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Haruhiko Kohri and Kayo Asai stand outside their meticulously re-created "bunka jutaku" home in Tokyo.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 5, 2026
How one Japanese couple made the 1920s and ¡¯30s into a way of life
No refrigerator. No microwave. Just blocks of ice, records and a home built for another age.
Employees chant work targets during a daily meeting, part of routine corporate practices aimed at boosting productivity, at the Global Partners office in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2026
Tokyo firm evokes economic miracle machismo to tap Gen Z workforce vigor
Business development firm Global Partners has become an internet sensation for rejecting ¡°soft¡± modern workplace culture.
Fujifilm¡¯s single-use film camera QuickSnap, known in Japan as Utsurun Desu, marks its 40th anniversary since its launch. The camera is gaining popularity among young people and visitors from overseas at the camera goods section of Ginza's Loft in Tokyo on July 3.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 14, 2026
Fujifilm¡¯s QuickSnap celebrates 40 years amid renewed interest in analog
First launched on July 1, 1986, Fujifilm has sold more than 1.7 billion units of the camera to date, with plans to release its first new models in 20 years.
Yuki Katayama shines as the titular character in ¡°Fujiko,¡± written and directed by Taichi Kimura and loosely based on his mother¡¯s experiences in 1970s and ¡¯80s Japan.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 6, 2026
¡®Fujiko¡¯ is a stirring portrayal of a scrappy single mom
Yuki Katayama shines as the titular character in ¡°Fujiko,¡± a film about a woman¡¯s quest for autonomy in the 1970s and ¡®80s.
Musician Masashi Sada has written roughly 650 songs over a career spanning five decades.
CULTURE / Music
May 14, 2026
Masashi Sada still believes music begins with melody
The veteran singer-songwriter discusses fame, artistic independence and why he never chased musical trends.
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attend a ceremony to mark this year's 100th anniversary of the start of the Showa Era on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2026
Takaichi speaks at event marking 100 years since start of Showa Era
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako also attended the ceremony, along with about 5,620 others.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave to well-wishers during a public appearance to mark the Emperor's 66th birthday, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 23.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2026
Emperor to attend event marking 100th anniversary of Showa Era start
The turbulent period ran from December 1926 to January 1989.
New ?1,000 Showa Era commemorative coins will be priced at ?34,800 apiece.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2026
Japan to issue coins marking 100th anniversary of Showa Era
Made of pure silver, the Showa coin has a diameter of 40 millimeters and weighs 31.1 grams.
¡°Freedom,¡± a mural in JR Ueno Station, created in 1951, has been repaired three times, most recently in 2025.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 12, 2026
At Ueno Station, ¡®Freedom¡¯ restored
Genichiro Inokuma¡¯s 1951 pro-democracy mural speaks to a new generation as Ueno reclaims its identity as a cultural hub.
A comparison with Japan in 1944 suggests Iran will resist fiercely and try to prolong the war to preserve its Islamic regime.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 12, 2026
Today¡¯s Iran is like Japan in 1944
Iran, like Imperial Japan, is mounting what could be called fanatical and tenacious resistance against overwhelmingly powerful U.S. military attacks.
The front page of The Japan Times on March 3, 1976, carries the news of a terrorist attack in Sapporo.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Mar 6, 2026
Japan Times 1976: Bomb explosion in Sapporo claims 2 lives, injures 85
A note left after the terrorist attack at a government building cited ¡°imperialists¡± as the target.
Hasui experimented with different colors and lights to achieve different versions of a print.
CULTURE / Books
Feb 15, 2026
Hasui¡¯s versatility comes through in new art book
Hasui, one of the greatest ¡°shin-hanga¡± (new print) masters, is the subject of a substantial monograph in English that collects about 400 of his works.
Cabaret-turned-kissaten 27 Kissa in the Kabukicho nightlife district in Tokyo is a cafe that operates during the day and becomes a bar at night.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 12, 2026
Young coffee shop owners in Tokyo keep the dwindling coffeehouse culture alive
Younger generations in love with the feel of the Showa Era are working to preserve its traditional coffee shops and offer their own take on them.
Nostalgia for the past has always been big business in Japan, but this year, it's the recent past that has garnered more and more fans.
LIFE / Lifestyle / 2025 IN REVIEW
Dec 6, 2025
¡®Messy, blingy, over the top¡¯: Heisei Era charms Â鶹´«Ã½ youth
With 2025 drawing to a close, many in Japan are looking back on not only the year that was ¡ª but also a new period of the past overshadowed by its trendier predecessor.
Abandoned Japanese-style inns in the Kinugawa hot springs resort in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, in March 2023
JAPAN / Society
Nov 9, 2025
Japan to subsidize demolition of abandoned inns
Many large hotels running since the end of World War II were left to rot in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Large self-deprecating advertisements for Fuji Baking¡¯s Snack Sand products at JR Sendai Station
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Oct 27, 2025
After 50 years, Snack Sand sandwiches embrace their roots
The idea for crustless, sealed sandwiches came to the creator after his brother returned from the U.S. and mentioned the hot sandwiches he had seen there.
Articles in World War II-era women¡¯s magazines emphasized their responsibilities in supporting soldiers and their roles at home bearing and rearing children.
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Oct 6, 2025
Lingering ¡®Showa Model¡¯ gender roles keep women sidelined
The idea of husbands working while women stay home goes back to the prewar Civil Code, which stated that women were subordinates who required their husband¡¯s permission to work.
Prime Minister Yoshio Mori declared in September 2000 that Japan must ¡°grab the historic opportunity of the IT revolution."
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Sep 6, 2025
Japan Times 2000: Prime minister pitches ¡®e-Japan¡¯ as way of life
Japan must ¡°grab the historic opportunity of the IT revolution,¡± Prime Minister Yoshio Mori declared as the final Diet session of the century opened in September 2000.
Remains taken by researchers from Kyoto Imperial University, which is now Kyoto University, from a tomb in Okinawa Prefecture in the early 20th century have been returned, it was learned Thursday.
JAPAN
May 30, 2025
Okinawan remains looted in early Showa Era returned by Kyoto University
The remains had been taken from a tomb built in the middle ages in the Okinawan village of Nakijin.
Teru Hasegawa, Esperanto name Verda Majo, wrote leftist political essays during WWII.
CULTURE / Books
May 20, 2025
A window into the mind of Esperantist and political activist Teru Hasegawa
During WWII, a young Japanese woman resisted her country¡¯s descent into fascism by writing leftist essays, now collected and translated in ¡°Whispers of a Storm.¡±
¡®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.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
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.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

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