The Modern Life of Origami, an Art as Old as Paper
The goal is to arrive at the most efficient and elegant means of achieving a particular effect. Sometimes this happens at origami gatherings, such as OrigaMIT’s annual convention, where paper fo…
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Japan’s Support for Gay Marriage Is Soaring. But Can It Become Law?
TOKYO — Ikuo Sato stood in front of a Tokyo court in April and told the world he was gay. To a packed room, he described the anxiety he had felt as a young man, struggling to express his sexuali…
Craving Freedom, Japan’s Women Opt Out of Marriage
After class, the women ordered tea and sandwiches at a restaurant a few floors down. Ms. Shirota pulled out her phone to show pictures of her summer trip to Ireland. One classmate, a married mother o…
Kazuo Kashio, a Founder of Casio Computer, Dies at 89
Kazuo Kashio, a marketing virtuoso whose family company, Casio Computer, popularized the pocket calculator, the shock-resistant wristwatch and the preview screen on digital cameras, died on Mond…
Japan’s World Cup Starts With Big Win Over Colombia
Japan wore down a Colombian team reduced to 10 men and won, 2-1, on Tuesday in Saransk. The game started terribly for Colombia, which had lined up without its star, James Rodriguez, who is …
Japan Wants More Women in Construction. Pink Toilets May Not Be Helping
Getting hired seemed like the tough part. Then Maho Nishioka showed up for her new job at a Japanese construction site. The workers she supervised refused to talk to her and ignored her instruct…
As Electric Cars’ Prospects Brighten, Japan Fears Being Left Behind
Japan is scrambling to ensure it has a future in an electric-car world. Toyota, the country’s largest automaker, pioneered gasoline-electric hybrids but has long been skeptical about consum…
Will Yuzuru Hanyu win the Pyeongchang Games?
Two and a half weeks after the Moscow competition, Hanyu’s fixation with difficult jumps led to an ankle injury. Ligament, tendon and bone damage to his right ankle kept him off the ice for more than…
In Japan's 'Black Widow' Trial, a Shocking Courtroom Confession
A serial murder trial in Japan took a cinematic turn this week when the accused, nicknamed the Black Widow by the news media, confessed in open court to having fatally poisoned her husband.
Filing Taxes in Japan Is a Breeze.
In Japan, you get a postcard in early spring from Kokuzeicho (Japan’s I.R.S.) that says how much you earned last year, how much tax you owed and how much was withheld. If you disagree, you go into th…