father has been harassed by Chinese officials because she has spoken out about human rights abuses in the communist country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2015
Hungarian diplomat wins top prize in annual photo competition
Familiar looking landscapes offering a taste of old Â鶹´«Ã½ hidden and harmonious coexistence with the modern era exemplify the theme of this year¡¯s ¡°Japan Through Diplomats¡¯ Eyes¡± annual photo competition.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Feb 9, 2015
Smith, Pharrell lead Grammys, Perry spotlights domestic abuse
British soul singer Sam Smith and R&B singer-producer Pharrell Williams led the early winners at Sunday¡¯s Grammy awards, while Katy Perry and President Barack Obama teamed up to take a stand against domestic violence at the music industry¡¯s top awards.
WORLD
Dec 16, 2014
U.S. dictionary Merriam-Webster picks ¡®culture¡¯ as word of year
Whether popular, corporate or entitled, ¡°culture¡± was named word of the year by U.S. dictionary Merriam-Webster on Monday as a flexible catch-all that can easily identify a subject, idea or issue.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 30, 2014
In India, rice replaces ice in charity bucket challenge
The famous ¡°ice bucket¡± challenge is inspiring thousands of Indians to follow suit, but with a twist- they are replacing ice with rice in a bid to help the country¡¯s vast population of poor, hungry people.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 9, 2014
Women go medieval as Dark Age combat-fest turns politically correct
For the first time, two women are now free to whack each other with swords until one of them falls down in internationally sanctioned competition. This is progress.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Putin visits disputed Etorofu island off Hokkaido, sparking protest from Tokyo
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Yasny fish processing factory on Etorofu island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on Thursday.
Â鶹´«Ã½ inflation paradox is creating winners and losers
Chieko Sugai at her home in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.

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

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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