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The JT-60SA, the world's biggest nuclear fusion reactor constructed to date, before its planned inauguration in the city of Naka, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Friday
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2023
Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated
Fusion technology is still in its infancy but is billed by some as the answer to humanity¡¯s future energy needs.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 19, 2021
Renesas aims for full return of fire-hit chip plant by July
The Japanese chipmaker restarted partial production at the plant over the weekend, two days ahead of its original schedule.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 12, 2019
Middle? Inside? Relax, the kanji for naka has this one in the bag
The kanji for ¡®naka¡¯ is used in many different ways. A rectagle with a line cutting it in half, the kanji is also one of the easiest to remember.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 21, 2014
Stuck in the middle with ³¦³ó¨± ¡ª one kanji¡¯s central role
In the 1981 novel ¡°Red Dragon¡± ¡ª the first Thomas Harris thriller featuring archvillain Hannibal ¡°the Cannibal¡± Lecter ¡ª the Sino-Japanese ideograph ÖÐ (read naka or ³¦³ó¨±, and meaning center or middle) makes an appearance. It is composed of a rectangle with a line going through its center. Graphically...
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Sony bets on homegrown anime to fuel decades of future growth
A Luffy standee at NY Comic Con in New York
JR East to introduce touchless ticket gates in spring 2028
Shinjuku Station in Tokyo in 2021. The new walk-through gates will work only with the Suica Mobile app, and not IC rechargeable metro cards or physical tickets.
As JET Programme turns 40, alumni and ministers stress its importance in age of AI
Peter Cave joined the JET Programme's inaugural cohort in 1987 and spent three years teaching in the city of Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture.
¡®Godzilla Minus Zero¡¯ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki¡¯s ¡°Godzilla Minus Zero¡± marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake¡¯s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi¡¯s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She¡¯ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized ¡°Peace Crystal¡± sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation¡¯s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet¡¯s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ¡®Ocarina of Time¡¯ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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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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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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