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Japan's first prison-turned-hotel, Hoshinoya Nara Prison offers as much luxury as it does surprisingly thoughtful reflections on the former facility's place in the country's march toward modernity.
LIFE / Travel
Aug 8, 2026
Locked up in luxury at the new Hoshinoya Nara Prison hotel
Open from July, the lodging occupying an Important Cultural Property prompts guests to reflect on societal progress and the role of prisons.
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and other royal family members attend the spring garden party at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo in April 2025.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 22, 2026
Â鶹´«Ã½ imperial succession and the invention of tradition
The historical record is clear: The absolute prohibition on female monarchs is not timeless. It is a surprisingly modern invention.
Cartons of Meiji milk. Meiji and five other ice cream makers are suspected of forming a price-fixing cartel.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 16, 2026
Â鶹´«Ã½ FTC raids six ice cream makers over allegedly creating price cartel
The companies raising suggested retail prices may have affected wholesale prices and raised costs for consumers.
Meiji's Hello Panda chocolate cookies are displayed for sale at a store in Manhattan in April.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 12, 2026
Hello Panda: A globally loved snack Japan said goodbye to in 1989
While Meiji struggled in Japan to sell its crunchy, chocolate-filled biscuit snacks first introduced in 1987, Hello Panda had a completely different trajectory overseas.
The Suirokaku Aqueduct at Nanzenji Temple in the city of Kyoto
JAPAN
May 18, 2025
Lake Biwa canal facilities recommended for national treasure designation
Lake Biwa canal facilities not only played key roles in water infrastructure and power generation, but also in irrigation and waterway transportation.
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it¡¯s gone.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 1, 2025
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Â鶹´«Ã½ bathhouses
The company is switching to paper cartons as a result of declining demand, environmental concerns and supply issues after its glass bottle supplier shut down.
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
JAPAN / Society
Nov 22, 2024
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
Sections of the foundation of what used to be the locomotive shed ¡ª which experts believe is the most important element of the remains ¡ª will be kept.
The future of 133-year-old remains, which lay buried beneath Kitakyushu for a century, is unclear amid the city's redevelopment plans.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2024
Global conservation body calls on Kitakyushu to halt redevelopment plans
The city said the project will proceed as planned as there are no alternative sites and further delays could threaten the provision of public services.
Remnants of the first Moji station complex are located near the current Mojiko Station in the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 27, 2024
Kitakyushu clashes with academics over Meiji Era remains
The city wants to proceed with plans to build a five-story complex to house several aging public facilities on the site of the original Moji railway station.
Â鶹´«Ã½ redesigned yen banknotes are shown at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday, the day the new ?10,000, ?5,000 and ?1,000 bills went into circulation.?
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 3, 2024
The new yen notes have an important story to tell
The inspiring stories of the three trailblazers whose portraits are featured on the new yen banknotes say a lot about the past, present and future of Japan.
Coffee trees in the Izumi district of Motobu, Okinawa Prefecture
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Okinawa
May 20, 2024
New study finds Â鶹´«Ã½ coffee cultivation has roots in Okinawa
Farmers in Okinawa hope?the discovery will serve as a catalyst for boosting coffee production in the prefecture.
Manga illustrations displayed in a room of the renovated Former Residence of Theodora Ozaki in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Thursday
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2024
Tokyo building from Meiji Era to reopen as manga attraction
After renovations, the building will open as a facility with a gallery exhibiting original manga copies and illustrations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Mar 18, 2023
When Emperor Meiji opened Japan, a little democracy sneaked in
Inspiration was drawn not from liberal Britain but from authoritarian Germany. The parliament was partly appointed, partly elected ¡ª by an electorate of wealth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 1, 2022
Â鶹´«Ã½ top maker of baby-formula joins race to feed American children
Meiji Holdings has applied to the Food and Drug Administration for authorization to export to the United States, including specialized formula and its portable cube-shaped powder milk.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2020
Japan firms delay restarting China operations after holiday as virus spreads
Japanese companies with a foothold in China are delaying their plans to restart operations suspended due to the Lunar New Year holiday in the country, amid the spread of a new strain of coronavirus originating in Wuhan in the Chinese province of Hubei.
JAPAN
May 1, 2019
From Meiji to Taisho, Showa and Heisei, how The Japan Times covered previous era changes
¡°Joyfully and with a mingled sense of awe and reverence did the whole Japanese nation observe the great event of the Ceremony of the Imperial Enthronement of His Majesty the Emperor,¡± Japan Times and Mail President Yonejiro Ito wrote in a special edition book published in December 1928 to commemorate...
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Sep 29, 2018
Sweets of the people: The fall flavors of Meiji¡¯s classic Kinoko no Yama and Takenoko no Sato
It¡¯s been a big month for the venerable snack brands Kinoko no Yama and Takenoko no Sato. In September, the company behind both, Meiji, shared the results of its nationwide ¡°general election,¡± in which voters chose their favorite of the two sweets.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 15, 2018
Moving on from the Meiji Restoration
As the nation marks the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration, it finds itself at a new crossroads.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Jan 6, 2017
Artisanal chocolates have hit Â鶹´«Ã½ convenience stores
Craft beer, move over. It¡¯s time for artisanal ¡°bean-to-bar¡± chocolate to take the spotlight at Â鶹´«Ã½ convenience stores. Sweets-maker Meiji has recently rolled out a series of chocolate bars called The Chocolate, proudly displaying the high cacao percentage and including graphs on the packaging proving...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 13, 2016
Give me chocolate: Â鶹´«Ã½ growing obsession with the ¡®food of the gods¡¯
People with a sweet tooth can get a glimpse of how Charlie Bucket felt when he first stepped into Willy Wonka¡¯s Chocolate Factory in Roald Dahl¡¯s popular 1964 tale by popping into Musee du Chocolat Theobroma in Tokyo¡¯s Shibuya Ward.
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.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
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.
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.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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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
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